A review by angus_mckeogh
Hamilton: The Revolution by Jeremy McCarter, Lin-Manuel Miranda

3.0

So at times I do tend to read stuff that's popular or cutting edge just to get a feel of what everyone else is delving into (i.e. Yes I in fact did try to read Twilight to see what all the fuss was about...terrible). Knowing I'll never see this musical performed on Broadway I picked up the book/script to see what it was all about. The play itself was very well done and extremely interesting. It definitely makes me want to read the Chernow biography; however, mixed into the actual script was a whole host of side stories, production notes, and actor profiles: these I found less than interesting. I was reading the book to get exposed to the story not to hear about the actor who played Aaron Burr. With that being said I immensely enjoyed large sections of the play and didn't so much enjoy the large sections of exposition. Wish it was more in line with "The Book of Mormon" which was just the script and no filler.