Hamilton - Victoria Palace Theatre

Confirmation that Hamilton will come to London in 2017

www.playbill.com/article/confirmed-hamilton-headed-to-london-in-2017-com-356927

New York Times interview with Hamilton's producer Jeffrey Seller earlier today:

"Seller is spending a great deal of his time on the formidable task of putting multiple productions on the road, each of which, he says, must replicate the quality of the Broadway production. After Chicago, a second road company will open in San Francisco and perform for five months, then move on to Los Angeles. (That same cast may end up back in San Francisco for a longer engagement if the demand warrants.) There will most likely be a company that begins its tour in another West Coast city. Seller is working with the British producer Cameron Mackintosh on a “Hamilton” production to open in London in 2017, which will be followed by companies in Continental Europe and Australia."

www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/magazine/the-ceo-of-hamilton-inc.html?_r=0

Translating it would be difficult, presenting it in the original language might discourage some theatregoers

Yippee I'm so excited, must admit been thoroughly taken in by this one. Luckily it's 2017 as I'm on a no more tickets for this year as got a little carried away with booking shows and meant to be saving haha.

Book of Mormon also opens in Sweden next year.

I really can't see Hamilton happening in France, though. The "cult following" you refer to has been limited to a few classics that have seen short runs at the Theatre de Chatelet in recent years. Hardly any big mainstream musicals have ever made it in Paris (or elsewhere) and even Stage Entertainment has been struggling to fill their one single theatre (Mogador), where they are now doing Cats (again) to be followed by Phantom soon.

Otherwise I fully agree, I can't see Hamilton happening in any other language than English and an English-language version will be hard to follow for foreigners. I can see this work with subtitles in Scandinavia or the Netherlands perhaps, where people are used to subtitles in the cinema and on TV but definitely not in Germany, where the majority still insists on having everything spoonfed dubbed in German to them.

Overall I just don't think Hamilton NEEDS to go global. Maybe in the 80s/90s, it was a sign of success that shows like Cats, Les Mis or Mamma mia "went around the world" in dozens of languages. And yes, it was nice, but it shouldn't be a benchmark. Besides, people travel a lot more these days. I know many musical lovers in Germany who are big fans of Billy Elliot, although it's never played in Germany - they simply went to see it a couple of times in London. Same with Book of Mormon and I'm sure that once Hamilton is announced, there'll be another trek across the channel to see it.

Honestly if you like the cast recording I doubt you will feel let down. From what I've seen the only people who have not liked the show or been disappointed by it are people that hate rap or that hate it being part of theatre.

It's also a much better show than In the Heights. Not that In the Heights is bad but:

1. Lin came up with the concept for ITH and wrote the music and lyrics but did not write the dialogue. Most critics of ITH have issues with the book rather than the music/lyrics. He wrote everything for Hamilton.
2. He started writing In the Heights when he was still in university, he has become a much more accomplished and experienced writer since.
3. Hamilton is a much more ambitious and complex piece which makes it all the more impressive to watch.

I saw Hamilton back in August (before the cast recording came out) and the first thing I said to my friend at the interval was 'the lighting is amazing.' There is so much more to this show than the (brilliant) music. The staging of numbers like Satisfied, Yorktown, It's Quiet Uptown and the finale make them a million times more effective so even if you listen to the cast recording all day every day you will find things to be impressed by when you see the show for the first time.

However, having low expectations is not a bad thing. It ensures you wont be overly disappointed. I do think you'll be the opposite however.

Am I the only one not overly bothered about the transfer ??

You can't be *that* unbothered about Hamilton if you took time out of your day to go into a thread about Hamilton, have a bit of a read on the subject of Hamilton, then share a thought on Hamilton.

Unless... you're one of *those* people.....

Not sure you caught the point baemax was making

That if you had no interest in the show at all you wouldn't have taken time to open this thread and make a comment in it is basically what Baemax was getting at

Was about to pre-order the Hamilton book (as Miranda calls it, the Hamiltome) until I saw there's to be an audiobook. Now I can't decide between an audiobook with narration or a lyric book with notes. I have Finishing The Hat from Sondheim and found that I pretty much ignored the printed lyrics and just read the prose and annotations around them, so I'm tempted to wait for this audiobook.