#ham4ham

Hamilton revived its special Ham4Ham concert series outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre May 5 to celebrate the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and their eight 2023 Tony Award nominations-and it was a thrill of a time!
Stars Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and the entire cast of the current Sondheim revival joined Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Broadway’s Hamilton to perform a special mash-up of songs from the two shows’ scores.

[@Chromolume]

I have been blessed to work in several industries where the competition is friendly and helpful. But the Theatre community is like no other in terms of collaboration and support. Each show on Broadway (and Off-Broadway) are "competing" for the same audience dollars, but it never looks like competition. It looks like friendship. It looks like family. It looks like love.

[@lifesglories1469]

That’s most theatre communities.

[@maartenkos98]

Accept when auditioning. Then the competition wants to cut your vocal chords or snap your achilles behind the curtains. 😅

[@Chromolume]

@@maartenkos98 You mean "except". This has not been my experience at all. I have met many wonderful people in the audition room, some of whom I've never seen again (but I still remember , even nearly thirty years alter), and some of whom have gone on to become lifelong friends. The cut-throat-back-biters are very few and far between.

[@maartenkos98]

@@Chromolume indeed, except. Sorry English is not my first language. But off course not everybody is a diva, I’m sure most people are nice to each other.

[@emhu2594]

​@@maartenkos98 from what I've heard, those people don't last. People talk about them and they become unhireable.

[@dukeofrodtown1705]

The switch from "Alexander Hamilton" to "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" gave me goosebumps - but that ending, my God! Chills. Everywhere.

[@ChelCM03]

And they said Endgame was the most ambitious crossover this was INCREDIBLE

[@emilywebster1056]

I agree it was epic

[@osummer1]

Um....can this be performed at the Tony's next month? Brilliant!

[@dancinislivin828]

Anyone who wants to see a very similar number with the original Hamilton cast, look up their performance from the BC/EFA Easter Bonnet competition a few years ago! One of my faves

[@carrastealth]

Lyrics: How does a master’s gore-filled sumptuous score And a plot skimmed hot from a British novel Involving a convict, hopped up on conflict Washed up in London harbor Grow up to be a bloody demon barber? The mean barber used to bein’ Benjamin Barker Got a lot darker by bein’ a lot odder By seein’ a lot of trauma Be seein’ his baby mama Swiped from the scene… Sent screaming away from his wife and daughter And every day while shaves were being flaunted and sauntered away By Italian knaves, he struggled and kept his shop up Inside, he was longin’ for bloody beadles to chop up The barber was ready for judges’ jugulars he could mop up Then a green finch came and linnet birds rained Our man saw his future drip dripping’ down the drain Put a razor to his nasal, connected it to his brain And he straight up went insane, his arm was complete again... Well the word got around they said, “This can’t be the same man” Sent away to prison like Valjean in a chain gang Get yourself a station, a place to practice your aim And the world is gonna know your name, what’s your name man?” Demon barber Sweeney Todd (Crowd Goes absolutely berserk) I am the demon barber Sweeney Todd Indeed, I serve a dark and vengeful God But the work… waits… Judge Turpin ordered him to split, full of it, lust-ridden Some years later, see Turpin and his ward just sittin’ Flushed, spittin’ as he locks her up quick, his hair slick Johanna’s not his daughter, but c’mon that shit is sick Moved in with Miss Lovett, Miss Lovett would be his newest guide Cookin’ his victims into her pies, somethin’ new inside A voice, sayin’ Sweeney, you’ve gotta kill for yourself He started the bleedin’ and feedin’ every pastry on the shelf There would have been several new deceased, which only grew the feast And nobody knew that she imbued the yeast with just a little priest Started workin’ Turpin was the one he saved his hand for Slicing’ up Pirelli, practicing’ on the Beadle Bamford Scammin’ For every neck he can get his hands on Plannin’ For the future, see him now as he stands on The bow of a ship headed for his hometown On Fleet Street, clean sweep, cut ‘em all down On Fleet Street, clean sweep, cut ‘em all down But the work waits... On Fleet Street, clean sweep, cut ‘em all down I’m alive at last… On Fleet Street, clean sweep, cut ‘em all down On Fleet Street, Fleet Street… And I’m full of JOOOOOOOYYYYYY!!! Demon Barber Sweeney Todd (Demon Barber Sweeney Todd) We will now attend the tale for you (we attend the tale for you) You could never back down, you had to swing your razor HIIIIIIIGH Oh, Demon Barber Sweeney Todd (Demon Barber Sweeney Todd) Here’s the tale that we regale for you What happens next, well, that’s the play You wouldn’t want us to give it away The world will never be okay, ohhh The ship’s in London harbor now, see if you can spot ‘im A young sailor named Anthony right beside him His enemies destroyed his life His vengeance turned him rotten We fucked with him Me, I trusted him Me, I shaved with him Me, I loved him And me? I’m the young Toby that got him There’s a million things he hasn’t done, but that’s the plaayyyyy… What’s your name man? Demon Barber Sweeney Todd!

[@emalaw1329]

This right here? The Lord's work. Hope there's more likes coming your way.

[@Miss_Myth]

This is amazing but seems like a draft? Doesn't seem to match the video performance totally. But either way, THANK YOU so much!!

[@Melissanoma]

@@Miss_Myth those are actually the lyrics from the 2016 version. youtube title is "Broadway's Hamilton - Opening Number Homage to Sweeney Todd". This song by the original hamilton cast.

[@Miss_Myth]

@@Melissanoma Oh awesome, thank you!

[@carriew5106]

Thank you

[@amandalynn4979]

I was at this performance! I had to climb up and stand on scaffolding to get a good view (Most of the street was taken up) but it was worth it!

[@ey8767]

That’s unbelievable. The way they rewrote lyrics and the way two songs mixed together

[@lukasky03]

You know Lin did this in 2016 for Broadway Cares...

[@lukasky03]

@@ey8767 It’s a really fun performance by the original cast!

[@ChaMiranda21]

much love to Gaten ♥ He's perfectly enjoying himself with these people. ^_^

[@tigristhelynx7224]

It's so great to see Gaten come back after the success of Stranger Things! Coming full circle, back to where he came from.

[@marahhoward4633]

I didn't notice that was him until she started singing and he cracked that big grin. He's having a grand time.

[@kristengreene2887]

This was EPIC!! Also love LMM’s nod to Jonathon Larson with the Moondance Diner shirt 🥲

[@crunchberrychaos1545]

YES! Probably my favorite part of the vid was seeing him turn around to reveal the Moondance logo.

[@classicalheroes8910]

i meannn he directed the movie

[@crunchberrychaos1545]

@@classicalheroes8910 and he was the diner cook

[@bernacarangan]

Me proudly knowing the demon barber sweeney Todd (Hamiltons version) because I watched this version when it came out so many times 😌

[@EvaAthineos]

The mash-up we never knew we needed

[@wendybrown500]

They should record this for charity!!

[@JessicaMcCoy1]

They did it for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS a few years ago.

[@sylph8005]

They did in 2016

[@innos3ntCrim3]

SIIIIIIIIIICK!!! THIS IS BLOODY BRILLIANT!!!! 🤯❤🤯❤🤯❤️

[@krystilee]

I have chills and they haven't even started singing! I loved this when they first did the song a few years back at the Easter Bonnet competition.

[@stacyc4287]

Epic. Fantastic. Lin MM is a damn genius...but you knew that.

[@YumiShiraishi]

I think I skipped over to 4:00 so many times just to hear the beautiful baritone "Demon Barber Sweeney Todd" moment. >w

[@finn8460]

THE TICK TICK BOOM SHIRT

[@AlliB33tle]

This was absolutely AMAZING OMG

[@emilywebster1056]

This was amazing, and impressive they looked like they had the time of their lives doing this.

[@KirkLinnDeGrassi]

I wanna CD of all of these

[@laurenredding1419]

Summoned my mom with thr presence of josh groban

[@NavaeraGreenleaf88]

This works so well

[@navigatorone1808]

No substitute for the talent that's on display here...When Ham 4 Ham plays...Fridays @ 4pm are going to be very lively outside the Richard Rodgers theater this summer...

[@JoBloxJ27]

Love hearing this again since Easter Bonnet 😊

[@borahaegurl]

Who is singing wait for it??? what is their name?? their voice is soo beautiful 😭💜

[@neresq]

Are you talking about the guy in green jacket? If so, that's Miguel Cervantes a/k/a Alexander Hamilton. He was Hamilton for the entire multi-year run in Chicago - where I saw it (and him) twice. He's excellent. Much better voice than LMM and a great actor.

I 💞 Broadway I'm an of Lin Manuel Miranda 🇵🇷🇵🇷 I look forward to see Hamilton

[@ElizabethT45]

That's Gaten Matarazzo in the red hat in front!

[@c.d.9035]

Love it. But they missed the chance to let Mrs, Lovett jump on a table and make a Lafayette entrance. Everybody give it up for England's fightin' pie queen: Mrs Lov-ETT! I'm takin' this shop by the reins and makin' Customers into gigantic blood stains all ready for bakin' How to find meat to make edible pasties? Leave out the cats, coz that s***'s just nasty! Mrs. Lov-ETT! And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em Drop and cook 'em up and sell their remains, I'm Mrs. Lov-ETT!

[@kevinschwab3994]

Would be nicer to hear it but I’m glad fun was had!

[@spwaff.]

wow! i haven’t seen ham4ham since like 2017!😃

[@kathrynolsen1256]

Couldn’t hear half of it because of that one girl having a screamgasm every five seconds.

[@olive6679]

Shrieking is the new normal in the theater world

[@bobgarrett3367]

fabulous!

[@samanthal133]

Holy shite ITS BACKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@charlesoshea4803]

Isn't this the mashup that the original Hamilton cast sang in The Easter Bonnet back in 2015 ?

[@jasonluckoff3880]

What about Hamilton versus beetljuice?

[@LeDameMarciana]

SO good to hear this mash-up from the Bonnet competition again!! As witty as it ever was

[@auntieashcraft]

This is so so so epic. Congrats to Sweeney Todd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Fantastikitty]

"And I'm filled with JOY!"

[@themeparksarah]

5:56 THIS PART HITS DIFFERENT🔥love this mashup!! So fun!

[@leahmoore6820]

Can we get subtitles please?

[@denisesudell2538]

They’re there. They’re just lousy.

[@harley.j.indigo]

crying over gaten bc i would act the exact same

[@josefigueroa8304]

I don't really get all the Hamilton hype. I saw it and it was the worst most boring show ever.

[@cryspbacon]

sweeney hamilton redeux 😭 (the OG hamilton cast did this in 2016 i believe)

[@sarah-qz5oh]

5:40??? i love groban

[@technicolordreamer]

Looks like so much fun! Is that Gaten Matarazzo? Also, Josh Groban.

[@Kayjee17]

Yes, that is Gatten AND Josh!

[@billnutt9667]

Gaten plays Toby in SWEENEY TODD. (He has serious Broadway creds - he was in LES MISERABLES before he got STRANGER THINGS.) Josh plays Sweeney.

[@Sharpe1502]

Yeah, Gaten plays Toby in Sweeney Todd.

[@tigristhelynx7224]

That's Josh Groban under all that hair??

[@unawatunagirl]

@@tigristhelynx7224he’s barber now, after all. He will fix that hair soon for sure 😄

[@genevieve8857]

God I need to be in New York. Love you Lin Manuel!

[@andreacatzel8259]

Brilliantly written! So clever….. but what a pity the sound was so awful. The audience screaming covering everything! Bravi to Sweeney Todd cast!

[@inulit]

what's the name of the guy in the red beanie

[@cambryn]

Gaten Matarazzo

[@allylamkie8431]

This was the best way to start my morning! Pure joy!

[@tdownstown]

I did not know Ryan renlads can sing that good

[@stressmuffin]

Pardon my emojis, but I kept on saying, “Oh 💩!” & Arsenio Hall’s dog pound “Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo!”. This mash up is ridiculously bomb 🍑

[@marcusjdrabwell4122]

FIREEEEEEEE

[@smalls9852]

This is the best thing ever lol. I was just in NYC, can't believe I missed this.

[@jeanhyclak6060]

Hamil-Todd. Love this ❤

[@erickafayefabian]

DAMN. 🔥

[@classicalheroes8910]

reminds me of when they did this a few years ago at broadway backwards 😂

[@michaeldemocko443]

Fucking amazing!! 'Nuff said.

[@olive6679]

This was so much fun to watch. They are going to make me fly to NYC.

[@kachang7865]

So like when we getting demon barber of Fleet Street the rnb musical coming?

[@thaliabowen2006]

Gaten

[@gabiiiriiivera]

i can't wait for them to record this

[@elizabethworley7073]

I love these little nerds so much.

[@whysoserious5519]

This. Was. Delightful.

[@cScottD]

Brilliant!

[@Molson-xg9hs]

Why is Josh giving me serious Motel the Tailor from Fiddler vibes here!? Was great to see Ham4Ham and the Hamilton/Sweeney mashup resurrected.

[@RyanGoslingFromDiscord]

is that gaten

[@brightshining]

Eff yeah! 😄

[@jenniferaustin6778]

That was great!!!

[@kellykist6107]

Holy end of life experiences, Batman. I feel like this is a good moment to end life on!!!!! So joyful, so beautiful. So inspirational!!!!!

[@CiloAngel]

Can't hear the words well

[@neilwaldock6272]

Unfortunately, there's too much screaming to be able to hear and appreciate the lyrics.

[@neilwaldock6272]

@@amarli22 Thanks.

[@CiloAngel]

@@amarli22 appreciate it!

[@rightbackatyou100]

Cringe

[@Phobie_2000]

Your fucking comment is cringe.