Review of Hamilton (2025) by Dawdlingpoet — 08 Apr 2022

This was my first time seeing this show and I know how popular it is. I like a good musical, although I suppose im somewhat less keen on theatre shows. I thought most of the songs were quite catchy and fun and the choreography is undoubtedly slick. It has a nice flow to it. I knew it was quite contemporary, in terms of the musical styles/genres used, including some rap/hip-hop (though there are numbers which are slower and less frantic) and I supppose it does give it a fresh feel, so to speak. I can only imagine how much energy you need to appear on stage and take part in only some of this nearly 3 hour long production. Phew. It's certainly an entertaining watch. I can't say I followed the story it tells fully but I get the general idea. I can understand why this is so popular - it definitely has a 'toe-tap' aspect to it, which is a good sign.

I wouldn't say this is entirely amazing or anything but if your a fan of musicals and this sounds of interest, then yes, I'd recommend it as a live version of a theatrical production, rather than a film set to music as such (if you know what I mean). Its quite long at close to 2 and three quarter hours long but its certainly got a nice beat to it throughout and I thought it was pretty entertaining overall and as I say I'm not someone esp. keen on theatre. Perhaps this isn't entirely brilliant but it's certainly not boring or overly bad, hence it's worth a watch.