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May 15, 2024 · Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, plus a slew of other theater and music honors, for its groundbreaking theatrical concept. The show's hip-hop songs are clever, catchy, and feature lyrics that highlight the life, legacy, and mistakes of everyone from Alexander Hamilton to Aaron ...
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Jul 3, 2020 · Hamilton builds toward the title character's infamous duel with U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.). Related: Hamilton Cast Guide: Every Original Broadway Star in Disney+'s Movie. Originally on Broadway, Hamilton is a song-to-song musical with almost no dialogue in between, meaning the soundtrack essentially is the play. Most of ...
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- 46 "Schuyler Defeated"
- 45 "The Story of Tonight
- 44 "Aaron Burr, Sir"
- 43 "Stay Alive"
- 42 "A Winter's Ball"
- 41 "Meet Me Inside"
- 40 "That Would Be Enough"
- 39 "I Know Him"
- 38 "Farmer Refuted"
- 37 "The Story of Tonight"
Performed by: Anthony Ramos as Philip Hamilton, Philippa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr.
Ranked the lowest of the best Hamilton songs by virtue of being short and more of a transition than anything else, "Schuyler Defeated" marks the moment when Alexander Hamilton discovers that his old friend Aaron Burr is tired of waiting. Unfortunately for the Hamilton family, Burr's first big move is to upset the Senate seat of Eliza's father, Philip Schuyler. When the stage show is full of more songs than speaking moments, even the smallest bits of dialogue are songs, but they don't necessar...
Performed by: Anthony Ramos as John Laurens, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Sandwiched between "Satisfied" and "Wait For It," this reprise of "The Story of Tonight" is an important moment that allows the audience to slow down and absorb the impact of Angelica Schuyler's revelation. This one of the Hamilton songs is mainly made up of drunken banter between friends but is nonetheless an enjoyable little segue with a heartfelt moment between Hamilton and Burr that doesn't exactly occur much throughout the show. Hamilton and Burr spend so much of the story at one another...
Performed by: Anthony Ramos as John Laurens, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Miranda's love of wordplay is on display early in the second one of the Hamilton songs, "Aaron Burr, Sir," in which the eponymous antagonist's name is echoed in the line, "You punched the bursar." Burr responds to Hamilton's over-eagerness by inviting him to meet the likable John Laurens, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Hercules Mulligan— but Hamilton doesn't exactly learn the lesson Burr had hoped for, which is to keep his head down and not run his mouth or risk making enemies. This is the fir...
Performed by: The Full Cast Of Hamilton
One of the more exposition-heavy Hamilton songs, "Stay Alive" finds Hamilton in a frustrating spot as George Washington refuses to give him a command in the war, instead relegating him largely to letter-writing duties, a job Hamilton despises. A highlight is the chaos when Jon Rua's Charles Lee "s**ts the bed at the Battle of Monmouth," and his ensuing volley of insults hurled at Washington. While it's a nice showcase for the variety of voices in the show since most of the principal cast memb...
Performed by: Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
One of the shortest Hamiltonsongs is also one of the most amusing. The somewhat gross lyrics are lightened by the comedy of Hamilton and his friends swaggering into the ball full of over-confidence about their talent with the ladies, as well as Hamilton's proud acknowledgment of the fact that he had a feral tomcat named after him. The song itself is a transitional one, in place to get the audience to the next step of the story, so it's fun, but not a number meant to blow the audience away.
Performed by: Anthony Ramos as John Laurens, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Hamilton's resentment at sitting on the writing bench throughout the war boils over in this one of Hamiltonsongs: a tense argument between Hamilton and Washington in the wake of the Charles Lee/John Laurens duel. With its pulsing beat and very measured dialogue, this Hamiltonsong is an exercise in escalating tempers until finally Hamilton levels a veiled threat at his commander, and is not the last disagreement that the two of them have in the show.
Performed by: Philippa Soo as Eliza Hamilton and Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Though it might seem like just one of the sweet and romantic Hamilton songs that could have wound up cut, this song brings things down after the heat of "Meet Me Inside." "That Would Be Enough" actually features just as much tension despite its softer notes. The vocals are primarily Eliza's, giving a sweetness to the tone of the song, even though the tension is thick. In this case, it's the tension between Alexander's determination to build a legacy and Eliza wanting him to appreciate his lif...
Performed by: Jonathan Groff as King George III
In King George III's final interlude, he marvels at the idea of a leader voluntarily stepping down from their position of power. While "I Know Him" is definitely one of the more enjoyable Hamilton songs, what follows is even better — King George watching the ensuing American in-fighting with glee and even making a comeback to gloat once more during "The Reynolds Pamphlet." The scene-stealing King George IIIis nothing if not petty.
Performed by: Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Poor Samuel Seabury just wants to stand up on his soapbox and make a speech in support of the king, but runs into Alexander Hamilton's inability to let anything go. This is one of the shorter Hamilton songs, but a fun one that's only enhanced by the physical comedy of Hamilton harassing the Loyalist until Burr steps in to intervene. It's fairly early in the show, and it shows a great juxtaposition between the classical musical stylings of the Loyalists who are stuck in the past and the hip-ho...
Performed by: Anthony Ramos as John Laurens, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette, Lin Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, and Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
After the revelry of "My Shot" comes a much-needed wind-down in "The Story of Tonight." While the preceding on the list of Hamilton songs might make the revolutionaries' wishes seem trivial - from wanting to make a name for themselves, to simply not wanting to sew pants anymore - "The Story of Tonight" is a reassurance that they really do believe in what they're fighting for. "Tomorrow there'll be more of us" is also one of the most quoted lines (or partial lines, more accurately) from the sh...
Jul 11, 2020 · Read All The Lyrics To The ‘Hamilton’ Original Broadway Cast Recording. news. Jul 11, 2020 ... The movie features the same songs as the original Broadway cast recording released in 2015.
Jun 12, 2021 · Guns & Ships - 123 Million Listens. Although Hamilton is the star of the musical, many of the side characters are given chances to shine. One of these characters is Lafayette during "Guns and Ships." In the song, Lafayette displays his fast rapping skills and describes himself as a brutal French soldier for America.
Aug 13, 2023 · What is Hamilton based on?. Hamilton the musical is based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States. It is inspired by the biography "Alexander Hamilton ...
Hamilton. (musical) Cast members perform selections from the musical at the White House, 2016. L–R: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., and Christopher Jackson. Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda as well as choreography by Andy ...
