The kids and I are huuuuuge fans of Hamilton: An American Musical. A year ago, I watched the PBS documentary about the making of the musical, and they both sat with me and watched it with undivided attention. Ever since then, we’ve been Ham Fans. We listen to the soundtrack daily, and the kids have every word memorized (I do, too, because remembering song lyrics is my superpower).
When it was announced that Hamilton’s traveling show was coming to Los Angeles, we flipped out. Unfortunately, like 8 billion people tried to get tickets when they went on sale, and we weren’t able to get any. We were terribly disappointed, but I promised Annie that I’d enter the daily ticket lottery, and I reminded her that even if we don’t get tickets to this tour, we’ll definitely see the show someday.
WELL, someday came for me this past Friday. My friend Meghan’s wonderful mom wasn’t able to go to the show, so they offered her ticket to me!!! Did I feel guilty at first because of my kids? Definitely. But when someone offers you a ticket to Hamilton you DO NOT say no (and I’m still going to try to get tickets for Annie to go with Mike)!
When we arrived at the theatre and saw the marquee, I got goosebumps.
Our seats were great, too:
While we sat in our seats waiting for the show to start, I probably squeezed Meghan’s arm 100 times. She might have a bruise. But I was SO EXCITED. This was my pre-show face:
When the show started, oh my gosh. I had chills the entire time. The cast is fantastically talented, and I really enjoyed the personal spin they each gave to their characters. I was completely transported back to the 1700s.
At intermission I looked like this:
As the kids say, I was shook.
And after the show was over…I mean, we all know how it ends but I was still emotional.
I was also so sad it was over.
It’s been four days since I saw the show and I’m still consumed by the show. It’s so good. SO GOOD. If you have the opportunity to sell a kidney so you can scalp a ticket, it’s totally worth it. You have an extra kidney, it’s fine.
I’m off to go sell one of mine now so Annie can see it!
Lenora Dody says:
Wow, so cool!! I too watched the PBS show and listen to the soundtrack all of the time. I was talking to a coworker today and it turns out her daughter is obsessed too. I really hope I can see it when it comes to San Diego. Pre sale is Thursday, cross your fingers for me!
Amy says:
I saw it in Chicago and it was amazing! Still obsessed with it months later. My son is going to be Alexander Hamilton for Halloween! We are going as a family again in 2018.
Michelle says:
I’m heading to Chicago to see it with my best friend on Friday! I’m so excited I can seriously hardly sleep! I’m prepared to have an emotional breakdown when I see the theater!
Megan says:
I have been lucky enough to see it in Chicago three times. If you look a while out in Chicago you will maybe only need to sell half your kidney and have a girls weekend with Annie!
Auntie Mip says:
I am taking my niece to Manhattan for her 30th birthday the week before Christmas and am surprising her with Hamilton tickets. I cannot wait!
Suzy says:
I completely agree! I walked out of the SF show, went straight to the box office and bought tickets for “any seat, any show”. It was just as good the 2nd time. I will still go see it again…
Diane says:
I loved it. I also saw it at the Pantages, and I enter the lottery everyday for tickets. Here, maybe this might help you dearest, Heather (with a comma after dearest!) to cushion your landing from such an amazing experience…
PBS is showing “Hamilton’s America,” again in December. If you can’t get enough Lin-Manuel Miranda, PBS is also showing “In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams,” Friday, Nov 10th
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/blog/free-ticket-broadway-pbs/
Currently, Musical Theatre West (Long Beach) is presenting LMM’s “In the Heights.” I think there are still tickets available for that, it closes in November,
http://musical.org/in-the-heights-tickets/
Then there’s always the book that inspired the musical
https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143034758
Hopefully it helps.
Heather says:
I laughed out loud at the “comma after dearest” line. Thank you for these links, you are awwwwwesome!
Jill says:
I saw it in NYC in June. TOTALLY AMAZING!! I paid a ridiculous amount of money to see it, but it was worth every penny. I really want to see it again (when I can afford it..LOL)
Valeri says:
I saw it last month. I sobbed through probably 80% of it. I was crying so hard when Philip died (not a spoiler if it happened 216 years ago) that I don’t actually remember most of that scene happening. I really want to go again, but apparently my first born isn’t worth enough on the black market.
Meg says:
It’s coming to Orange County in 2018!
Katrina says:
Okay, what is Hamilton? Is it on Netflix?
Lenora Dody says:
My brother who lives in NYC enters the lottery all of the time. He actually won once but didn’t see the email on time. I don’t think I could take that!!
Stephanie B. says:
We bought season tickets for San Francisco, just so we’d be guaranteed tickets to Hamilton. It was worth every single penny (and we didn’t have seats nearly as good as yours were). We saw it six months ago, and we still love it. The local library is even doing a Hamilton sing-a-long for A.Ham’s birthday on January 11. I’ll be there!