I watched it with friends last night. This is how awesome they are - M asked "Are you going to sing?" and I said "I'll try not to, sorry in advance!" and they said "No, it'll be awesome!"

And I 100% jumped out of my chair and yelled "When you knock me down, I get the FUCK back up again"

(even if LMM had the weakest voice of the cast)

I'd love to see the show with Javier Munoz as Alexander Hamilton.

OMG, my face is swollen from crying at Hamilton.

I was proud that I didn't start crying last night until the Hamilton-Burr duel, because I usually start crying when Philip dies and basically cry through until the end.

the biggest thing that stood out to me was Philips death, which you can't get without the visual.

For me, it was "Satisfied," for the same reason -- that scene is so much more impactful with the close-up shots of Angelica.

Leslie Odom Jr. is just so goddamn *phenomenal*.

And I 100% jumped up and yelled "When you knock me down, I get the FUCK back up again"

Really the only possible way to watch that performance.

I've done about half the chores on my list and have had my first drink of the day. I'm pleased with that progress.

Either the house an my energy are calming today or the dogs are pooped out. I'm not mad about it. The kitchen is looking the best it has in months. I might get the table and bar counter cleared off before dinner.

Lots of moving stuff from floor to floor still. Packed up two more bins of winter clothes that had just been piles for many many weeks. Returning tools to the basement from wherever I left them when I had a job.

Since I'm starting to curse idiots on Facebook, I'm putting down the keyboard for a while. Latest one was somebody saying that Fauci created the coronavirus...

Yeah, better if I go pull some weeds for a while I think.

Pace the rage.

I can't wait to see Anthony Ramos as Usnavi in In the Heights next (wah!) summer.

We'd planned to watch Hamilton tonight, but so far our PS3, through which we route our Netflix and is our Blu-ray player, nor our fabulous and beautiful wide, flatscreen, but dumbTV is receiving D+. Neither of us is willing to settle for watching it on my laptop. Solutions are being pursued.

(even if LMM had the weakest voice of the cast)

I'd love to see the show with Javier Munoz as Alexander Hamilton.

I saw both on Broadway, and MUCH preferred Javier. (I'd seen him way back when in In The Heights and he was terrific then too.) The only original cast member I really missed the second time around was Daveed Diggs, to be honest.

I had to check, but the guy I saw is currently the lead on Broadway. At the time, they were prepping him to open in Chicago, so he replaced Javier Munoz when I saw it. It was right before Daveed Diggs left, thank god.

(Also, I'm envious of Hamilton fans, because while I suspect that a professionally-filmed version of Wicked is out there somewhere and will eventually be released, I don't think there's one for Beetlejuice, and the closest I'll get to seeing it is bootleg footage.)

I suspect that going forward the standard single-camera archival video of any theatrical production will become multi-camera shoots that can be edited into something that can be streamed. Not quite the scale of Hamilton, but better than what is meant for production/touring staff to study. I know my employer is planning this.

In the theatre I saw the Chicago production with Miguel Cervantes as Hamilton, who was excellent. As good as the filmed production is, it's never quite the same as being in the room and having that shared experience with everyone else. That said, I did love being able to see the facial expressions (only nosebleed seats were in my budget) and most of the original cast.