Hamilton Reviews

Sidney Prueter from Indianapolis, Indiana

DON'T BUY THE HYPE

The first act is almost exclusively rap. Be prepared to miss a significant portion of the story line and character development. The second does have some conventional music. The story is great. The staging and choreography are good. Hamilton did not live up to my expectations.

Feel ripped off from Atlanta, Georgia

2 YR WAIT NOT WORTH IT

This was a long wait for a show my wife and I looked forward to seeing being history fans. This was so bad my wife was ready to leave at intermission. The only highlight for us was King George. I dozed off multiple times. The rap was aweful at times making it hard to understand what it was they were saying. Thomas Jefferson was portrayed like a pimp.

Carrie Winters from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

UNDERWHLEMELD

The best thing about it was our seats, second row balcony, the cost was $495 for three seats, OUTRAGOUS for what we experienced. The sound was not good, lots of static, voices going in and out, and trying to understand the rap, IMPOSSIBLE! We left the Benedum wondering what we just witnessed as it was too hard to follow a storyline with being unable to understand it. We talked to people around us at intermission (ages 14 and up) and thankfully they said the same thing, they could not understand or hear, it wasn't just us! The best character and easiest to understand was the king and even that wasn't great. I truly would not recommend this show to anyone but that is my opinion. We do not understand what all the hype is about and honestly we feel totally ripped off. Side note, $25 for parking, beyond acceptable.

DMS from Spokane, Washington

INTERNAL VOICE, "WHAT DID THEY JUST SAY?" (ON INFINITE LOOP.)

So very, very disappointed. Hamilton requires... absolutely requires... intelligible lyrics. Without lyric clarity, there is no play. No story. All of the creative language, word-play, humor, character development... i.e. "Hamilton" never made it past the orchestra pit in Spokane. Leaving... a cast of stand-ins and ensemble actors jumping energetically about a static stage set or standing bravely on wooden boxes rhythmically belting out... what may as well have been a recitation of the table of elements. Having seen Hamilton via streaming, I had very high hopes for the live show. This version... the sound engineers/facility utterly failed the performance. The first act was akin to acoustic punishment. Left at intermission. Appreciated the night out, but what a shame. If you can't technically support a Broadway production, don't book it. Seems simple. Disappointed enough to write a review hoping the facility will step up the quality of their product. Would not recommend. Sad.

Doug from Seattle, Washington

AWFUL

Truly the worst musical I have ever seen. While I do appreciate the innovation and creative intent, this musical falls flat on its face. Simply put it is a series of scenes strung together without an engaging story. It has the emotional appeal of a Super Bowl half-time show. Great choreography and energy but no substance. The characters are two-dimensional and I found I didn’t care what happened to them.

Kevin C from Costa Mesa, California

HAMILTON

Sounded really interesting. In reality it was not good at all. Was completely struck by how awful it was. To the extent that I left to go home at the intermission. I love going to the theater, but this was quite the worst “show” I have ever been to.

David Fluharty from Atlanta, Georgia

NOT WORTH THE MONEY!

Couldn't hear almost a word of the entire show. We were seated center stage with very expensive seats and had to "cup" my ears to try and hear the words. Unfortunately that didn't work so I went without understanding a great portion of the show. The biggest mistake we made was staying for the second act! The set was pleasing, the costumes and choreography were all quite good but without being able to actually hear the lyrics, the story was completely lost on us. I don't like Rap, but knew it was part of the show....which turned out to be the worst part of it as it was completely incomprehensible! In short, worst show I've ever seen, would definitely not recommend and so sorry I stayed through the whole thing. It never got better in act 2.

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