Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Freestyle Love Supreme” Opens Wednesday At Seattle Rep

February 14, 2022• byMichael Strangeways

OK, it’s not JUST Lin-Manuel Miranda’s show…the Tony Award winning creator of Hamilton and In The Heights is ONE of the people behind FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME, a new musical stage production currently touring the country and now opening at the Seattle Rep on Wednesday, February 16th. But, let’s face it….he’s a star and you always want a starry name in your header!

I’m not the biggest hip hop fan in the world, but this show looks fun and DIFFERENT and the energy alone is compelling me to go and check it out.

But, what exactly is “Freestyle Love Supreme”?

The title pretty much spells it out but if you need further assistance, the breathless prose from the press materials:

Before Hamilton, before In the Heights, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. Now — direct from Broadway — the original hip-hop musical phenomenon from Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale arrives in Seattle. The recipient of a special 2020 Tony Award and subject of the recently released Hulu documentary We are Freestyle Love Supreme, every performance of this Grammy-nominated show brings the unexpected, as the crew takes the crowd on a freestyle, hip-hop, improvisational comedy ride. The performers take suggestions from the audience and spin them into instantaneous riffs and full-length musical numbers. See it for the first time each time — as no two shows are ever the same.

So, in other words, if you’re expecting/wanting a traditional night of musical theater with a throughline and plot and dialogue and specific characters…this ain’t the show for you. It’s more “a night of fun, comedy and hip hop music” than “Annie Get Your Gun” or “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”.

Seattle Rep is also offering PAY WHAT YOU CAN ticket pricing for all their shows this season…so even folks with a VERY tiny entertainment budget can grab a seat. Details are down below!

WHEN: February 16 – March 13, 2022 Performance times: Tuesday–Sunday Select Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday matinees at 2:00 p.m. and evening performances at 7:30 p.m. (no matinees during previews)

WHERE: Seattle Rep’s Bagley Wright Theater, located at Seattle Center at the corner of Second Ave. and Mercer St., Seattle, Washington

TICKETS: Start at $17 – ON SALE NOWDiscounted tickets for groups of 10+ may be purchased by calling 206.443.2224. For ticket reservations, call the Seattle Rep Patron Services Office at 206.443.2222 or toll-free at 877.900.9285, or go online at seattlerep.org

Seattle Rep makes Pay What You Choose tickets available for all performances in the 2022 season.

Pay What You Choose seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis with a minimum donation of $5 per person over the phone, and a minimum of $1 in person. Tickets are also available with our digital partner TodayTix 24 hours in advance (see here) or you may pre-order your tickets by phone at 206-443-2222. In-person purchases will be available starting February 16, 2022. There is a limit of 4 Pay What You Choose tickets per person. (Full-price tickets may be reserved in advance in any quantity.)

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.