Description

In this episode, we tackle Lin Manuel Miranda's 2015 Hamilton. We look at the Political moment that it found itself in the insane fandom that formed around it and the fact that it is just so good even when we try to be cynical about it.
LINKS:

Deadline review: https://deadline.com/2015/02/musical-hamilton-opens-public-theater-1201375233/

Guardian review: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/18/hamilton-review-founding-father-gets-a-hip-hop-makeover 

Tony nominations

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/theater/hamilton-tony-nominations-record.html 

Tony wins

https://playbill.com/article/hamilton-tops-tony-awards-with-11-wins#:~:text=Tony%20Awards%20Hamilton%20Tops%20Tony,Bridge%20are%20named%20Best%20Revivals 

List of Pulitzer Prize Winning Musicals

https://www.bothsidesofthecurtain.com/post/pulitzer-prize-winning-musicals 

Hamilton toping Hip Hop charts 

https://www.vibe.com/features/viva/lin-manuel-hamilton-broadway-album-no-1-billboard-rap-chart-387593/

Meta critic 

https://www.metacritic.com/music/hamilton-an-american-musical-original-broadway-cast-recording 

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104

Performance at the white house: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R5dKwvtjlg 

Mike Pences Trip to Hamilton

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/19/mike-pence-booed-at-hamilton-performance-then-hears-diversity-plea

Harriet Tubman on the 10 Dollar Bill 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/20/harriet-tubman-20-bill-andrew-jackson-alexander-hamilton 

The Mixtape/ Found Tonight: 

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/Hamildrops

https://playbill.com/article/listen-to-lin-manuel-miranda-and-ben-platt-perform-a-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-mashup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzE_HCK_gVo 

https://marchforourlives.com/mission-story/

https://playbill.com/article/watch-the-casts-of-hamilton-and-dear-evan-hansen-perform-found-tonight-at-2018-easter-bonnet-competition-2

https://hamiltonmusical.fandom.com/wiki/One_Last_Time_(44_Remix)

The Album Sales

https://americansongwriter.com/the-hamilton-cast-scores-first-musical-theatre-album-to-be-certified-diamond-by-riaa/ 

https://www.playbill.com/article/the-definitive-list-of-the-43-best-selling-cast-recordings-of-all-time 

The Proshot

https://talkiesnetwork.wordpress.com/2020/02/03/disney-to-release-pro-shot-version-of-hamilton-the-musical/

https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/ 

Lin vs Bottlegs 

https://playbill.com/article/throw-down-lin-manuel-miranda-responds-to-tumblr-post-seeking-illegal-hamilton-bootleg-com-345407 

Hamilton documentaries 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/oct/17/hamilton-america-review-documentary-lin-manuel-miranda-radicalmedia 

The books

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26200563-hamilton?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=MU0u57PjSK&rank=3 

https://www.proquest.com/hnpnewyorktimes/docview/2309933185/8336E70B1EFC44ADPQ/3?accountid=9730 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32860355-alex-and-eliza?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PKAGY9dS2S&rank=1 

Fandom stuff and behaviour

https://www.mtv.com/news/rb4x2r/hamilton-musical-revolutionizing-fandom

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/jun/22/hamilton-teenage-superfans-this-is-like-crazy-cool 

https://linmanuel.tumblr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_-UCjtU4A 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNyIuUixY6U 

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miku-binder-thomas-jefferson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVqp4giZLdY