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hammieton:

Leslie Odom Jr. needs a Tony not JUST for “this man will not make an orphan of my daughter” but also-

• I’m the damn fool that shot him
• talk less, smile more
• your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money
• Alexander, please
• the moment you’ve been waiting for!
•the pride of Mount Vernon!
• we’re reliable with the LADIES
• he can keep all of Georgia, Theodosia she’s mine
• my mother was a genius… My father commander respect… When they died they left no instructions… Just a legacy to protect
• basically ALL of wait for it
• when you smile, you knock me out I fall apart
• all of dear Theodosia too
•maaaan the man is non-stop
• Hamilton sit down
• that one “okay” during non stop
• HamiltON wrOTE… THE OTHER FIFTY ONE
• there’s trouble in the air you can smell it
• and all he had to do was die
• how the sausage gets made
• the pieces that are sacrificed in every game of chessssss
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• ladies, tell your husbands vote for Burr
• honestly it’s kind of draining
• somehow endorse Thomas Jefferson, HIS ENEMY, just to keep me from winning
• sweet Jesus
• weehawken dawn. Guns. Drawn
• why? If not to take deadly aim
• this man will not make an orphan of my daughter
• wait!
• I survived… But I paid for it
• now I’m the villain in your history
• the world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me

In conclusion, PRAISE LESLIE ODOM JR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE

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Mar 30, 2016
cojopost: “ Daveed Diggs, star of the Broadway musical HAMILTON, participates in a student workshop at the White House March 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. Members of the cast participated in a student workshop, student question and answer session and...

cojopost:

Daveed Diggs, star of the Broadway musical HAMILTON, participates in a student workshop at the White House March 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. Members of the cast participated in a student workshop, student question and answer session and a performance of musical selections from the musical.

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Mar 30, 2016

coffeeinacoldhell:

pluckyredhead:

justintaylor:

there’s a million things i haven’t done, but just you wait!

Okay, but here’s the thing I’m fascinated by:

The show begins with Burr coming onto an empty stage in that burgundy coat.  "How does a bastard, orphan,“ etc.  Everyone else comes out in their off-white “storyteller” costumes, the ones that allow them to represent everyone and no one.  Daveed is both Jefferson and Lafayette; Jasmine is both Peggy and Maria.  Even Hamilton doesn’t have that brown coat until Eliza puts it on him.  (Later she takes it from him and Burr gives him his blue soldier’s coat, which killed me.)

In other words, every single character is able to take off their identity except Burr.  From the moment he first appears, the only character in a distinguishing color, he’s branded, and by the end of the song, he tells us why: I’m the damn fool that shot him.

Now I’m the villain in your history.

Hamilton can be forgotten (not necessarily a mercy, since that was clearly his greatest fear), but Burr doesn’t have that luxury.  From the very first scene, he’s stained with wine-red.  He’s not permitted to let us forget what he’s done.

I especially love this since I have not seen the stage production and did not know they wore the off-white costumes as “storyteller” roles.

It’s a great song on its own, and then it’s a great song that plays with the dual roles of some of the characters, and now it’s a great song that plays with the dual roles of some of the characters and utilizes costuming to add even more meaning.

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Mar 30, 2016