The Musical Theatre Thread

Not gonna lie, the fact that they all look like super hot supermodels really takes all the emotions out of the song. I don't think being slightly turned on by all the sexy slaves is the feeling this song is supposed to convey. 

Hamilton is doing a showing on Disney+ July 3rd. I am so there.

Yeah, Hamilton is really fucking good, holy shit.

I have owned the cast recording for a while and have always liked the music, but experiencing the story attached to the songs and seeing all the outstanding performances, it was out of this world. I've been listening to The Schuyler Sisters and Satisfied on repeat for the past week, Renée Elise Goldsberry makes this show for me.

Really glad Disney decided to release this on their streaming platform, but I also hope they still plan on going through with the theatrical release once covid is over, because I would really love to see it on the big screen and with an audience. Also, apparently there was a German production of this show planned for 2021, but I'm not sure if it's still happening after everything. I would love to see it live on stage, but I'm not sure if it's gonna work with translated lyrics and all.

To me personally, I think the entire score is absolutely brilliant, like every single song is amazing to me. But Satisfied is definitely my favourite and the one I've been listening to the most ever since I saw the show. And it's not just the song itself ... the blocking and the choreography of that scene are freaking phenomenal and I love the way it contrasts with Helpless. It's basically the same scene, but from Angelica's perspective, and re-watching Helpless afterwards and seeing how Angelica is trying so hard to keep up appearances for her sister's sake is absolutely heartbreaking. Renée Elise Goldsberry's performance made me fall in love with that character.

Another song I really love is It's Quiet Uptown. Lin-Manuel Miranda may not have the best vocals in the world, but he's such a good actor and he acts the hell out of that scene especially. I've seen the show so many times by now and the moment where Eliza takes his hand and he starts crying kills me every time.

Renée Goldsberry really makes this show for me. There are so, so many incredible, unforgettable performances in this filmed version of Hamilton, I feel a bit weird singling out a specific one like that, but I just completely and utterly fell in love with that character and the actress portraying her. Renée plays Angelica with so much strength and intelligence and heart, it's honestly hard not to. 

One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking moments of the show for me was during the closing number, when Eliza sings about Angelica, and mentions that when she died, she was buried near Alexander. That little moment, that line just absolutely killed me. 

"She is buried in Trinity Church near you. When I needed her most, she was right on time."

I didn't know much (or anything really) about the historical Angelica Schuyler before watching this, and I'm aware that the musical probably takes plenty of liberties with historical facts and figures, but it made me super interested to find out more about these people. And If I were ever to visit Manhattan, I would really love to visit Trinity Church and put flowers on the graves of Angelica and Eliza. That's something I would really love to do one day.