Are Your Kids Obsessed with Hamilton?

[Anonymous]

DW and my dad are obsessed.

They're both former musical theater performers.

[Anonymous]

Thankfully, no.

[Anonymous]

As an aside, I was at a Broadway show recently and Lin-Manuel Miranda was sitting 10 feet from me. People rushed over to him at intermission, and he was really gracious about talking to people and signing Playbills. He was with Tommy Kail, whom it seemed no one recognized.

[Anonymous]

My 16 year old DD is obsessed with musicals and Hamilton is in the mix.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would a kid be interested in Hamilton?

I think only a child would like it. It is a musical that would mostly appeal to children for many reasons.

[Anonymous]

My 12 year old son is. We saw it in Chicago and it was amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Besides winning the lottery, is there a way to get good seats for this? I'm looking at what's available on the website and it's either noseblead seats at $400 or better seats for at least $600, but more probably $850. Since we want to go as a family, that's a $3K investment for a 3 hour show. Do people ever get $200 or even $300 seats in the middle to back orchestra? I'm guessing not.

I have heard of people jumping on line as soon as new tickets are released and getting them for face value. But note that, if you're looking at New York, the theater is very small (one of the "jewel box" theaters in NY), and there really are no bad seats. The music is very amplified, as well, so you'll have n problem hearing (in fact, one person we were with thought it was too loud).

This is what we did.

I got through on-line three minutes (!!) after a new Broadway block went on sale -- scored first row center Mezz tickets at face value ($200/ticket).

Of course, this was nine months in advance. But the extra long wait time has given us all plenty of time to obsess about and anticipate the experience. The kids are very excited!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would a kid be interested in Hamilton?

I think only a child would like it. It is a musical that would mostly appeal to children for many reasons.

Your understanding of music is very narrow.

[Anonymous]

We aren't theatre people. I mean that in a "I love my children but I can barely make it to their school plays" kind of way. I just don't get theater.

I know nothing about Hamilton or the music or the play. Don't need to either.

I'm going to assume that this is like "beaches" or "the bodyguard" or "titanic" or "Annie" or "cats" or other performances that everyone ooohs/aaaahhhhs over and then finally years later society admits that it wasn't that awesome.

I have to think of a better cover story for when we visit friends in New York and they try to get us tickets for various events and we think of lame excuses that are actually true- that we would rather hang out with our friends than sit there watching that crap. But I don't want them to insist (fill in the blank whatever show) will change my mind and I must see it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an aside, I was at a Broadway show recently and Lin-Manuel Miranda was sitting 10 feet from me. People rushed over to him at intermission, and he was really gracious about talking to people and signing Playbills. He was with Tommy Kail, whom it seemed no one recognized.

I doubt any normal person knows who these people are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We aren't theatre people. I mean that in a "I love my children but I can barely make it to their school plays" kind of way. I just don't get theater.

I know nothing about Hamilton or the music or the play. Don't need to either.

I'm going to assume that this is like "beaches" or "the bodyguard" or "titanic" or "Annie" or "cats" or other performances that everyone ooohs/aaaahhhhs over and then finally years later society admits that it wasn't that awesome.

I have to think of a better cover story for when we visit friends in New York and they try to get us tickets for various events and we think of lame excuses that are actually true- that we would rather hang out with our friends than sit there watching that crap. But I don't want them to insist (fill in the blank whatever show) will change my mind and I must see it.

y

Well, I am a theater fan and I can assure you this is nothing like Cats, or Annie. This is actually amazingly good and I don think people will be revising their opinions any time soon, if ever. That being said if it's not your thing it's not your thing. That's not a reflection of the quality of the show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We aren't theatre people. I mean that in a "I love my children but I can barely make it to their school plays" kind of way. I just don't get theater.

I know nothing about Hamilton or the music or the play. Don't need to either.

I'm going to assume that this is like "beaches" or "the bodyguard" or "titanic" or "Annie" or "cats" or other performances that everyone ooohs/aaaahhhhs over and then finally years later society admits that it wasn't that awesome.

I have to think of a better cover story for when we visit friends in New York and they try to get us tickets for various events and we think of lame excuses that are actually true- that we would rather hang out with our friends than sit there watching that crap. But I don't want them to insist (fill in the blank whatever show) will change my mind and I must see it.

y

Well, I am a theater fan and I can assure you this is nothing like Cats, or Annie. This is actually amazingly good and I don think people will be revising their opinions any time soon, if ever. That being said if it's not your thing it's not your thing. That's not a reflection of the quality of the show.

+1

PP, I get that you don't like theater. That's fine. Different people like different things.

But your cynicism makes you ugly.

Perhaps it gives you a moment or two of feeling superior to "everyone else," but really your act is more transparent than you think.

People who are truly comfortable in their own skin don't have to put down other people's enthusiasms or interests.

Nor do they have to think of "cover stories" or "lame excuses" to explain their choices. They just live and let live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:over rated garbage

It really was. I felt like nobody had the courage to say it was a waste of time and money (even though our tickets were free). It was painfully corny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Besides winning the lottery, is there a way to get good seats for this? I'm looking at what's available on the website and it's either noseblead seats at $400 or better seats for at least $600, but more probably $850. Since we want to go as a family, that's a $3K investment for a 3 hour show. Do people ever get $200 or even $300 seats in the middle to back orchestra? I'm guessing not.

I have heard of people jumping on line as soon as new tickets are released and getting them for face value. But note that, if you're looking at New York, the theater is very small (one of the "jewel box" theaters in NY), and there really are no bad seats. The music is very amplified, as well, so you'll have n problem hearing (in fact, one person we were with thought it was too loud).

This is what we did.

I got through on-line three minutes (!!) after a new Broadway block went on sale -- scored first row center Mezz tickets at face value ($200/ticket).

Of course, this was nine months in advance. But the extra long wait time has given us all plenty of time to obsess about and anticipate the experience. The kids are very excited!!

How did you know when a new block is released? Is it announced in advance, or is there a schedule?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:over rated garbage

It really was. I felt like nobody had the courage to say it was a waste of time and money (even though our tickets were free). It was painfully corny.

THANK YOU. I think there are so many who feel exactly that way (I know we did), but as you said, lack the courage to actually say so. It's hard to be the dissenters when everyone else seems to be drinking the Kool-Aid.