Is Hamilton worth it?- Page 3

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Posted: 2/6/19 at 7:49pm

"Lot666 said: "Generous? I don't know. It doesn't seem like much of a hardship to give away a few $10 seats when the box office price of tickets for your show ranges from $375 to $849."

haterobics said: "But that could also mean they are losing $839 of potential income for every lottery seat, so... it is something they don't have to do."

In my very humble opinion, the Puerto Rico fundraiser is a good example of extreme generosity exhibited by LMM, his  family and the Hamilton Company. Most, if not all of the $10 lottery tickets were only made available to entrants with local island addresses.  (The Prizeo contest on the last night allowed 100 people from anywhere to attend and there might have been a few other contests.)

Like haterobics said, they didn't have to do that. It took a lot of work, especially when the venue had to be changed only 3 weeks before opening night due to security concerns. 

Who is willing to invest the time, effort and money just to give away the nearly 15 million in profits?

Generous people.

That's one of the reasons I encourage folks to see Hamilton, foreign-born or not.

Updated On: 2/7/19 at 07:49 PM

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Posted: 2/17/19 at 8:45pm

After Eight said: "Brdwybuff said:



"I honestly have no desire to see Hamilton.

IYHO please convince me why I should see it. It was just here touring in Buffalo and didn’t even think about going.

I don’t understand the hype. Maybe your words can fully explain what I may be missing."



It appears that the comment above was edited from the thread-starter's original post (which I missed).

On Feb. 1, the same day this discussion started, a review was posted on BWW about living up to the the Hamilton Hype by a Columbus, Ohio critic.  The final show in Columbus is tonight but I thought the critic had some good points:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/columbus/article/BWW-Reviews-HAMILTON-Lives-Up-to-the-Hype-and-Then-Some-20190201

 


 

 

Updated On: 2/17/19 at 08:45 PM

[theaterlyfe19]

Posted: 2/18/19 at 8:46am

If you're on the fence about it, I'd try the lottery.

If you've been listening to the cast recording and have fallen in love with it, I'd say absolutely do what you can to see it. I saw it on Thursday after months of being a little sick of its overexposure, but I can not deny Lin-Manuel Mirandas genius. The way he weaves everything together, the incredible score that will have you laughing one minute, emotional the next...I was blown away. But the real emotion came towards the end, when the actors sang "One Last Time". I believe the last Hamildrop was "One Last Time (Remix)" with not only Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda, but also parts of one of  Barack Obama's speech. In that moment, I got so emotional, and realized the incredible significance of this musical. I am not a stan, I am someone who saw the show for the third time and finally understood the hype. I finally realize how incredible this musical is. It truly is a masterpiece and I know LMM is working on something right now, but I don't know how he'll be able to top this. 

[bear88]

Posted: 2/20/19 at 4:05am

"I honestly have no desire to see Hamilton.

IYHO please convince me why I should see it. It was just here touring in Buffalo and didn’t even think about going.

I don’t understand the hype. Maybe your words can fully explain what I may be missing."

I have been amused by this whole thread, because I think the OP is long gone, and indicated in the first post (before it was edited) that he/she had no interest in the musical.

As a Hamilton fan, I can certainly make an argument for it. But people who have no interest in seeing a show shouldn't bother. And one factor that works against the "See it because it's a very important work of art" argument is that it's very expensive. You can try the lottery, but that's a longshot. So that means you have to decide to suck it up and pay more than you usually would to see a musical about which you are skeptical. 

I like the musical enough that I got tickets to see it a fourth time, but I drew the line when the prices were hiked by more than $100 recently to $318, not counting fees. (This was too bad, because I would like to take my older daughter to the show when she's in town, as she hasn't seen it. But she doesn't care that deeply, and we may see a local production of West Side Story instead (for $15 to $28).

A couple of years ago, when my family was in New York, the Hello, Dolly revival was playing with Bette Midler. My wife wasn't interested in seeing it, certainly not for the money involved at the time, and I had other priorities in terms of shows anyway.

So we didn't see it. Well, fast-forward to Tuesday night. We got rush tickets for the tour for $45 and enjoyed the show. Was it as good as the Broadway version with Midler? Oh, probably not. But it was a good touring version at a reasonable price. Anyone who wants to see Hamilton on stage may have to wait a bit for prices to come down (they will eventually) or the filmed show to be released (which won't be the same, because it's not live theater - though I am looking forward to it).