HAMILTON Principal Cast Replacements — Page 2

hes16 said: "Did Renée ever officially announce that she was leaving? How do we know she is?



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I haven't seen anything official for Renee. The only thing I saw is she was looking forward to spending more time with her family. Nothing more than that.

Dave13 said:
"I haven't seen anything official for Renee. The only thing I saw is she was looking forward to spending more time with her family. Nothing more than that. "

Ah, I see. Thank you.

Doing a show day after day, week after week, month after month, is tiring, even if it's a great show and you love it. After a while you just really want to do something else.

gypsy101 said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "I get why everyone is leaving"

You do? I don't really, you'd think it would be great being in the best musical of the last 40 years.

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It makes sense for them to leave because this is the biggest break for many of these performers, and because of Hamilton they have now been offered even bigger opportunities. They are leaving at what may be the peak of their careers to pursue new opportunities that being in Hamilton has given them. Also, being in Hamilton every day for the past 18 months must be exhausting.

^Such an important post, Lizzy's. The experience of performing a show, and being its fan, have little in common. It's obviously a once-in-a-career moment to be part of this ensemble. As has been true of countless other shows. But it's also eight times a week, and like every job, has myriad ups and downs. I have a number of actor friends who say it's hard to leave a show, which is why one must push to do so. To grow, to change, to just move on. Though many will stay, some HAMILTON stars are demonstrating big picture pragmatism in seizing this moment, and welcoming the next thing. I've begun to read quite a backlash against the July exits, as if staying was some artistic or even moral obligation to those holding tickets in the future. That's part of the HAMILTON hysteria, but nothing to do with being a working actor.

I still hope one day Donald Glover plays Hamilton

Auggie27 said: "I've begun to read quite a backlash against the July exits, as if staying was some artistic or even moral obligation to those holding tickets in the future. That's part of the HAMILTON hysteria, but nothing to do with being a working actor.



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To play devil's advocate, the average theater goer isn't going to know about contract dates and it's understandable to be upset about buying expensive tickets thinking that it's for the OBC. Before releasing the tickets for August and after, the website should have been upfront about the possibility of full cast replacements. It's a big difference between spending $500 per ticket to see the cast you've been hearing about vs not knowing who is there.

Hellob said: "Auggie27 said: "I've begun to read quite a backlash against the July exits, as if staying was some artistic or even moral obligation to those holding tickets in the future. That's part of the HAMILTON hysteria, but nothing to do with being a working actor.



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To play devil's advocate, the average theater goer isn't going to know about contract dates and it's understandable to be upset about buying expensive tickets thinking that it's for the OBC. Before releasing the tickets for August and after, the website should have been upfront about the possibility of full cast replacements. It's a big difference between spending $500 per ticket to see the cast you've been hearing about vs not knowing who is there.



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I suppose that makes sense. Hamilton should put it up on their website that the cast may change. This is why I am confused about the whole possibility of $995 premium tickets. If people are already upset about paying the current prices to possibly not see the OBC, then who is going to buy even more expensive tickets for pretty much a guarantee that it won't be the OBC (I mean it's not even the OBC right now since Groff left)?

I guess they're thinking that the demand that will come after they win Best Musical will make up for that loss. Also a lot of people (middle aged especially who don't use the internet as much) do not even know of the cast and probably wouldn't realize they weren't seeing the original.

Also, there's no reason why they can't put together a cast that is equally as good. Thousands turned up to their open call in New York a week or so ago.

Also, Hamilton doesn't even use slips. There's an entire insert with a handy cast list for that night's cast. So unless you knew the names off the top of your head, you may not realize anything was different.

When I was a much more casual theatergoer, I had no idea who was in any show that I was seeing and didn't care. With few exceptions, I think people who only see one or two shows a year are going to see the shows, and wouldn't know most "big name" theater people if they tripped over them in the street. That may be a little different with Hamilton because of the fandom that's popped up around the cast album and social media, but those fans are mostly theater kids--a minority of the audience, like the people here.

You must learn all the ensemble by heart!