hamiltunes | Jul. 8th, 2020

I'm waiting to see the Hamilton film on Disney until I really need a treat. In the meantime, I'm enjoying all the new content that's available on YouTube. None of it has decent captions.

Hamilton Principal Cast on Its Relevance in 2020

Lin-Manuel Miranda: not a word has changed but the world has changed

Renee Elise Goldsberry: It's the voice of a revolution and the revolution continues

and more from Leslie Odom, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs

direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pca3d3hvmds

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Fanvid to the Hamilton Polka

Al Yankovic recuts the movie to fit his parody "The Hamilton Polka" -- only the happier parts, it's a very silly vid.

direct link: https://youtu.be/onededbhtqw

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Behind the scenes 1: Lighting

from the New Yorker, "Behind the Scenes with Patrick Rizzo, a 'Hamilton' Stagehand - Who Told Stories with Lights"

direct link: https://youtu.be/hl11wtfgxqi

( 6-minute video embed )

Behind the scenes 2: Tiny hidden microphones

Fascinating facts: each and every mic has a duplicate mic on the same wire--so if a mic dies in the middle of the show, they can switch the standby mic signal into the PA.

The understudy/swing actors need a custom mic for each role they could play (because different costumes require different camouflaging) -- one actor has 14 mics!

Adam Savage gets all the details from Adrianna Bannon, audio engineer for the SF tour.

direct link: https://youtu.be/351dxqghbh0

( 17-minute video embed )

The Hamilton Cast Answers Twitter Questions

WIRED orchestrated this most-Hamilton of all social media interactions. They scoured the web for questions. Then all the principal cast members answer on a epic Zoom call with silly stories. You can see some of the real-time responses
https://twitter.com/wi_hamiltonsupp/with_replies

I should have figured out that the massive Tweeting situation was a marketing move:

Jan 15, 2017 question from Bethany - bfaythe

After seeing the show, my biggest question is HOW DOES THE HAMILTON CAST HAVE TIME TO SNAP/TWEET/MAKE VIDEOS DURING THE SHOW??? #superpowers

Reply on Jul 1, 2020 from Renee Elise Goldsberry wi_hamiltonsupp

The way we made it not exclusive was to use social media to share as much of the show as we possibly could with as many people as possible.