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Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati ([personal profile] merridia) wrote2023-10-19 08:15 am

I am the one thing in life I can control

I was at work for about half an hour before I looked out the windows and thought 'oh good, the sky's up', so that feels like an accurate summary of where I'm at today. Lot of trouble falling asleep the last couple of days! And I didn't even get a Dynamite download in time to watch it! There's so much TV I already have to juggle on Thursdays at the moment! Also one of my feets hurts. This had better not interfere with running tonight. I genuinely look forward to it every day now! It's so gross!

Hamilton, Book/Music/Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow


Directed By: Thomas Kail

Synopsis: A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation. HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honour, love, and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. HAMILTON features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. In addition to its 11 Tony Awards, it has won Grammy®,Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

Pros: Man, it's fuckin' Hamilton, I dunno what to tell you.

Cons: They upgraded our seats without asking so I wasn't sitting with nix anymore, which was very silly!

What I Was Up To: Kicking it in Toronto post-Forbidden Door and pre-Hamilton Dynamite/Collision! The Hamilton-to-Hamilton pipeline made vacation planning moderately confusing at times!

Verdict: It's fuckin' Hamilton! It was real good! We had understudies for both Ham and Burr, and I'm really curious how often those two played off of each other, because they had a real interesting vibe where Burr was this really big, physically imposing dude while Hamilton was just brimming with 'ha ha I'm just a little guy! you wouldn't hit a little guy, would you? also it's my birthday!' energy where it's like oh yeah, wow, I totally get why this guy hates you so much but also you're very fun??? Good times!

Gonna do some scanning, gonna play in Notion, gonna try to make some words if I'm feeling especially saucy. It's a Thursday! At least the sky's up!
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[personal profile] whatwedo 2023-10-19 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
It was SUCH an interesting dynamic, yeah. Also, Burr was just s i m m e r i n g with hatred for like the entire second act.

THAT WASHINGTON, THO
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[personal profile] whatwedo 2023-10-19 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, we should maybe get our Shaw tickets (and potential SIX tickets) squared away soon too