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ChildofEarth said: "I’m going out on a limb to say Darren Criss probably doesn’t care about the theater world now that he’s seen real TV money.

Just a hunch."

He's never given any indication at all that that's the case, and in fact he's mentioned a few times recently that he really loves composing musicals and wants to get back to it, and that's in his plans for the next 5 years or so. So it definitely does not seem like h

RippedMan said: "Darren Criss would be awful. Please don't get cookie cutter glee kids to play these characters. Ugh. Same with Platt. Boring."

While I love Darren and think he's extremely talented, I'd tend to agree that there's not really a role in RENT I can see him fitting, but in general I do take issue with how much hate anyone associate with Glee tends to get on these boards haha. Say what you will of the show itself (even I, as someone for who

I know this is a really random thread bump haha, but:

I happened to come across a youtube video yesterday of Darren Criss talking with the Speech and Debate cast after their BroadwayCon panel, and Austin McKenzie mentioned that he would like to play Hedwig, and now I can't stop thinking about how fantastic he could be as Hedwig! 

I'd give it a few years since he still looks like a baby, but if there is still some production of the show going on in maybe 5-10 years,

3NU said: "For one, I think Evan was influenced by (and acted out of) fear more than anything else in responding to the Murphys the way he did initially (once again drawing on the "sun" theme here)."

I completely see your point on this one, 3NU- I think it is totally fair to say that his initial reaction was one of fear of having to tell the Murphys something that would upset them even more. 

But I'm curious, what is your take o

"Thanks for the thoughtful engagement, snl89. I agree with everything you say about the role of mental health in Evan's decisions, and I think the show and Ben Platt in particular go into overdrive to make sure this point is hammered home. And good for them; I can't remember a more honest portrayal of anxiety in musical theater.

For me, though, the immorality is all contained in the ending. Evan apologizes and actually admits himself in "Words Fail&q

"Let me second jonlow09. While it was an enjoyable night of theater and Ben Platt's performance was breathtaking, the show itself is probably the most profoundly immoral show I've seen in a very long time. Frankly, Evan acts like a sociopath: he lies to a grieving family and uses a girl's dead brother to seduce her. The (admittedly super uplifting) songs hide what is truly psychopathic behavior.

Then, at the end of the show, not only does Evan&nb

Everything is actually up on youtube (DisneyMusicVEVO), so you can always check out the demos and outtakes to make sure you like them, but yep, I for one love them! Then again, even though it may not technically be the best, Lin's voice on demos is always really cute and endearing to me :) He's just so into it and animated! 

"Unstoppable" and "More" are definitely my favorites of the outtakes, and More is sung beautifully by a Heights alum, Marcy H

I've been listening to the soundtrack all day, and it is so delightful! <3

All the songs are fantastic, though my only critique would be that some of them feel a bit short, both in the sense that I feel like they could be even more powerful if they had a little more time to let the music breath, and that I just wanted to hear more of them! 

It's most noticeable in How Far I'll Go I think; there's one spot in particular, right after the first chorus, where

Daaaang, Immigrants just gave me some MAJOR chills, especially having literally just read Trump's insane plan for mass deportations direct from his website.

I just think it's really, really awesome that Hamilton is not just an amazing show in itself, but it's also inspiring other amazing, incredibly topical art. I don't think it's inaccurate to say that Lin and the show have inspired a bit of a resurgence of the kind of meaningful, politics-r

Out of curiosity, EvanstonDad, did you hear the full cast recording, or just part of it? 

I haven't seen the show live yet myself, but I will say that when I first started listening to the cast recording, I didn't *dislike* it but I didn't necessarily expect to adore it as much as I do now either. I think when I first started listening to Act 1, I thought it was catchy and nice, but wasn't really taking in a ton of the lyrics on those first few listens. <

I've pretty much been switching off between Hamilton, The Color Purple and Waitress these days :) 

Hamilton has pretty much been my absolute go-to since I first got it in September, but after this many months now I do sometimes need to switch it up a bit haha. I still adore it to no end, but I adore it even more when I give myself little breaks from it. 

Waitress I just finally got last week and have been loving! It's such a fun/beautiful score- I

Granted I love Darren so I'm biased, but I actually do wish he was doing *more* these days! He's doing smaller gigs here and there, but I think I was spoiled by him doing Hedwig right off the bat and now I feel like there are large spans of time where he's kind of under the radar and it makes me sad haha. 

So yeah, in any case I really don't see how his presence, social media or otherwise, is constant... and I would definitely love to see him as Link if it were pos