Hamilton

[jayem]

We finally saw Hamilton last night. The national touring company is in town for a 3 week stint. It's a powerful show. It's actually more like an opera, than the typical musical. There are a lot of words, but little regular spoken dialogue. Most of it is singing or rapping. The rhymes are very clever, and many of the lines contain intricate internal rhymes. But some of the rhythms are fast and if you don't attune your hearing and listen closely, you'll miss a lot. I'm not a fan of rap, but this was extremely well done. The songs are set to different musical styles for the different characters. Aaron Burr's music is jazzy/bluesy. King George makes a couple of appearances singing musical comedy numbers. Hamilton's songs are more ballad-like. The clip is a chorus and duet piece where Hamilton and his wife Eliza are mourning the death of their son who was killed, ironically, in a duel. Very pretty song.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who played Hamilton also wrote the story, the lyrics, and the music. It took him 7 years, but that's still an amazing achievement. The guy is a major league talent. I'd definitely like to see the show again. I know I'd pick up many more details that I missed.

 

[Resha Caner]

I've been curious about it, but I'm afraid I would come away more irritated than anything - that it would appear to me Hamilton was merely appropriated for this view or that. Plus, I doubt anyone in my circle would be interested, and it's no fun to go by yourself.

 

[USincognito]

I know a guy who has been doing Chautauqua style presentations as Hamilton and we month or so ago he was fuming about not being able to get tickets.
Hamilton Lives!