#''mf you are ONE charle'' says one lauren

[kevinprace]

i saw hamilton!!! (8/18/17; la pantages theater)

hamilton: first national tour (8.18.17) - first off, there will be spoilers about the show! don't read if you don't want spoilers.

this is just basically an info dump for everything so i never forget it?? i’ll also prob be editing this a lot when i suddenly remember a detail and want to add it,,

 when joshua (burr) first came out, there was like 1 minute of applause and it was amazing!! joshua did such a did job at portraying burr ?? like you could see his affection turn to hatred, one song at a time,, it was beautiful! also his room where it happens was eLECTRIFYING !!! he jumped like 10 feet when he jumped off the table it was amazing !!! his "world was wide enough" was beautiful and his vocals are so so so so amazing i could listen to him talk for days. 

raven was my angelica and oh. my. gosh. she was flawless. (i daresare i liked her angelica more than OBC). her satisfied left me in tears and her riffs just ,,, were beautiful,,, she was an angel at the stage door (she complimented my shirts!!) and she did just an amazing job at brining angelica to life ?? 

soLEA (eliza) WAS AN ANGEL I LOVED HER!!! her helpless was just,, so,, smooth and gorgeous it made me feel like i was falling in love too ??? her burn made me cry, ,, she brought so much emotion (esp in the "you, you, yoOooU") and made me cry again ,,, - also the belt at the end of schuyler sisters had be feeling things,,, wow

ruben (philip/laurens) was such an adorable philip and wild laurens ?? he was able to dramatically change his character act 1/act 2 and thats like so talENTED ??? plus his voice is like an angel so i love him for that 

the heartbeat in the background of stay alive reprise,,,,, got me,,

 ok but the laurens interlude deserved a spot on that album ?? its so beautiful and yeah i know its super short bu t its,,, 

RORY. OMALLEY. MADE. ME. LAUGH. SO HARD. his king george was so funny i just laughed and laughed ?? the lil shoulder raises he does is just adorable ?? and the facial expressions in "what comes next" we just iCONIC I LOVE HIM. not to mention hes a frickin angel and i love him because he took abt 100 pictures for me at the stagedoor and LA is so blessed to have him for a whole 5 months ?? he just reminds me of a lil annoying fairy who keeps providing commentary over the founding fathers’ lives it was fuNNY,,, also kgiii successive loses more clothes as the show goes on,, until like,, he has no crown in reynolds pamphlet its wild

bUT REYNOLD PAMPHLET WAS WILD,,,,, LIKE EVERYONE WAS THROWING THOSE PAPERS AROUND HAMILTON AND POOR PHILIP IM

also also it was so great how, they had everyone on the stage? like even if they weren’t on the scene they were watching the show?? (maybe a sign for “history has its eyes on you” because they were literally watching the events play out ?? idk im not good at analysis)

rory stamping his foot for “im so blue” and the stage lights turn blue was just ,,, iconic

also his british accent was 10/10

 our jefferson/laf (jordan) wAS SO SASSY AND HILARIOUS AND EXTRA I LOVE,,,, HIS DANCE MOVES WERE 10/10 IM IN LOVE. he has the best hair, no question!! esp when he shook it around durin "you dont have the votes ?" and his "wHAAAAt" was super iconic im,,, not to mention he wore a keith haring sweater out after the show and i was like !!! 

OUR MADISON/HERCULES (mathenee)  HAD THE BEST DANCE MOVES 11/10 HE WAS GRINDIN ON BURR AND I ALSO NOTICED THAT DURING STORY OF TONIGHT,, HE STEAL LAURENS' BEER AND THAT WAS JUST,, SOFT,, ALSO THE MIC DROP/CATCH WAS SUPER ICONIC I LOVE HIM 

hooo washington (isaiah) was flawless, his vocals in one last time blew me away and i just,,, couldnt breathe ??

charles lee : iM A GENERAL WHEEE EeEEE (that was so funny bc he just jAMMED in the middle of a song it was ,,)

your obedient servant was so passive aggressive and amazingly staged i loved the 10000 letters ham sent in response it was so Extra and i loved it

the cabinet battle funny moments: ok, so the “uh, france” was just hILARIOUS and ham mocking jefferson with the dancing was perfect ,,

and when ever ham said “talk less, smile more” to like mock burr, he woULD TO THE RIDICULOUS DANCE MOVE THAT BURR DID AND NOW ITS LIKE AN “INSIDE JOKE” BUT ITS SO OVER EXAGGERATED I LOVE

 and the lighting was just so carefullly thought out and i just could watch the light shows for days because it was just,,, mesmerizing ?? 

the dancing was amazing, it makes up so so much of the show and i wouldnt trade it for anything ?? 

the bullet getting pulled away from ham by the other ensemble members and him like walking towards it and away just,,,, like amazing

ALSO THOSE TURNTABLES WERE SO STRATEGICALLY PLACED I LOVE ,,, like during hurricane,,, everyone was turning around hamilton?? like his entire life just ,, there

KARLI (peggy/maria) HER MARIA WAS SO GOOD,,, THE NOTE IN SAY NO TO THIS >>>>> it was amazing

YORKTOWN MADE ME WILD,,,, I COULDNT ,,, BREATHE ,,,, OH,,, MY,,, GOSH,,, THE DANCIN, THE SINGING,,, IT WAS,,, A AMAZING

 satisfied was amazing the "rewind" was ,,,, just breathtaking,,, like everyone was doin it again,, but backwards, and a lot faster,,, it was,,,,

 aND ELIZA AND PEGGY TOUCHED NOSES IT WAS ADORABLE I LOVE EM - "include women in the sequel" and "immigrants, we get the job done" got a solid minute of applause i love us 

THE "MF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS" MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS GONNA JUMP UP AND JOIN EM THE EXCITED LIL HOPS OF JEFFERSON MADE ME LAUGH 

WHEN THE STAIRCASE SWUNG OUT AT NON STOP I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT “ IS THIS MAN UP” BECAUSE OF ARNOLD ON THE STAIRCASE THINGY

aLSO MICHAEL (HAMILTON) TRIPPED WHEN HE WAS RUNNING UP THE STAIRS DURING “NON STOP” IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE HE JUST KEPT RUNNING

also also jef flicked his coat tails so much it was iconic,,, 

hamilton. aka michael. he was just ,,, oh my,,, i have no words ??? like,,, his my shot was so different than lin's but it was just like so much better ?? he aCTUALLY CRIED REAL TEARS DURING PHILIPS DEATH AND IT MADE THE MOMENT SO MUCH SADDER ?? his hurrican e was like, heart wrenching you could fEEL the emotion 

FARMER REFUTED WAS HILARIOUS LIKE AARON WAS HAULIN THIS LIL HAM OUT OF THE WAY OF FIGHTING SEABURY IT WAS FUNNY??? and seabury was like tryin to get in front of him to talk ?? (it was like that sharpay vs tiara gold from hms 3 they were flGHTING to be in front for the spotlight,, wild)

right hand man ?? you could like feel the canons i was liVing - the cry from eliza was heartbreaking,, you could pinpoint the moment her heart ripped in half,,, 

and the same bench from that would be enough was the same one as burn ??? wow the pain,,,

the adams administration where it bleeps out ham's words,,, THE LIGHTS WENT ALL FLASHIN RED AND IT WAS SO FUNNY

the orphanage, i was sobbin

bUT HER GASP At THE END MADE M E QUESTION LIFE

its a shame i didnt get to meet solea or michael at the stagedoor, but everyone else was incredibly kind i dont know how these people are human,, we dont deserve them

all in all, it was so worth the 540 days of waiting im so incredibly blessed to see his production and this tour cast deserves their own album i love them so so much and i can’t wait to see what they do in the future

also i got a signed playbill/poster and they are now my treasured babies i will love them forever

hamilton is like,, so well thought out,,, its not just random? every light, every person on that stage has a purpose and i wish i could see it over and over to understand all the deep meanings but i can’t (bc im poor and barely snagged these tix) but i can wish lol

tl;dr: in other words, hamilton is an amazing show. (sure the fandom is kinda toxic) but it lowkey deserves its hype. 

10/10 would watch again