Alexander Hamiltrash. That's me.
Guys. A thing happened.
The musical theater gods answered my prayers and somehow I got 7th row center orchestra seats to Hamilton the Musical on Broadway.
You know the hip hop musical centered around
the life of Alexander Hamilton created by the JK Rowling of Broadway Lin Manuel Miranda
who also loves Harry Potter (which is why we are friends).
I KNOW YOU GUYS HATE ME
I'm sorry okay I wish that I could bring every single one of you to see the show and buy all of you a ticket but I do not have that type of power.
Or money.
BUT we can still fangirl together
Because the show is SO GOOD.
Now before I talk about the show did you know that the Hamilton biography written by Ron Chernow
that inspired Lin to create this musical is on Audible?
And a big thanks to my friends at Audible for sponsoring this video.
Audible.com is the top provider of audiobooks with over 180,000 downloadable titles to choose from.
I listen to audiobooks all the time because
I spend half of my Los Angeles life in my car and once I fell in love with Hamilton
I’ve been doing this fun thing where I will listen to the cast recording and then I'll listen to a chapter of the audiobook.
I'm slightly insane.
It’s like I’m hearing the creative process of this musical come to life
It’s kind of amazing. I would recommend it.
So Audible is offering my starfish a 30 day free trial to give you the chance to try them out.
Go to Audible.com/Tessa to download Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow or whatever other book you like, like Harry Potter.
That’s Audible.com/Tessa. DO IT.
Can we get back to musicals? Please? Yo.
I just really like this hat.
Okay let me try to describe this show.
It is ART. It is a STORY. It is our HISTORY.
It's so IMPORTANT.
Lin, you have outdone yourself.
The cast, the ensemble, the costumes, the set, the stage, the TURNTABLE. AHHH.
It all made SENSE.
And then when the show started it just pulls you IN.
Oh my gosh, just the set and the stage and the audience, the energy from the audience.
The whole cast was so talented, so spot on, they knew their characters and they really did them justice.
Now when I'm listening to Ham, I really love jamming to Act 1 especially Farmer Refuted.
DO NOT SKIP FARMER REFUTED OKAY that is my favorite song.
It is like in Doctor Who skipping Nine, you do NOT skip Nine, you do NOT skip Farmer Refuted.
Anyway, I love jamming to the first act and basically crying in the second act.
So normally I prefer listening to the first half.
But onstage, the second act blew me away. *It blew me all away*
It was just so GOOD. The show is so GOOD. Lin is so GOOD.
There are certain shows that have an impact.
Not only on you personally, but society culturally.
Like RENT.
For me, after I saw RENT, not only did I feel personally inspired but I felt like the show was bigger than me, bigger than itself because of what it was saying.
And Hamilton is the same way.
The themes are so powerful.
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.
That is so powerful.
How could you not be inspired?
How could you not feel like you want to make a difference, you want someone to tell your story, you want to be remembered.
How lucky we are to be alive right now.
Seriously though.
So if you haven't already, you should check out the Hamilton cast recording, listen to the whole thing, I know it's long but it is WORTH IT.
It's really inspiring a whole new age of Broadway.
Lin, thank you for creating something so beautiful.
GEEK WITH ME STARFISH.
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Announcement!
This month I am performing in a musical called Spies Are Forever.
It's created by Corey, Brian, and Joey aka the Tin Can Bros.
We opened last weekend and we are running through April 3rd at the NoHo Arts Center so if you live in LA or you can get there PLEASE COME.
Go to spiesareforever.diamonds for more information about the show and to get your tickets.
Announcement #2!
I recently did an interview with Peter Sklar, an old acting coach of mine who runs Beginnings Workshop, and the interview is now live!
I will link it in the description box below so check it out!
I talk about Billy Elliot and Harry Potter and Disney Channel and just ALL of the things.
So yes, please read the description box below this video. That’s it.
Love you guys. BYE