You’ve never seen American history told quite
like this. Hamilton, still the hottest ticket on
Broadway, is coming to Orlando for a threeweek
run. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda describes
Hamilton as “a show about Americans then, as
told by Americans now.”
SUMMER 2018 | artsLife 71
standing ovations. “This is a beautiful theater
with a fantastic sound.”
Oh, what a night, indeed.
But even though Valli himself won’t be in
attendance for Jersey Boys, his music will
be front and center. Valli’s character closes
the show by musing wistfully that the best
times in his life were “when everything was
still ahead of us, and it was just four guys
singing under a streetlamp.”
■ Hello, Dolly! (November 27–December
2). The lead role in the 1964 Broadway classic
has changed over the years, but it has
PHOTOS BY JOAN MARCUS