As suspected past the giddy gang on Wed nighttime – though it was ne'er officially confirmed – Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda guest-starred inward the gap dark of Freestyle Love Supreme at the Venetian. That’s the improvised hip-hop exhibit he cocreated inwards 2004 before Hamilton and In The Heights made him a household name.
Directed by Dylan Marlais Thomas Kail, Freestyle Love Supreme comedically engages audiences, who are non only if encouraged — but are expected — to cater suggestions. Last night, I audience fellow member reportedly yelled that she formerly started a hearsay at her Catholic schooling that two nuns were “getting it on.”
Miranda responded: “Wow, we are in Vegas!”
The show’s Vegas incarnation – which runs 90 minutes – is led by MC Andrew “Jelly Donut” Bancroft and features Simone “Sims” Acosta, Richard “Rich Midway” Baskin Jr., Jay C. “Jellis J” Ellis, Kaila “Kaiser Rözé” Mullady, John Pierpont Morgan “Hummingbird” Reilly, and Dizzy Seine.
Improv guru Susan Brownell Anthony Veneziale and Miranda conceived the demonstrate in 2004 during rehearsal breaks for In the Heights. It was performed multiple times o'er the years before debuting on Broadway, where it ran from October 2021 to Jan 2022. The Las Vegas casting of late toured the show up to 11 US cities, ending inwards Aug inwards Pasadena.
Musically, Freestyle Love Supreme pays homage to jazz saxist John Lackland Coltrane’s classic 1965 record album A Love Supreme, with dues also owed to the soul, blues, and hip-hop. group A chain of vocals – from sympathetic vocalizing to freestyle rapping to beatboxing — are backed by tight tunes from keyboards and human percussion.
Hamiltonian Heights?
Miranda’s best-known work, Hamilton, won 11 Tony Awards inward 2016, the most of all time for a musical. These awards included Charles Herbert Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Direction of a Musical, among others. Miranda also was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work. That spells some fairly high-pitched expectations for all his review projects.
Over the years, Venetian/Palazzo enjoyed success with Vegas-ized Broadway hits, including Phantom — The Las Vegas Spectacular (2006-2012), Jersey Boys (2008-2012), and Rock of Ages (2012-2016). Other shows at the parallel resorts – including Nebulae: The LifeForce (2000), Sourire (2002), The Real Deal (2008), and Puppet Up! Uncensored (2016) – out-and-out tanked.
Opening nighttime proven a resounding, sold-out success for Freestyle Love Supreme. However, it’s a presumption that Miranda’s add-on to the cast of characters of his possess musicals testament generate tremendous buzz. Whether that bombinate put up keep without his lead power is something that remains to be seen.
Freestyle Love Supreme runs from 8 p.m. Wednesdays through and through Fridays, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 7 p.m. Sundays at the Venetian’s Summit Showroom. Tickets, starting at $57.45, are uncommitted at venetianlasvegas.com.
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