AARON BURR: How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten Spot in the Caribbean by Providence, impoverished, in squalor Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
JOHN LAURENS: The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father Got a lot farther by workin’ a lot harder By bein’ a lot smarter By bein’ a self-starter By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
THOMAS JEFFERSON: And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter
JAMES MADISON: Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned Our man saw his future drip, drippin’ down the drain Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain
BURR: Well the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man!” Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland “Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and The world’s gonna know your name! What’s your name, man?"
ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Alexander Hamilton My name is Alexander Hamilton And there’s a million things I haven’t done But just you wait, just you wait
ELIZA HAMILTON: When he was ten, his father split, full of it, debt-ridden Two years later, see Alex and his mother, bed-ridden Half-dead, sittin’ in their own sick The scent thick
COMPANY: And Alex got better but his mother went quick
GEORGE WASHINGTON and (COMPANY): Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, somethin’ new inside A voice saying "(Alex) you gotta fend for yourself" He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf
BURR and (COMPANY): There would’ve been nothin’ left to do For someone less astute He would’ve been dead or destitute Without a cent of restitution Started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and other things he can’t afford (Scammin’) for every book he can get his hands on (Plannin’) for the future, see him now as he stands on (oooh) The bow of a ship headed for a new land In New York you can be a new man
COMPANY and (HAMILTON): In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait) In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait) In New York you can be a new man
WOMEN: In New York MEN: New York
HAMILTON: Just you wait
COMPANY and (COMPANY): Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you) You could never back down You never learned to take your time Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) When America sings for you Will they know what you overcame? Will they know you rewrote the game? The world will never be the same, oh
BURR and (COMPANY): The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot him (Just you wait) Another immigrant comin’ up from the bottom (Just you wait) His enemies destroyed his rep, America forgot him
MULLIGAN/MADISON AND LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON: We fought with him
LAURENS/PHILLIP: Me? I died for him
WASHINGTON: Me? I trusted him
ANGELICA SCHUYLER, ELIZA, MARIA REYNOLDS: Me? I loved him
BURR: And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him
COMPANY: There’s a million things I haven’t done But just you wait
BURR: What’s your name, man?
HAMILTON & COMPANY: Alexander Hamilton!
Good grief. I didn’t even know what a hamilton was till today, sorry i ever heard of it.
The democRATs are still crying because Abraham Lincoln (R) took their slaves.
Barf. The only thing stupider than ignoring history altogether are these childish attempts to make it “hip.” If we have to resort to this kind of cheesy doggerel to get the message across, then maybe it’s a message best left unsent.
Ok but look what happened to him when he went to the theater!
I think you excuse unacceptable behavior too readily. A ttheater is oobviously not hostile tterritory and actors are not eventitled to harass or lecture those who purchase a ticket and seat themselves appropriately. Why must there be greater allowances made for liberals as if the have emotional disabilities requiring aaccommodations, ,?
These people aren’t children. The left is brutal in power and demanding when lacking it. Moreover, there is nothing more off putting than hearing the high profile types claiming victim status.
90% of it is jibberish and unlistenable.
It was not Dixon and the cast’s place to lecture VP-elect Pence, and call it a “conversation.” They had the stage, the spotlight and the mic. Pence bought a ticket to a Broadway show. So far as I’ve ever heard, nothing like this has been done before. It wasn’t up to VP-elect Pence to anticipate this boorish behavior; he was entitled to enjoy the show for which he paid a pretty penny.
Let’s say I am in the audience, celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary with my spouse. It’s a big, big night for us. We paid over $1000 for the tickets, we had dinner at a nice NYC restaurant to the tune of $300; we parked our car for $50; paid $20 in tolls to get into NYC, and paid a babysitter $120. Can you imagine how ticked off we would be if some self-centered actor decides to ruin our night because he doesn’t like a member of the audience and his and his running mate’s political views?
These people are paid to entertain. If you step out of character to lecture the audience, be prepared to hear some adverse opinions in return. Trump’s whack across the snout with a rolled-up newspaper is the appropriate response.
My father went to Alexander Hamilton High School in NYC.
It was closed by the city in 1983.
So much for their respect for one of our Founders.
This play is written for morons, and they love it.
90% of them never heard of Hamilton, and leave the theater thinking he was some kind of Puerto Rican rapper.
This nonsensical play might have some redeeming value if it brought dueling back to national politics.
When flat out lying about your opponent might result in a bullet in the head, a lot less of it went on.
So you believe that the Vice president Elect’s movements should be controlled by a bunch of babyish losers? Is that right? No one, I repeat no one had to treat me with kid gloves after the last two elections. Perhaps,it is time to stop making excuses for bad behavior.
Give it time? Give it your own time.
I could suggest another “rule of thumb.”
I have the same ambiguous respect for this approach to history as I do to those who change Shakespeare and Voltarie or use Rap themes to spread The Holy Gospel. I appreciate the sincerity, but, some quality is lost when all is dumbed down and homogenized. The listener learns little if anything about how other cultures have communicated or responded to communication.
A true-to-history feat?
Aaron Burr was black?
Broadway and professional football committing suicide by rudeness.
Did Abe understand it before or after being shot in a theater?
“I think a basic rule of thumb is to not enter hostile, traditional “enemy” territory”
That’s called a no-go zone and exactly why Trump got elected. The Theater graduates need to grow up and act like professionals.
hope the public catches on to the producers bias in having put out casting call for “non whites” and the casts shenanigans when Pence was in attendance and instead of the show being able to spread to there cities I hope the public starts to boycott this production and it closes before inauguration day.
There is no excuse for such childish behavior, no matter how hip and cool this play supposedly is.