I must confess, I was very skeptical when I heard about Alexander Hamilton musical at first. I'll start with a short summery of the play before we discuss it further.
Alexander Hamilton is a show about young rebels grabbing and shaping the future of an unformed country, “Hamilton” is making its own mark in history by changing the language of musicals. It does so by insisting that the forms of song most frequently heard on pop radio stations in recent years — rap, hip-hop and R&B will be the musical's main songs and language. Washington, Jefferson, Madison — they’re all here, making war and writing constitutions and debating points of economic structure. But these guys don’t exactly look like the marble statues of the men they’re portraying.
Alexander Hamilton is a show about young rebels grabbing and shaping the future of an unformed country, “Hamilton” is making its own mark in history by changing the language of musicals. It does so by insisting that the forms of song most frequently heard on pop radio stations in recent years — rap, hip-hop and R&B will be the musical's main songs and language. Washington, Jefferson, Madison — they’re all here, making war and writing constitutions and debating points of economic structure. But these guys don’t exactly look like the marble statues of the men they’re portraying.