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Lin Manuel Miranda s groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States Fusing hip hop, pop, RB, and the best traditions of theater, this once in a generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country s origins for a diverse new generation Hamilton The Revolution gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions, from the only two writers able to provide it Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, a cultural critic and theater artist who was involved in the project from its earliest stages since before this was even a show, according to Miranda trace its development from an improbable perfor mance at the White House to its landmark opening night on Broadway six years later In addition, Miranda has written than 200 funny, revealing footnotes for his award winning libretto, the full text of which is published here.Their account features photos by the renowned Frank Ockenfels and veteran Broadway photographer Joan Marcus exclusive looks at notebooks and emails interviews with Questlove, Stephen Sond heim, leading political commentators, and than 40 people involved with the production and multiple appearances by Presi dent Obama himself The book does than tell the surprising story of how a Broadway musical became a national phenomenon It demonstrates that America has always been renewed by the brash upstarts and brilliant outsiders, the men and women who don t throw away their shot. New Read eBook Hamilton author Lin-Manuel Miranda – kino-fada.fr I won t be in the room where it happens, but at least I ll still be satisfied.Beautiful and awe inspiring This shows the amount of hard work and determination and pure unadulterated stubbornness that went into this musical Lin continues to inspire me daily and this book just gave me eveninsight on his thought process My love for this musical knows no bounds, but i didn t think that reading the lyrics and annotations of songs that I listen over 100 times would affect me but yes they still had me in tears I love the numerous passages we get on the wonderful actors Beautiful and awe inspiring This shows the amount of hard work and determination and pure unadulterated stubbornness that went into this musical Lin continues to inspire me daily and this book just gave me eveninsight on his thought process My love for this musical knows no bounds, but i didn t think that reading the lyrics and ann...I m really emotional don t toUCH ME.This book is phenomenal and hearingabout how Hamilton came to be has made me love it evenI NEEDED TO SEE IT BEFORE BUT I DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE IT NOW.If you love Hamilton you should definitely read this, but even if you don t love Hamilton you will have a new appreciation for it after reading this book.BUT WARNING THERE ARE A ...oh me oh my this was a journey i definitely choked up reading about who lives who dies who tells your story it s just really touching to see the extent of how much of lin s heart and soul went into hamilton, and this book made me so muchthankful for it i loved the lyric annotations, both the nerdy historical ones and thelighthearted asides but that s where the issue lies i almost entirely only cared about the lyric annotations the short inserted essays stories interviews be oh me oh my this was a journey i definitely choked up reading about who lives who dies who tells your story it s just really touching to see the extent of how much of lin s heart and soul went into hamilton, and this book made me so muchthankful for it i loved the lyric annotations, both the nerdy historical ones and thelighth...Hamilton The Revolution Lin Manuel Miranda composer lyricist rapper creator of Hamilton The RevolutionEvery other founding father gets old, every other gets to grow old But when you re gone, who remembers your name Who keeps your flame Who tells your story.From the song Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Important note My review covers both the audiobook and hardcover versions of this Hamilton The Revolution Lin Manuel Miranda composer lyricist rapper creator of Hamilton The RevolutionEvery other founding father gets old, every other gets to grow old But when you re gone, who remembers your name Who keeps your flame Who tells your story.From the song Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story Important note My review covers both the audiobook and hardcover versions of this title. In which a family of non theater goers gets swept off their feet by the cultural phenomenon that is Hamilton So my whole family has fallen in love with all things Hamilton these days Cesar my oldest 20 , is deeply engaged reading Ron Chernow s Alexander Hamilton, the acclaimed biography that inspired the musical Christian, the youngest 13 has the musical soundtrack in a perman...I fell in love with Lin Manuel Miranda in the summer of 2008 I ve never been a huuuuge musical theater nerd, but I do follow it somewhat casually and that summer, I listened to practically nothing but the cast album for Lin s Tony winning first musical, In the Heights It was unlike anything I d ever heard before, but it was magical I don t know anyone else who s really even familiar with the show, but it s what I was listening to while I was making the move from my small town in Ohio to the s I fell in love with Lin Manuel Miranda in the summer of 2008 I ve never been a huuuuge musical theater nerd, but I do follow it somewhat casually and that summer, I listened to practically nothing but the cast album for Lin s Tony winning first musical, In the Heights It was unlike anything I d ever heard before, but it was magical I don t know a...New news This production is coming to San Francisco Paul is going to get us tickets Excited A hip hop twist. musical theater with a rap To and for each other..How lucky we are to be alive Inspiring creations..The show is about the builders, carpenters, the story behind the music and lyrics, the crew, actors, singers, dancers, the scenic designers, the choreographer, the director, the history,..the musical performance.I haven t seen this show listened to the music New news This production is coming to San Francisco Paul is going to get us tickets Excited A hip hop twist. musical theater with a rap To and for each other..How lucky we are to be alive Inspiring creations..The show is about the build...DAMN SON THIS WAS SO GOOOOOOOOD.This is honestly a work of art It is on the same level as the musical itself Reading Lin s thoughts and footnotes throughout the songs was a gift in itself The whole book is a piece of art literally, it s beautiful I highly recommend this for any Hamilton fans because wow.Hamilton, the consummate wordsmith, would doubtless have words for this.I have none.

Hamilton
  • English
  • 24 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 285 pages
  • 1455539740
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Hamilton