Well, I'm British and live in the UK and I fell in love with it on first listen (which followed siderea's post about it). My friend Nicholas Whyte (who holds Irish, British and Belgian citizenship and lives in Belgium) also liked it: http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2598465.html
I think there are resonances I'm just not going to get because it's not my country's founding myths being played with and references I don't get without help. George III's creepy boyfriend songs are hilarious, and I think we (British people) are used to being the villains in US dramas and films, so I don't think that's going to be a barrier.
Fundamentally it's a brilliant work of music and lyrics and *that* is why I've been playing it repeatedly. I'm in the weird position where I seem to be the accidental evangelist for it among most of the people I know Who Like Musicals. (I do not know my musicals very well; I have a project to rectify this when I can stop looping Hamilton). I think when it comes to London, which it apparently will in 2017, it's going to be very popular.
(I do find myself trying to filk alternate lyrics to "I'm just like my country": "I'm old, creaking and grumpy" "I like a good cup of tea" "Forgotten most of my history")
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I think there are resonances I'm just not going to get because it's not my country's founding myths being played with and references I don't get without help. George III's creepy boyfriend songs are hilarious, and I think we (British people) are used to being the villains in US dramas and films, so I don't think that's going to be a barrier.
Fundamentally it's a brilliant work of music and lyrics and *that* is why I've been playing it repeatedly. I'm in the weird position where I seem to be the accidental evangelist for it among most of the people I know Who Like Musicals. (I do not know my musicals very well; I have a project to rectify this when I can stop looping Hamilton). I think when it comes to London, which it apparently will in 2017, it's going to be very popular.
(I do find myself trying to filk alternate lyrics to "I'm just like my country": "I'm old, creaking and grumpy" "I like a good cup of tea" "Forgotten most of my history")