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Feb 15, 2022 · The enthusiasm of the crowds whenever any song from Hamilton is played live is evidence enough that this musical is a truly special work. Like any great show, Hamilton tells its story through both dialogue and music, which makes the soundtrack an absolute must-have for any musical aficionado.
- Amanda Bruce
- "Take A Break" (4:46) Performed by: Philippa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Anthony Ramos as Philip Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler.
- "Stay Alive (Reprise)" (1:51) Performed by: Philippa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Anthony Ramos as Philip Hamilton, and Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton.
- "The Story Of Tonight" (1:31) Performed by: Anthony Ramos as John Laurens, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr.
- "Farmer Refuted" (1:52) Performed by: Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton. Poor Samuel Seabury just wants to stand up on his soapbox and make a speech in support of the king, but runs into Alexander Hamilton's inability to let anything go.
Aug 15, 2024 · The songs comprising the sung-through score are highly complex with their eclectic musical influences and filled with musical and cultural “Easter eggs”. It’s impossible to do justice to them in one article, so do check out Miranda and Jeremy McCarter’s book Hamilton: The Revolution for a deep dive into the show and its score.
- Julia Rank
Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow , the musical covers the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his involvement in the American Revolution and the political history of the early United States.
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- Jennifer Van Evra
- It's about Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton follows U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the Caribbean who became George Washington's right hand man during the American Revolutionary War, as well as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury.
- It all started with a vacation and a book. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was on vacation in Mexico when he read author Ron Chernow's biography about Hamilton, and began to imagine it as a musical.
- It's not the first Hamilton. It wasn't the first time, however, that Hamilton's story has hit the stage. Hamilton was also the name of a 1917 Broadway play written by a high-society woman named Mary Hamlin and starring George Arliss, and it followed the underrated founding father as he helped devise a new financial structure for America.
- It was inspired, in part, by Les Misérables. From childhood Miranda loved musicals, and performed in several high school productions. One of his all-time favourites is Les Misérables, and that musical theatre classic inspired Miranda's thinking on Hamilton.
“Alexander Hamilton” is the first song, the first music, heard in the production, and thus must serve a few purposes. First, it gradually introduces the music to the listener’s ear ...
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Sep 29, 2022 · Hamilton songs. Hamilton is mostly sung through, and its musical influences are vast, including rap, R&B, hip-hop, jazz, soul, pop, and Broadway ballads. Cabinet debates even become rap battles in the musical. Below is a list of songs from the show. Act I "Alexander Hamilton" — Entire Company of Hamilton
