nelsonmuntz
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Of course it is excellent. I have not seen it live. It is worth having IMDB up on your phone when you watch it because it is hard to follow without a playbill since some of the actors play different main characters over the course of the play, which can be confusing.
The pros:
The music is very good for the most part. Good pacing, interesting story. Very good foreshadowing and build up to the end, which is important since everyone that is going to watch this already knows how it ends. This show has to be more than just a story. It has to be about the characters.
The First Act is a lot stronger than the Second.
The casting for Angelica and Eliza Schuyler was perfect. Eliza is smart and pretty enough, but not too alpha, and vulnerable. Angelica is beautiful and much more alpha.
Jonathan Groff is freaking awesome as King George. He does more acting with an arched eyebrow than 90% of actors can do in a whole movie. I almost feel like the Second Act could have used one more King George song, or at least a refrain. This actor has been around a long time.
I did not like Daveed Diggs as Lafayette. I thought the French accent was Inspector Cluseau silly, and distracting. I thought he was incredible as Thomas Jefferson in the Second Act though, practically carrying the show at times through some slow stretches.
The cons:
It was really good, and I will actually see it on Broadway if there ever is a Broadway again. My only complaint, and I am probably the only person that will ever say this, is that Lin-Manuel Miranda was wrong as Hamilton. I don't think he is charismatic enough and he is not a great lead actor. He should be a supporting character. He wasn't terrible, and the show was still great, but...he wasn't quite right for the role.
The pros:
The music is very good for the most part. Good pacing, interesting story. Very good foreshadowing and build up to the end, which is important since everyone that is going to watch this already knows how it ends. This show has to be more than just a story. It has to be about the characters.
The First Act is a lot stronger than the Second.
The casting for Angelica and Eliza Schuyler was perfect. Eliza is smart and pretty enough, but not too alpha, and vulnerable. Angelica is beautiful and much more alpha.
Jonathan Groff is freaking awesome as King George. He does more acting with an arched eyebrow than 90% of actors can do in a whole movie. I almost feel like the Second Act could have used one more King George song, or at least a refrain. This actor has been around a long time.
I did not like Daveed Diggs as Lafayette. I thought the French accent was Inspector Cluseau silly, and distracting. I thought he was incredible as Thomas Jefferson in the Second Act though, practically carrying the show at times through some slow stretches.
The cons:
It was really good, and I will actually see it on Broadway if there ever is a Broadway again. My only complaint, and I am probably the only person that will ever say this, is that Lin-Manuel Miranda was wrong as Hamilton. I don't think he is charismatic enough and he is not a great lead actor. He should be a supporting character. He wasn't terrible, and the show was still great, but...he wasn't quite right for the role.