Spamilton NYC Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (447)
See it if you are familiar with Hamilton and other Broadway icons, enjoy a very inspired parody in a somewhat minimal setting.
Don't see it if you are unfamiliar with Hamilton or any other Broadway performers or shows, dislike parodies or have no sense of humor. Read more
See it if you love Hamilton
Don't see it if you are not a fan of Hamilton
See it if You enjoy musicals with a comedic touch. You are a fan of Hamilton and music in general.
Don't see it if Looking for bigger productions with longer show times. Read more
See it if you love hamilton and everything broadway
Don't see it if if you have not seen hamilton or listened obsessively to the soundtrack
See it if You know and love Hamilton. You need to laugh so hard you cry.
Don't see it if You don't want to hear another word about how genius Linn Manuel Miranda is.
See it if You've seen Hamilton and can't get enough!
Don't see it if You don't like to laugh. Read more
See it if Clever funny extremely well done fast-paced and just a wonderful evening The cast was marvelous they actually could've been in Hamilton the
Don't see it if I can't imagine why somebody wouldn't want to see this but it is a cabaret bar not particularly comfortable but still a lot of fun
See it if you enjoy talented singing and dancing and clever hip hop and other modern rewriting in a spoof of well known Broadway musicals and stars.
Don't see it if you can't understand/tolerate hip hop even in parody; you worship Miranda/hip hop artists, can't take jokes about them, or can't sit 90 min.
Critic Reviews (23)
"There are some worthy gems along the nose-thumbing way, and since this is Alessandrini after several decades of his Gerard-foolery, the results are mixed...Suspecting that there may not be 70 minutes of material to squeeze from Miranda's masterpiece, Alessandrini uses the show as a new 'Forbidden Broadway' op. He fares well enough with these...The huge saving graces throughout are Alessandrini's direction and Gerry McIntyre's choreography."
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"I found some of the skits hard to follow. Some of the funniest moments are when Alessandrini wanders away from his main target and gives us scenes from fake musicals such as 'American Psycho in Paris' and 'The Lion King and I.' The cast are terrific...The amusing choreography by Gerry McIntyre gets maximum use out of a postage-stamp-size stage. While there are many hilarious moments, I found this show less consistently enjoyable than Alessandrini’s earlier efforts."
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"It’s a terrific spoof that had to happen by the only artist we know with the theater understanding and the dark heart to be able to pull it off...The 75-minute gem has just five performers of mad versatility, plus two priceless guest artists...The show’s verbosity, the imperfect rhymes, the too-fast-to-comprehend speed are all fair game...The courage, the did-he-really-say-that moments, Fred Barton’s pianism and, of course, the wigs, are all marvelous."
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"The result is thoroughly mixed.,,Alessandrini, whose unparalleled skill is finding the weak underbelly in a musical and then wittily skewering away, evidently had a hard time finding any soft spots in 'Hamilton'...He starts parodying other Broadway musicals and mores, in a kind of scattershot version of 'Forbidden Broadway'...'Spamilton' is not his best work, but he's much too clever a writer not to provide entertainment for theater buffs."
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"The master of parody strikes again...Thanks mostly to casting outstanding singers rather than just comedic actors, Alessandrini reaches the stratosphere of success with this latest hit...Rosales…captures the nuances of his real-life character. Ortiz can belt out a tune just like Audra McDonald...If you're even a tiny fan of musical theatre and enjoyed your 'Hamilton' experience, you will definitely enjoy this slightly more offbeat interpretation! Go see it, Mr. Burr, sir."
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"This romp isn’t merely all-'Hamilton,' all the time. There are references to two dozen other Tony-winning musicals and quite a few runners-up, too...The fun is that the actors greatly resemble the stars of 'Hamilton'...The four men and one woman do exhaustively yeoman work. They all sing well and hit the jokes to get the maximum laughter out of them...Despite a nicely sentimental ending, theatergoers get all the slings and arrows of outrageous Gerard Alessandrini."
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"The music is fantastically done. Most of the songs parodied are from 'Hamilton,' including 'His Shot' where he sings, 'I am not gonna let Broadway rot!'...Also, the cast does a great job with the lyrically dense numbers."
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