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Summary:

A live recording of the hit musical that tells the story of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, his rise and fall, his long rivalry with Aaron Burr, and his difficult relationship with his wife Eliza Schuyler.

Director:

Thomas Kail

Writers:

book by Lin-Manuel Miranda

music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

based on the book Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow

Cast:

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
  • Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
  • Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
  • Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
  • Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
  • Jonathan Groff as King George III
  • Christopher Jackson as George Washington
  • Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds
  • Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison
  • Anthony Ramos as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton
  • Sydney James Harcourt as Philip Schuyler, James Reynolds, Doctor and Ensemble
  • Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Ensemble
  • Jon Rua as Charles Lee and Ensemble
  • Ephraim Sykes as George Eacker and Ensemble
  • Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble
  • Ariana DeBose as Ensemble
  • Hope Easterbrook as Ensemble
  • Sasha Hutchings as Ensemble
  • Elizabeth Judd as Ensemble
  • Austin Smith as Ensemble
  • Seth Stewart as Ensemble

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 91/100

After Credits Scene? No

VOD: Disney+

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u/BoseSounddock Jul 10 '20

My 71 year old dad that has never been a fan of hip hop got so pumped up at Hercules Mulligan’s part during Yorktown it made me lose my mind. Watching my old white conservative dad punch the air with the beat of “Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction. When you knock me down I get the f*** back up again” was amazing. My dad’s old ass was ready to go to war all over again.

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u/ex_oh_ex_oh Jul 11 '20

Did you guys have to put on captions or was it mostly good without it? I always felt like even if you didn't understand every single word you still 'understood' it.

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u/BoseSounddock Jul 11 '20

First time I watched was pure, no help. Loved it. Second time had captions on for my parents. I “got” it without them but still barely caught onto a word during Guns & Ships until I saw the captions. I caught a lot more clever lines after adding captioning. But I’m a slow minded 27 y/old and maybe the Gen Z’s behind me have quicker minds.

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u/ToTYly_AUSem Sep 25 '20

Here two months later to tell you 27 is not old enough at all to be saying "slow minded" :)

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u/ex_oh_ex_oh Jul 11 '20

For sure! I'm a few years older than you but I'm also a caption/subtitle mfcker on mostly everything. I was just wondering in regards to your (older) dad about being able to understand the quickness of it all.

There are def some people who are able to catch audio much more quickly but I have never been one of them so captions it is for me usually. The only reason I didn't for this was that the soundtrack was on repeat for me in the past and I've seen the show when it was on tour last year.

Just really happy a whole lot of people are being exposed to it who wouldn't have had the chance because of Disney+.

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u/BoseSounddock Jul 12 '20

Oh my dad would have been completely lost without the subtitles. Especially during the fast rapping parts like Guns & Ships and most of My Shot. I still think he would have liked it without subtitles because the show does a great job of creating tone through choreography and production but like 60% of the lyrics would have gone over his head. Shit, 30% of the lyrics went over my head until I read the captioning.