"Hamilton" by Lin Manuel Miranda. This is the story of how the play came to be after his first white house performance.
Here is a short post I wrote a few days back:
Hamilton is an absolutely fantastic musical. An amazing history : probably the most interesting story of a founding-father. It has got everything : rags-to-riches, heroism, fighting, betrayal, sex scandal, .. you name it. The musical is based off of Ron Chernow's door-stop sized biography. Lin Manuel Miranda adapted it to a Broadway play. And if you are like most, you will end up becoming a huge fan of Miranda. The musical won a Pulitzer as well as a lot of Tony's including the best musical. What a beautiful way to tell the story of a founding father with Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B and a bunch of other genres. Mind blown!
If you can get a ticket to the musical, consider yourself lucky and go watch it. I haven't. So ended up doing all the other reading / listening before the musical finale. :)
I got so interested in this that I have now listened to the musical (many times), read all the coverage of it in NY Times (published as a book) and also the book that Miranda himself wrote about the genesis of the show and watched a dozen videos of Lin on youtube.
Here is a short post I wrote a few days back:
Hamilton is an absolutely fantastic musical. An amazing history : probably the most interesting story of a founding-father. It has got everything : rags-to-riches, heroism, fighting, betrayal, sex scandal, .. you name it. The musical is based off of Ron Chernow's door-stop sized biography. Lin Manuel Miranda adapted it to a Broadway play. And if you are like most, you will end up becoming a huge fan of Miranda. The musical won a Pulitzer as well as a lot of Tony's including the best musical. What a beautiful way to tell the story of a founding father with Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B and a bunch of other genres. Mind blown!
If you can get a ticket to the musical, consider yourself lucky and go watch it. I haven't. So ended up doing all the other reading / listening before the musical finale. :)
I got so interested in this that I have now listened to the musical (many times), read all the coverage of it in NY Times (published as a book) and also the book that Miranda himself wrote about the genesis of the show and watched a dozen videos of Lin on youtube.
Here's Lin's first presentation of this idea in a poetry recital at the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE
The entire musical is available on many streaming services and on youtube too.
The book by Lin Manuel Miranda : Hamilton : https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Mirand...
This is the book that covers all articles on NY Times: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FWP73AM/
A few cool Lin videos:
SNL Monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsupmN90wBk
Freestyle rapping in the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w31jboLYcH4
Freestyle with Ellen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqhKeIr6Zbc&t=201s
Ron Chernow's book: https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow-ebook/...
[yet to read this massive tome -> saving it up as the finale].