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Hamilton: The Revolution
by Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda
My Rating: 5 stars
If you love Hamilton in any way shape or form then you will love reading this book and seeing all the wonderful moments of Hamilton, the cast, the story come together. Its the perfect inside look.
My Thoughts:
Hamilton took the world by storm and I never imagined that I would be as into this musical as I am. There is rarely a week that goes by in which I do not listen to the musical.
I am Australian and have never really had the desire to learn more about American history but Hamilton changed that for me. This book goes through the process that Hamilton went through and while it did, it showed me how much thought and consideration goes into writing an original musical.
Reading the words of Jeremy Carter and Lin-Mauel Miranda made me fall more in love with the story of Hamilton. I loved reading the annotated lyrics. I loved reading the words that Lin had to change because they didn’t quite fit. I loved hearing about the correct choices for casting. I love that Jonathan Groff (King George) was happy to be in three scenes in the whole musical, just to be a part of it.
There are so many things I never considered before while reading the book and isn’t that what books are about? Learning something new? The whole atmosphere of the Black Lives Matter movement and young people wanting something that was relevant just resonated with me. I loved reading the reactions people had to this, about immigrants loving their status. Many a times I teared up just reading how Hamilton has impacted the lives of the people in it but also the people just watching it. This musical has changed me and impacted my life and that is so exacerbated by reading this book.
The chances of me seeing the musical in the next year is so slim since I am in Australia so I am so pleased to see the costumes and the staging. I just love this guide to the musical.
This book is the perfect add on to someone’s love of Hamilton.
Recommended for: People who love Hamilton – the story, the man, the musical. It’s all relevant.
Quotes (Spoiler Free):
“You have no control. Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”
“I wish writing were really like the way Andy staged it here: Me in a mania at a desk while a group of people stand around cheering in awe. More realistically, it’s me pooping around on Twitter until I get an idea.”
“This was the way into Burr. I knew he and Hamilton circled each other all their lives, I knew they went from friends to frenemies to foes, but it wasn’t til I read this detail online—that Theodosia was married to a British officer when Aaron Burr met her, and he waited until she was available—that the character of Burr came free in my imagination. Imagine Hamilton waiting—for anything. That’s when I realized our task was to dramatize not two ideological opposites, but a fundamental difference in temperament.”
If you love Hamilton in any way shape or form then you will love reading this book and seeing all the wonderful moments of Hamilton, the cast, the story come together. Its the perfect inside look.
My Thoughts:
Hamilton took the world by storm and I never imagined that I would be as into this musical as I am. There is rarely a week that goes by in which I do not listen to the musical.
I am Australian and have never really had the desire to learn more about American history but Hamilton changed that for me. This book goes through the process that Hamilton went through and while it did, it showed me how much thought and consideration goes into writing an original musical.
Reading the words of Jeremy Carter and Lin-Mauel Miranda made me fall more in love with the story of Hamilton. I loved reading the annotated lyrics. I loved reading the words that Lin had to change because they didn’t quite fit. I loved hearing about the correct choices for casting. I love that Jonathan Groff (King George) was happy to be in three scenes in the whole musical, just to be a part of it.
There are so many things I never considered before while reading the book and isn’t that what books are about? Learning something new? The whole atmosphere of the Black Lives Matter movement and young people wanting something that was relevant just resonated with me. I loved reading the reactions people had to this, about immigrants loving their status. Many a times I teared up just reading how Hamilton has impacted the lives of the people in it but also the people just watching it. This musical has changed me and impacted my life and that is so exacerbated by reading this book.
The chances of me seeing the musical in the next year is so slim since I am in Australia so I am so pleased to see the costumes and the staging. I just love this guide to the musical.
This book is the perfect add on to someone’s love of Hamilton.
Recommended for: People who love Hamilton – the story, the man, the musical. It’s all relevant.
Quotes (Spoiler Free):
“You have no control. Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”
“I wish writing were really like the way Andy staged it here: Me in a mania at a desk while a group of people stand around cheering in awe. More realistically, it’s me pooping around on Twitter until I get an idea.”
“This was the way into Burr. I knew he and Hamilton circled each other all their lives, I knew they went from friends to frenemies to foes, but it wasn’t til I read this detail online—that Theodosia was married to a British officer when Aaron Burr met her, and he waited until she was available—that the character of Burr came free in my imagination. Imagine Hamilton waiting—for anything. That’s when I realized our task was to dramatize not two ideological opposites, but a fundamental difference in temperament.”