Hamilton: I could play George Washington

In this episode, we tackle Lin Manuel Miranda's 2015 Hamilton. We look at the Political moment that it found itself in the insane fandom that formed around it and the fact that it is just so good even when we try to be cynical about it. LINKS:

Deadline review: https://deadline.com/2015/02/musical-hamilton-opens-public-theater-1201375233/

Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/18/hamilton-review-founding-father-gets-a-hip-hop-makeover

Tony nominations

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/theater/hamilton-tony-nominations-record.html

Tony wins

https://playbill.com/article/hamilton-tops-tony-awards-with-11-wins#:~:text=Tony%20Awards%20Hamilton%20Tops%20Tony,Bridge%20are%20named%20Best%20Revivals

List of Pulitzer Prize Winning Musicals

https://www.bothsidesofthecurtain.com/post/pulitzer-prize-winning-musicals

Hamilton toping Hip Hop charts

https://www.vibe.com/features/viva/lin-manuel-hamilton-broadway-album-no-1-billboard-rap-chart-387593/

Meta critic

https://www.metacritic.com/music/hamilton-an-american-musical-original-broadway-cast-recording

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104

Performance at the white house:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5dKwvtjlg

Mike Pences Trip to Hamilton

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/19/mike-pence-booed-at-hamilton-performance-then-hears-diversity-plea

Harriet Tubman on the 10 Dollar Bill

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/20/harriet-tubman-20-bill-andrew-jackson-alexander-hamilton

The Mixtape/ Found Tonight:

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/Hamildrops

https://playbill.com/article/listen-to-lin-manuel-miranda-and-ben-platt-perform-a-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-mashup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzE_HCK_gVo

https://marchforourlives.com/mission-story/

https://playbill.com/article/watch-the-casts-of-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-perform-found-tonight-at-2018-easter-bonnet-competition-2

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/One_Last_Time_(44_Remix)

The Album Sales

https://americansongwriter.com/the-hamilton-cast-scores-first-musical-theatre-album-to-be-certified-diamond-by-riaa/

https://www.playbill.com/article/the-definitive-list-of-the-43-best-selling-cast-recordings-of-all-time

The Proshot

https://talkiesnetwork.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/disney-to-release-pro-shot-version-of-hamilton-the-musical/

https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/

Lin vs Bottlegs

https://playbill.com/article/throw-down-lin-manuel-miranda-responds-to-tumblr-post-seeking-illegal-hamilton-bootleg-com-345407

Hamilton documentaries

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/17/hamilton-america-review-documentary-lin-manuel-miranda-radicalmedia

The books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26200563-hamilton?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=MU0u57PjSK&rank=3

https://www.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/2309933185/8336E70B1EFC44ADPQ/3?accountid=9730

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32860355-alex-and-eliza?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PKAGY9dS2S&rank=1

Fandom stuff and behaviour

https://www.mtv.com/news/rb4x2r/hamilton-musical-revolutionizing-fandom

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/22/hamilton-teenage-superfans-this-is-like-crazy-cool

https://linmanuel.tumblr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_-UCjtU4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNyIuUixY6U

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miku-binder-thomas-jefferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqp4giZLdY