Hamilton Linkpost

[naye]

After obsessing about everything Hamilton since NPR dropped the soundtrack, I've put together some of my favorite interviews and other resources. Hopefully there will be something new for everyone to discover here!

Hamilton the Musical
Official webpage for the Broadway musical
Cast list from the official webpage
Official webpage for the soundtrack
Official lyrics booklet from the soundtrack
Annotated lyrics on Genius (endorsed by Miranda himself!)
Ron Chernow's 'Alexander Hamilton' on Amazon

Videos of Hamilton
A Founding Father takes to the stage
Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs 'Alexander Hamilton' at the White House Poetry Jam
Off-Broadway 'Hamilton' Is A Smash Hit | msnbc
Hamilton montage from The Public
Hamilton Opening Night - Cast Perspective (by Leslie Odom Jr)

 

Videos related to Hamilton
John Adams Rap (not part of the Broadway production)
@IainLovesTheater's Happy Ending, as performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr
Same kid as wrote the happy ending gets to perform Cabinet Meeting #1 at #Ham4Ham
Aaron Burr "Got milk?" commercial - original and Leslie Odom Jr 'Got Hamilton?' parody
Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda switching parts for another #Ham4Ham Cabinet Meeting #1

Lin-Manuel Miranda Interviews
NYT Music Popcast (streaming on site) - Miranda discusses his Hip-Hop influences
'Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questlove and Black Thought on the Runaway Broadway Hit, Its Political Relevance and Super-Fan Barack Obama on Billboard
How Lin-Manuel Miranda Shapes History on The Atlantic
'Hamilton': Meet the Man Behind Broadway's Hip-Hop Masterpiece on Rolling Stone

Written about Hamilton

Race, Immigration, and Hamilton: The Relevance of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New Musical on The Toast
Steven Sondheim, The Roots and Ron Chernow on 'Hamilton' in the NYT
On Leslie Odom Jr in 'Hamilton' (also on The Toast - lots of fun facts and links in the discussion)
The Women of Hamilton from The New Yorker
‘Hamilton’ Is The Very Model Of A Modern Fast-Paced Musical - someone has analyzed how long it would take to sing Hamilton at the pace of other musicals!

Assorted Hamilton Neatness

Esther Edwards Burr ("my mother was a genuius") kept a journal that can be read online
Lin-Manuel: The Sounds that Shaped 'Hamilton' (Spotify playlist)
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter
...and his Tumblr

Comments

Re: Awesome! Wow!

[rydra_wong]

... and I did not mean to refer to Mr Miranda by his first name only, and now I feel impolite. That was the result of under-caffeinated typing.

Re: Awesome! Wow!

[naye]

All of his social media accounts are in his first name, so I tend to see it more than his last - and it's a beautiful name, too. So I wouldn't feel too bad.