Was in rehearsal for a show
When the casting director told me about a project the Hamilton mixtape
The music and the concept were unlike anything I've ever heard before
But I was committed to this other show and couldn't get involved
well
the show I was in got cancelled during previews, so
Suddenly your boy was out of a job
But uh thankfully
I got the call a couple hours later. I was hired for the workshop of the mixtape project
It was an inventive creation that used rap R&B and pop to tell the story of Alexander Hamilton's rise
From orphan to the architect of our nation's financial system. I mean hashtag started from the bottom now we're here
I mean the project became a phenomenon. It's a story about America then
Told by America now
The cast is inclusive using actors of different races to play the founders of our nation
Now that is revolutionary. I
Remember the first table and brought
The opening number of the show to me Alexander Hamilton and you know at the time it wasn't a musical
It was probably going to be a mixtape album at that time
But it also could have just been a song that he had written
The White House called and said we're doing an evening of poetry and spoken word
If you have anything on the American experience, that would be great. I
Said I got a hot 16 about the Hitmen
How does a bastard orphan son of before and the Scotsman dropped in the middle of a?
Forgotten it was very apparent to me that even if it was now that it could belong and live on stage
My performance went viral and we were sort of off to the races after that
It's a little bit like George Washington getting his cabinet together. He goes. Alright who can do these jobs?
who do I know that are the best one of the blessings of this team is we trust each other's ideas and
It's inspiring to have partners that
basically saved be fearless with me I go here's what I've written and then we
Pull it apart, and we put it back together again. I don't want to lose the
Okay, that's worth saving to me Suze. I mean starting tonight. Not start
What Lynn writes
And Alex arranges works from me choreographically
We're reaching out as if we're gesturing to all those people over there all those people over there
Then we lean hand to heart so it comes up almost like a Pledge of Allegiance
Any black of Euler is a mathematician
In the sense that he thinks like an Orchestrator system. He is this art in motion
Tom McCullar is just the leader. He's the coach he is the ear that listens and hears at all
The one who sees it all and extend the rise ups at the end
he did feel like we got out too soon and
We could stay in rise up play
What I wanted to try to do was remove any of the black and white nostalgia sepia tone and make this feel
Vital and vibrant when you have the collaborators, I'm working with have 12 ideas to every one of mine. They just make your work better
And now
From our original cast please. Welcome the incredible Renee Elyse Goldsberry
Jasmine, Cephas, Jones and Philippa. Sue the Schuyler sisters
Work, work,work
Angelica
Work, work, work
Eliza
And Peggy
The Schuyler Sisters
Angelica Peggy Eliza.....
WORK!
Daddy said to be home by sundown daddy doesn't be to know
Daddy said not to go downtown, but I said you're free to go
But, look a round look a round
The revolution is happening in New York
Angelica
WORK!
It's bad enough daddy wants to go to war.
People shouting in the square
It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore.
New ideas in the air.
look a round look a round
Angelica, remind me what we're looking for...
Eliza, I'm lookin' for a mind at work. (Work, Work)
I'm lookin for a mind at work! (Work, work!) I'm lookin for a mind at work! (Work, work!) Whooaaaaa! Whooaaaaa! (Work!)
I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine. So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane. You want a revolution? I want a revelation
So listen to my declaration: "We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal"
And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I'm 'a compel him to include women in the sequel! (Work!)
Look around, look around
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
Look around, look around
Lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we Just happen to be in the greatest city in the world! In the greatest city in the world!
Cuz I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine. (Look around, look around) So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane.
You want a revolution? I want a revelation So listen to my declaration
We hold these truths to be self evident That all men are created equal Look around, Look around
At how lucky we are to be alive right now! History is happening in Manhattan and we just Happen to be
In the greatest city in the world In the greatest city- In the greatest city in the world! Work, work!
Angelica! (Work, work!) Eliza! (Work, work!) And Peggy!
The Schuyler sisters
We're looking for a mind at Work, work! Hey! Work, work! Hey! Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey!
In the greatest Work, work! In the greatest city in the World In the greatest city in the world!
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