Lin-Manuel Miranda is to Hamilton what Nic Jonas was to Les Miserables. I know he was the creator of the musical, but

Jul 6, 2020
8:12:56am

Hank Rearden All-American

performance wise, he was also the weak link, much like Jonas was as Marius in Les Miserables. Not that it was some huge distraction, just a minor annoyance.

Other than that, I enjoyed Hamilton.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is to Hamilton what Nic Jonas was to Les Miserables. I know he was the creator of the musical, but

Hank Rearden All-American

7/6/20 8:12am

Had to google the name. It makes sense now. I was wondering how they could have

Backcountry

7/6/20 8:16am

Yep, I saw the play in SF. The actor who played Hamilton had a much better voice

JuicyJam

7/6/20 8:18am

I think it worked out for him 🙂

Cougarrr

7/6/20 8:42am

I thought same listening to the soundtrack but I think he actually works in the

Memmo

7/6/20 8:21am

You think Nic Jonas was worse than Russel Crowe??

valleus

7/6/20 8:22am

Crowe is the worst part of any les Mis production.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/6/20 8:28am

Russell Crowe wasn’t in a Broadway production. Plus, he was on par with his co-stars. Miranda would probably be fine

Hank Rearden

7/6/20 8:35am

I think it would have been an incredibly difficult part to cast for the initial run

TwinsRight

7/6/20 8:33am

I mean, he was the genius who thought it up, wrote the entire thing, composed much of the music. But really, the

CDV

7/6/20 8:37am

Was Shakespeare the star of his plays? You’re welcome to come up with your own comparison. I think its an excellent

Hank Rearden

7/6/20 8:39am

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rivercitycoug

7/6/20 8:38am

You mean he held back Larry David's show.

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