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- The Schuyler Sisters Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Musical Moment: This is the establishing song for the women who will become Hamilton's wife and sister-in-law. They make it clear Angelica is the adventurous eldest sister while Eliza is the quieter and kinder one.
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Jun 1, 2024 · Musical Moment: This is the establishing song for the women who will become Hamilton's wife and sister-in-law. They make it clear Angelica is the adventurous eldest sister while Eliza is the quieter and kinder one.
- Alexandra Kelley
- "Alexander Hamilton"
- "The Schuyler Sisters"
- "Helpless"/"Satisfied"
- "Dear Theodosia"
- "Non-Stop"
- "Take A Break"
- "The Room Where It Happens"
- "Washington on Your Side"
- "Hurricane"/"The Reynolds Pamphlet"
- "It's Quiet Uptown"
The opening number isn't just a great way to introduce newbies to the styles, scope, and speed of Hamilton. It's also full of perspective-shifting moments that reward repeat listeners. For example, it took me a while to appreciate the time-jump between the first two verses. The first reads like a resume: Struggling orphan writes about hurricane tha...
The first few New York songs, including the still-brilliant "My Shot," wear their plot-packed meanings on their sleeve. But when Angelica, Eliza (and Peggy) Schuyler enter the scene, the whole musical's perspective shifts again, in ways that require some unpacking. Aaron Burr, true to his dual nature, treats the sisters with both sneering condescen...
Is it cheating to treat two songs as one? Not in the case of "Helpless" and "Satisfied," which demand to be heard as a pair and cover the exact same events. Again, there's a time jump backwards; again, it reveals the painful truth. The two songs are perfect character-building yin and yang, and become more than the sum of their parts when you put th...
Call it Hamilton's sleeper hit: A deceptively simple lullaby that also contain the seeds of unbearable tragedy. Hamilton hopes that his newborn son Philip will "blow us all away" when we know the kid is going to die in a duel in Act II, just after that line is re-used to showcase his promise. Burr serenades the babe who bears her mother's name; lef...
After Laurens' death, Hamilton leaps into action. The years tumble away in this densely-plotted Act I closer. He and Burr defend Levi Weeks, the first accused murderer tried in the U.S., then Hamilton proposes his own Constitution (which included, the show doesn't mention, the concept of an American king), then he defends the actual compromise Cons...
The sign of a song with true staying power is that it doesn't sound like much at first, but sends shivers down your spine when you pull out all the references on later listens. Here, in what seems like a dull domestic scene, we have Philip practicing French at the piano, using what we know to be his last words. Meanwhile his dad is upstairs writing...
What else is there to say about this show-stopper, surely the funkiest tune this century to use a banjo? Start with the meta-reference: "show-stopper" is one translation of "pièce de résistance," giving Burr's use of that phrase a double meaning. End with the fact that the tangle of double meanings is what tips Burr over the edge into political meg...
What never gets old in this track is the flawless harmonizing, killer rhymes, and bouncy hip-hop beat. But it's also a legacy of the time in which it was written. Jefferson, Madison, and Burr talk just like Tea Partiers outraged by Obamacare. They can't get over their sense of personal injury after political defeat. These "Southern motherfucking De...
Again, I think it's fair to treat these two songs as a unit that is better than the sum of its parts — you can't understand one without the other. "Hurricane" gets more spellbinding every time you listen to it, especially after seeing the staging (Hamilton's office goes flying in slow motion around him). You will be teasing meaning from that "I cou...
The staying power of this one is in its emotional truth, its ultimate catharsis, which just seems to build with every re-listen. If you weren't moved to tears the first time around, don't worry. The waterworks are coming. It's kind of hard to navigate the moment Eliza finally speaks, followed by the choir's "Forgiveness!", without choking back a ho...
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Oct 20, 2015 · Hamilton’s now-pregnant wife, Eliza, expresses how appreciative she is to have love, life and family in “That Would Be Enough.” The love song features a guitar and piano to support the sweet ...
In reality, Hamilton and Angelica were both married by the time they met - Hamilton to Angelica's sister Eliza, and Angelica to a British man not seen in the musical named John Barker Church - though the musical depicts both as single when they meet.
Dec 2, 2015 · In an extremely clever musical twist, we follow the standard happily ever beginning when Alexander meets Eliza Schuyler at a ball and they quickly get married (“ Helpless “). In the very next song, we get Eliza’s older sister’s perspective (“ Satisfied “), and Angelica’s story fills in gaps we didn’t know existed in the previous song.
Dec 2, 2016 · With her soulful, passionate rendition of “Burn,” the fiery song Hamilton’s wife Eliza Schuyler sings after Alexander writes publicly about his affair with temptress Maria Reynolds, Day earned...
Jun 22, 2020 · After Angelica Schuyler (Hamilton's soon-to-be sister-in-law) eloped with John Barker Church, a British entrepreneur, in 1777, the couple settled in Boston. When the revolution was over, they...
