For months now, whenever I read about Broadway, I read about one particular show: Hamilton. It's pretty much all Hamilton all the time on every single theatre related website. Now for the first few months, I had no idea what it even was. I saw a few pictures of actors in revolutionary era dress. That certainly didn't appeal to me, so I sort of just ignored it. Then I heard Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the show and starred in it, which made me a little more interested. He's pretty amazing!
But still, it was set during the American Revolution. That couldn't be fantastic. It just had to be boring. Then I heard that while it was the story of American Revolution, and it was period costuming, it certainly wasn't what you expected in regards to music. The entire story is told in rap and hip hop. Odd, I know. It's sounds ridiculous, but it's one of those things that you sort of just have to see. Also, every major theatre reviewer has raved about it. That helps too.
Then you add to that, the fact that people, famous and non-famous alike, are flocking to it in droves, and I realized I really must see it. Unfortunately, it took a little longer for my friends to decide it was going to be awesome. Now that they're ready, I think it might be too late. As of yesterday, tickets were sold out until 2016. What's worse is price of the tickets, even in 2016. The cheapest ticket I could find, was $798, and that's in the rear mezzanine - basically the nose bleed seats. Seriously?! Ooh, I want those tickets!
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