Reflection Of Hamilton

You check your watch, 5 minutes till 1. 5 minutes till the music begins to blare and now, only 4 minutes and 30 seconds now until you are completely captivated into a whole new world. You’re sitting there, clutching the playbill in your hands. You peer down at it and admire the golden background with a big black star in the center that has a silhouette of a man standing on top. The bold black letters that reveal the title of this show, read: HAMILTON. You look up with astonishment as the lights dim, startling you. And the show begins with music that fills you with instant happiness. You may have heard of the musical Hamilton, it was a new musical that was brought to air on Broadway August 6th of 2015. Sense then, there has been a huge uproar

But, the question is still posing: What is broadway like now? Has Hamilton even changed anything? Well as you can see, I’m arguing that it certainly has. What exactly are those changes? Well to start off this illustration, “Hamilton is the kind of transformative theatrical experience that has only happened a few times in the history of American musicals.” (The Guardian). This means that Hamilton does not completely stand alone in the way it has shaped, broadway, but it most certainly has brought a whole new set of ideas and inspirations to the table of musical theatre. Another thing that makes Hamilton so special and inspiring, is that it was put together by one man. This person is Lin-Manuel Miranda. He wrote the musical, the lyrics, and a best selling book all about Hamilton. Miranda was not the first to do this, but there is only one other man who can take on this much pride in the history of musicals. This man was Stephen Sondheim. But the difference between the two men, was that Miranda musical was a blockbuster and Stephen’s was not. Moving on, I mentioned how outrageously expensive musicals are. But I want to build on that. Miranda in short is quite upset about this. He wants to share Broadway theatre with anyone who wants to hear it or see it. But he knows he cannot give everyone the opportunity to sit in the audience of such a show. But he can control the music.

Some people love it more than others, but for any theatergoer it is certainly a must see. With the popularity of the show only rising to take it’s shot Hamilton has certainly made the world wide enough and burned the memories of not having any ethnicity in the Broadway actor