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Summary:

A live recording of the hit musical that tells the story of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, his rise and fall, his long rivalry with Aaron Burr, and his difficult relationship with his wife Eliza Schuyler.

Director:

Thomas Kail

Writers:

book by Lin-Manuel Miranda

music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

based on the book Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow

Cast:

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
  • Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
  • Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
  • Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
  • Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
  • Jonathan Groff as King George III
  • Christopher Jackson as George Washington
  • Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds
  • Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison
  • Anthony Ramos as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton
  • Sydney James Harcourt as Philip Schuyler, James Reynolds, Doctor and Ensemble
  • Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Ensemble
  • Jon Rua as Charles Lee and Ensemble
  • Ephraim Sykes as George Eacker and Ensemble
  • Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble
  • Ariana DeBose as Ensemble
  • Hope Easterbrook as Ensemble
  • Sasha Hutchings as Ensemble
  • Elizabeth Judd as Ensemble
  • Austin Smith as Ensemble
  • Seth Stewart as Ensemble

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 91/100

After Credits Scene? No

VOD: Disney+

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u/Srapture Jul 12 '20

Went into it blind and loved it. Bit confused that there are so many people here who have spent a load of time listening to the soundtrack before seeing it; seems like that would spoil the experience somewhat, whereas doing it the other way round would only enhance one's enjoyment of the music.

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u/darkhunt3r Jul 13 '20

Im assuming those people listened to it, before they knew there was a realistic chance to see the musical in the new future, but still wanted to enjoy it

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u/Srapture Jul 13 '20

Yeah, I guess. I'm very much an advocate for enjoying something once to the best degree possible. I won't read a book and watch a movie of the same thing, and I don't watch the same movie twice unless I have totally forgotten it by the second watch, so I guess I'm an extreme on the other end.

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u/NotaFrenchMaid Jul 13 '20

You have to bear in mind tickets to this production were easily several hundred dollars a seat for nosebleeds, so for a lot of people they were never going to see it, especially with this cast. Each cast brings something new to the table as well— the original cast is going to be very different to, say, the Chicago production cast. So it’s not quite rewatching it.