Greg Olsen’s ‘Hamilton’ Review: ‘Worth Every Penny’

Not since George Costanza has someone had a summer schedule like this.

The Summer of Greg [Olsen] continued this weekend after the Carolina Panthers' tight end scored seats to what Michelle Obama recently called "the hardest ticket to get on the planet."

Olsen's past few months have included a cameo on Comedy Central and once-in-a-lifetime experiences on the golf course and at the race track. But three days after seeing Hamilton, he was still gushing about the hit Broadway musical.

"Everything you've heard about it - and you go in with unbelievably high expectations - it was as good, if not better," Olsen said Tuesday after the Panthers' wrapped up their first OTA session of the week.

"I had seen clips of it on shows and kind of knew what to expect, but it just blows you away. Those people are unbelievably talented. I’ve seen a lot of Broadway shows and I like them, but this was amazing."

Along with their wives, Olsen and center Ryan Kalil saw the show Saturday night during a quick, two-day trip to New York. The Panther pair then wound up in a post-performance photo tweeted by Hamilton's creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda:

Yes, the fourth "sportsballer" is L.A. Clippers forward Blake Griffin.

Because Hamilton is such a tough ticket, there are really only two ways to get in. You either know someone who knows someone who knows someone. Or you splurge.

"You aren’t getting tickets to that. You’re buying them and you're earning them. We went on TicketMaster and got our tickets," said Olsen, without revealing just how much he had to shell out.

"Worth every penny. It was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had."

And in the Summer of Greg, it was a nice step up from this last year: