( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE SEEN.
>> Stephen: NOW, WHEN WE FIRST MET BACK IN 2015, I GUESS.
"HAMILTON" HAD JUST MOVED TO BROADWAY.
>> YUP.
>> Stephen: HOPE THAT WENT WELL.
( LAUGHTER )
>> YEAH!
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT LIKE?
HOW DID THEY RECEIVE THIS MUSICAL?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY, THEY WERE ALL VERY LIKE, "YOU KNOW,
WE DON'T KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL PLAY."
AND I WAS LIKE, "WE DON'T KNOW AMERICAN HISTORY!
YOU'RE FINE!" BUT THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE
ACTUALLY IS WEIRD AND SURPRISING-- THEY'RE SUPER HUNG
UP ABOUT SEX.
THEY GIGGLE AT SEX STUFF.
LIKE, THE AUDIENCES.
YEAH.
LIKE, THERE'S A LINE IN-- THERE'S A SONG CALLED "WAIT FOR
IT," AND THERE'S A LINE THAT HAS NEVER GOTTEN A REACTION IN THE
UNITED STATES EVER.
IT'S BUARE, R TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS SLEEPING WITH A MARRIED
WOMAN.
AND THE LYRIC, IS THEODORA WRITES ME A LETTER EVERY DAY
I'M KEEPING HER BED WARM WHILE HER HUSBAND IS AWAY."
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU'RE DEAD INSIDE.
YOU DID NOT LAUGH.
WHEN THEY SING THAT IN LONDON, IT GETS THIS HUGE REACTION.
IT'S REALLY-- IT'S VERY.
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE A BIG HANG-UP ABOUT SEX OVER THERE.
>> IT'S LIKE WINK-WINK, NUDGE-NUDGE.
IT'S REALLY FUNNY.
>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, AARON BURR IS THE ANTIHERO IN THIS,
BUT THE REAL VILLAIN, A WONDERFUL VILLAIN IS GEORGE III.
>> HE'S EVERYONE'S FAVORITE.
>> Stephen: AND HOW DOES IT PLAY OVER THERE TO SEE ONE OF
THEIR KINGS REALLY OPENLY MOCKED IN THIS FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE?
>> YEAH PICHES A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I SAT NEXT TO PRINCE
HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE WHILE THEY--
>> Stephen: THIS NIGHT?
>> YES, THERE'S MY LOVELY WIFE, VANESSA.
AND THAT'S HIS GREAT-GRANDPA.
>> Stephen: DIRECT DESCENDANT.
>> WE'RE SITTING IN A THEOR NAMED AFTER HIS FOURTH GREAT
GRANDMA, THE ROYAL VICTORIA PALACE THEATER.
BUT IT LAID REALLY WELL.
AND HE SORT OF MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY SO, YOU KNOW, HE MARRIED
AN AMERICAN.
AND SHE'D SEEN THE SHOW BEFORE SO IT WENT REALLY WELL.
BUT THEY-- THEY DIG IT.
>> Stephen: THEY LOVE TO TAKE THE (BLEEP) OUT OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
>> HELEN MIRREN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SEE "HAMILTON."
SHE SAW A REALLYALLY VIEW IN THE PUBLIC.
AND I SAID, "HOW ARE YOU GOING GO TO PLAY?"
SHE SAID, OH, THEY LOVE IT WHEN YOU (BLEEP)."
SHE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT AT ALL.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS A SPOT-OSPOOKY HELEN MIRREN RIGHT
THERE.
NOW, THIS MUST BE VERY EXCITING FOR YOU.
I KNOW "HAMILTON" IS GOING TO PUERTO RICO.
>> YES
>> Stephen: WHEN.
>> JANUARY.
>> Stephen: I TALKED OVER THAT.
>> IT'S GOING IN JANUARY.
I'M GETTING BACK IN THE BLOUSE TO DO IT FOR THREE WEEKS YES.
AND ALL THE MONEY WILL GO TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN PUERTO
RICO.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
SO WHAT IS IT LIKE-- HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU WERE
PLAYING HAMILTON?
>> IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS, YEAH.
I HUNG IT UP JULY 2016.
IT WILL BE TWO YEARS AND CHANGE.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU GOTTEN INTO HEREVERSALS AGAIN OR ARE
YOU EVEN GOING TO REHEARSE OR ARE YOU LIKE, "WHATEVER, MAN."
>> I HAVE A WEEK AND A HALF OF REHEARSALS.
THE COMPANY, WHICH IS A NEW COMPANY, ALCOHOL TOUR IN THE
STATES.
WILL HAVE THE FULL SIX-WEEKS REHEARSAL.
I WILL HAVE ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF.
WHEN I WAS SITTING NEXT TO PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE,
I WAS WATCHING THINKING, "OKAY, I STILL KNOW THE WORDS TO THAT.
OH, I DON'T KNOW THE WORDS TO THAT AT ALL ANYMORE."
>> Stephen: "WHY DO THEY HAVE TO SING SO FAST?"
>> THAT DANCE MOVE, I DON'T KNOW THAT.
SO -- >> Stephen: WHAT HAPPENS IF
YOU GET ON STAGE AND YOU-- YOU-- YOU, LIKE, BLOAT LYRICS TO ONE
OF YOUR OWN SONGS?
>> IT'S A REWRITE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
I MEAN...
>> Stephen: IMPROV!
>> THAT'S A CHANGE.
THAT'S FROM THE AUTHOR.
THAT'S A CHANGE.
>> Stephen: FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THE STORY,
HAMILTON HIMSELF WAS FROM THE CARIBBEAN.
WHAT ISLAND?
>> HE WAS BORN IN NEVIS, GREW UP IN ST. CROIX.
AND THIS IS A WEIRD, FULL-CIRCLE THING THAT YOUR NERD
HISTORY-LOVING BRAIN WILL APPRECIATE.
THE REASON HAMILTON LEFT THE CARIBBEAN, AND CAME TO WHAT WAS
THEN THE COLONIES WAS BECAUSE OF A HURRICANE.
THERE WAS THIS HURRICANE THAT DESTROYED ST. CROIX, AND HE
WROTE A LETTER TO HIS FATHER DESCRIBING THE CARNAGE.
AND THIS LETTER SOMEHOW WAS PUBLISHED IN THE "DANNYISH
AMERICAN GAZETTE," AND USED FOR RELIEF EFFORTS TO HELP THE
ISLAND BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAD
HAPPENED TO THE ISLAND THAT HAMILTON'S COUSIN, A WOMAN NAMED
RACHEL FAUCET, AND PEOPLE TUNING A COLLECTION.
THEY SAID, "THIS KID IS TOO SMART TO BE HERE WORK BASICALLY
AS A CLERK.
LET'S SEND HIM TO THE COLONIES TO GET HIS EDUCATION, TO BE A
DOCTOR, AND THEN HE CAN COME BACK TO THE ISLAND BECAUSE OF
ALL THIS MONEY WE'VE GIVEN HIM."
AND THAT IS HOW HAMILTON LEFT THE CARIBBEAN.
HE NEVER WENT BACK.
NOW 200-SOME-ODD YEARS LATER, BECAUSE OF THE AFTERMATH OF A
DEADLY HURRICANE, WE ARE BRINGING THE COMPANY OF
"HAMILTON" BACK TO THE CARIBBEAN, TO SORT OF PAY IT
FORWARD.
WE'RE KIND OF CLOCKWISING HAMILTON'S LOOP HERE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOT A BEAUTIFUL CLOSURE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
( APPLAUSE )
AS IF YOU'RE NOT BUSY ENOUGH.
YOU HAVE A NEW BOOK CALLED "GMORNING, GNIGHT."
"LITTLE PEP TALKS FOR ME AND YOU."
HOW DID THE BOOK COME ABOUT?
>> THE BOOK CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF MY TERRIBLE ADDICTION TO
TWITTER.
AND YOU SHOULD NOT GIVE SOMEONE WHO LIKES AN AUDIENCE AN
AUDIENCE IN THEIR POCKET.
( LAUGHTER )
ME.
AND SO I STARTED SAYING GOOD MORNING AND GOOD NIGHT ON
TWITTER, LIKE, 2011, JUST AS A WAY OF KEEPING MYSELF HONEST AND
KEEPING MYSELF FROM BEING ON IT 24 HOURS A DAY.
I WOULD JUST BE LIKE, "GOOD NIGHT, I'M GOING TO BED."
IT WAS SORT OF LIKE A WAY OF CLOCKING OFFICE HOURS FOR
MYSELF.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
BUT ONLY TILL THE MOMENT YOU WENT TO BED SO YOU WOULDN'T
TWEET IN YOUR SLEEP.
>> WELL, HERE'S THE THING, I VERY RARELY TWEETED IN MY SLEEP.
BUT I THINK THAT TWITTER HAS GIVEN US ISSUES WITH OBJECT
PERMANENCE.
I THINK THE MOST DAMAGING PHRASE WE HAVE IS PICKS OR IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
JUST BECAUSE A PIC OF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN DOESN'T MEAN IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
SOMETIMES I SAY GOOD NIGHT AND GO AND HAVE DINNER AND HAVE TIME
WITH MY FAMILY.
EVERYBODY THINKS I'M LITERALLY GOING TO BED.
I'M NOT.
I'M JUST BEING POLITE BECAUSE I LIKE YOU AND THE TIME WE SPEND
ON TWITTER.
OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE SORT OF COME TO RELY ON IT.
IT'S LIKE A THING.
AND PEOPLE SAY, "MAKE A BOOK."
I SAY, "I MAKE THEM FREE.
WHY WOULD YOU CHARGE YOU FOR A THING THAT I DO FOR MY OWN
TWITTER HABIT."
AND MY FRIEND JOHNNY SUN, A FRIEND I MADE ON TWITTER, AND IS
SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW OVER THERE.
( APPLAUSE )
HOLDING THINGS.
PEOPLE LIKE SOMETHING THEY CAN HOLD."
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND THAT SORT OF TOUCHED MY HEART SO WE MADE A BOOK.
>> Stephen: YOU DO THE ILLUSTRATIONS?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: CAN I HAVE A SHOT?
THESE ARE GORGEOUS.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS.
THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE BUT VERY BEAUTIFUL, SOMETIMES OF THE
THEMES OF THE GOOD MORNING AND THE GOOD NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: LIKE YOU'LL RETURN-- YOU'LL ANSWER YOURSELF
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT OF WHAT YOU SAID THAT MORNING.
>> I WRITE MIGHT HAVE BEENALS SO I'M ALWAYS ABOUT THE REPRIZE OF
THE THING.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AROUND.
THAT STARTED HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF WRITING THEM EVERY DAY
FOR FIVE, SIX YEARS.
>> Stephen: TELL ME ABOUT THIS GOOD MORNING AND THIS GOOD
NIGHT.
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN?
THIS IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THE WEIRDEST SIDE EFFECT OF THIS IS
THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING I HAVE EVER HAD TO A DIARY AND THIS WAS
WRITTEN THE MORNING OF WE ALL LEARNED ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN'S
PASSING, WHICH HIT ALL OF US IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
I REMEMBER READING "NO RRVETIONS."
I REMEMBER READING HIS BOOK RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE AND IT
CHANGED THE WAY I THOUGHT ABOUT FOOD AND ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND
SORT OF FOLLOWING HIS CAREER EXPICHES HEARTBROKEN TO LEARN OF
HIS PASSING-- NEVER MET HIM-- A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER MET HIM
WERE REALLY MOURNING ON LINE SO I WROTE THIS.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU MIND READING THIS FOR US?
>> SURE.
THIS IS JUST WHAT I I WAS FEELING IN THE WAKE OF THAT
NEWS.
"GOOD MORNING, YOU ARE SO LOVED AND WE LIKE HAVING YOU AROUND.
TIES ONE END OF THE SENTENCE TO YOUR HEART, THE OTHER END TO
EVERYONE WHO LOVES YOU, EVEN THE ONES YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ONE FOR A
WHILE.
CHECKS KNOTS.
THERE, STAY PUT, YOU.
GOOD NIGHT.
ROUSSEAU LOVED, AND WE LIKE HAVING YOU AROUND.
TIES ONE END OF THE SENTENCE TO YOUR HEART, THE OTHER END TO
EVERYONE WHO LOVES YOU IN THIS LIFE, EVEN CLOUDS OBSCURE YOUR
VIEW.
CHECKS KNOTS.
THERE.
STAY PUT, YOU.
TUG IF YOU NEED ANYTHING."
( APPLAUSE )
FILLED WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL MORNING THEMES AND THEN RETURNS
AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: TWITTER GIVES YOU INSTANT FEEDBACK.
WHICH ONE OF THESE GOOD MORNING-GOOD NIGHTS HAS GOTTEN
THE BIGGEST RESPONSE?
>> WHO I FIND INVARIABLY ARE THE ONES THAT GET THE BIGGEST
RESPONSE ARE THE ONES I AM WRITING TO MYSELF THAT MORNING
BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS-- I HAVE NO WISDOM TO GIVE ANYONE.
I'M TIRED ALL THE TIME.
I'M AS HEARTBROKEN READING THE NEWS AS ANYONE ELSE.
SO OFTEN WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST WRITE, "WHAT DO I NEED TO HEAR
RIGHT NOW?" AND THEN I'LL JUST SWITCH THE
PRONOUN.
AND THOSE HAVE INVARIABLY THE ONES THAT RESONATE WITH PEOPLE.
THE MORE PERSONAL I GO, THE MORE SUBPOENA ELSE RESPONDS TO IT.
AND THAT'S ABOUT AS GOOD ADVISE AS I CAN GET.
>> Stephen: THE HUG YOU NEED TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU.
"GOOD MORNING. GOOD NIGHT " IS IN STORES TODAY.
LIN MANUEL MIRANDA EVERYBODY! WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!