LMM is not the strongest singer but I love his performances anyway. I saw In the Heights with both him and, I think, Javier Munoz as well, and though Javier was amazing overall and a better singer, there was something about LMMs delivery that felt funnier and more relatable. I get that form his Hamilton too. Our Hamilton when I saw it on tour (unfortunately I don't remember the actor's name) sang better but felt flatter.

My pleasant surprise was Phillipa Soo Eliza, who I liked MUCH more on stage then on the recording. She sings beautifully but her vocal performance on the recording is the least nuanced to me, very straightforward ingenue, but on stage her delivery was more expressive AND her facial expressions were awesome.

My surprise like was Anthony Ramos overall (but especially as little Phillip) , and Oke as James Madison, as well as Phillipa. They really benefitted from the visual.

When I saw Hamilton in NYC, the guy who was Lafayette/Jefferson was in the original ensemble, so it was fun to see him in the Hamiltome and the movie!

I liked Eliza better on stage.

And Wait for it is one of my favorite songs but damn! seeing Leslie Odom Jr...the little almost smile in the beginning and then when he is signing about how he is the one thing he can control, he looks like he is swallowing back all his emotions and it's such a controlled performance right until the end when he lets loose and then pulls it all back into stillness and control.

oh and it was so wonderful to *see* King George and all his little .. that is an amazing performance.

And in non hamilton talk

and kind of morbid talk-- there was a shooting in the parking garage at the mall where I work. we weren't effected and woudn't have known anything until mall mgmt called the managers except some kidns came running into the store and yelled something and I just did my "don't run in the store" bc I dind' really hear what they said. which turned out to be something like "they shooting" . But we didn't hear anything (because it was outside).

everyone was arrested and it was over quickly, one person was grazed and there was vehicle damage. Dillards was evacuated but nothing else. Some stores closed their doors but then others I don't think did.

I feel stupid because it didn't register that the kids runnign through were panicked, there were other kids who had run through.

I feel like I should have been more aware and more worried when they said something. But then we had to act like things were normal and a customer got mad bc , one I was distracted and I couldn't say "there's possibly been a shooting somewhere near here" but she was unreasonable bc she wanted to apply for a credit card using a picture of her drivers license that her daughter was goig to text her since her license was in her car or something like that.

I had suspended her order but she took her stuff and said "Cancel my order I'm taking this to someone else who can help me" and kept asking me if I cancelled her order.. like I can't ring it up , it's not going to charge you and I'm sure she found someone who would let her apply for a credit card like that. I couldn't evne really call a manager since they were all involved in trying to figure out what was going on.

Oh jeez, that sounds scary.

And much more important than my non-Hamilton thing I was going to say, which is: I was with a few friends this afternoon for hot dogs and hamburgers, and in the absence of charcoal, the host cooked the burgers in the oven and the hot dogs in boiling water. I was so surprised! I would have done both in a skillet, or at least one or the other!

So, what say you?

skillet for both or skillet for burgers and boil the dogs. I have never heard of oven hamburgers.

^^^^This.

My mom always did burgers under the broiler. After all, a broiler is pretty much an upside down gas grill. Could that have been what your friend did rather than roasting? She also did thickish patties with bread crumbs that were closer to meatloaf than a griddle hamburger - looking back on it I'm slightly horrified but they did / do taste good, even if I do prefer a smashed burger these days.

The King George we saw in Providence was much more physical in his performance, not standing there in a regal manner. So, that was different.