Review: Spamilton & 21 Chump Street at Stages Houston

From the wickedly witty mind of Gerard Alessandrini, creator of the long-running hit Forbidden Broadway, comes SPAMILTON, a hilarious spoof of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s cultural phenomenon Hamilton. Performed by a cast of only six actors, SPAMILTON delivers a side-splitting crash course in Broadway history through musical parody, using familiar melodies paired with razor-sharp new lyrics to chart Miranda’s meteoric rise to theatrical stardom. As if that weren’t enough, Stages sweetens the deal by pairing it with Miranda’s rarely produced mini-musical 21 CHUMP STREET, a short but entertaining cautionary (and true!) tale about the consequences of trying too hard to impress someone.