Hamilton: The Revolution

280 Pages·2016·83.09 MB·English

by  Lin-Manuel Miranda

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B e i n g T h e C o m p l eTe liBr eT To
o f t h e
BR Oa d w a y MUsIc aL
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wi t h a t ru e a cc ou n t o f
ITs c R Ea T I O N
,
a nd c on ci se r em ar k s o n
HIp-HOp, THE pOwER o f sTORIEs,
a n d THE NEw aMERIca
b y LI N - M aN U E L MI RaNd a a n d JE R E My M c caR T E R
T H E
R E V O L U T I O N
B e i n g T h e C o m p l eTe liBr eT To
o f t h e
BR Oa d w a y MUsIc aL
,
wi t h a t ru e a cc ou n t o f
ITs c R Ea T I O N
,
a nd c on ci se r em ar k s o n
HIp-HOp, THE pOwER o f sTORIEs,
a n d THE NEw aMERIca
b y LI N - M aN U E L MI RaNd a a n d JE R E My M c caR T E R
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Copyright © 2016 by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cover and interior design by
Paul Kepple and Max Vandenberg
at
Headcase design
Pages 286–288 constitute an extension of the copyright page.
All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning,
uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission
of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property.
If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), This book is dedicated to
prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at
[email protected]. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights.
,
s e b a s t i a n a n d s l o a n e
grand central PublisHing who will come of age with our young nation.
Hachette Book Group
1290 Avenue of the Americas • New York, NY 10104
grandcentralpublishing.com • twitter.com/grandcentralpub
— L.M.M. & J.M.
First Edition: April 2016
Grand Central Publishing is a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
The Grand Central Publishing name and logo is a trademark
of
HacHette book grouP, inc.
The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content)
that are not owned by the publisher.
The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events.
To find out more, go to www.hachettespeakersbureau.com or call [phone].
This book was produced
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ISBNs: 978-1-4555-3974-1 (hardcover), 978-1-4555-6753-9 (ebook)
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Chapter Vii 58 Chapter Xii 102
T A Bl e o f Co nTe nT S
On the Character of George Washington Of Oskar Eustis, His Politics, His Eventful
and the Character of Chris Jackson Career, His Thoughts on Verse Drama, and
His Stewardship of The Public Theater,
“right hand man” . . . . . . . . . . . 60
with a Word About The Pharcyde
“meet me inside” . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter Viii 68
Concerning The Lady and the Tramp,
Chapter Xiii 107
in Olden Days and Our Own, with
i n t r o d u c t i o n , or p l a n o f t h e w o r k . . . . . . 10
Reference to “Helpless” and Many Songs On Phillipa Soo and the Trouble
That Feature Ja Rule with Goodness
“a winter’s ball” . . . . . . . . . . . 70 “that would be enough” . . . . . . . 110
a cT I
“helpless” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter XiV 112
Chapter iX 78
On Paul Tazewell and the Fashion
Chapter i 14 Chapter iV 38
On the Perfect Union of Actor of Revolution
In Which the Character of New York City and Role, with Allusion to Renée Elise
On the Origins of Revolution, Both “guns and ships” . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Is Considered in Its Musical and Scenic Goldsberry
National & Musical, with Reference to “history has its eyes on you” . . . . 120
Aspects, by Reference to David Korins and a
Opening Numbers & White House Raps “satisfied” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 “yorktown” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Curious Episode of Historical Vertigo
“alexander hamilton” . . . . . . . . . 16 “the story of tonight” (reprise) . . 86
“the schuyler sisters” . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter XV 124
Chapter ii 20 Chapter X 88
By Which It Will Appear That Good History
Chapter V 46
In Which Tommy Kail Is Introduced, The Same Subject Continued, with Allusion Makes Good Drama, and in Which
and His Adventures with Lin Surveyed Stakes Is High; Or, What Happened at to Leslie Odom, Jr., Plus Remarks on the Sebastian Miranda Makes His Debut
Lincoln Center and What Came After, Virtues and Merits of Union
“aaron burr, sir” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 “what comes next?” . . . . . . . . . . 127
Including Lunch with Jeffrey Seller
“my shot” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 “wait for it” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 “dear theodosia” . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
“farmer refuted” . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 “tomorrow there’ll be more of us” . 130
Chapter iii 32 Chapter Xi 94
Chapter Vi 52 Chapter XVi 132
Giving the History of Ron Chernow, Wherein Mobb Deep Is Sampled, and the
Along with Remarks on Who May Play On the Orchestrating Techniques of Alex Immortal Biggie Smalls Is Revived On “Non-Stop,” Both the Song and the Way of
a Founding Father Lacamoire, with Lively Appearances by Van Life, as Manifest by Andy Blankenbuehler and
“stay alive” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Halen, Elmo, and an Actual Beatle The Public Theater’s Props Department
“the story of tonight” . . . . . . . . 34 “ten duel commandments” . . . . . 99
“you’ll be back” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 “non-stop” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Chapter Vii 58 Chapter Xii 102
T A Bl e o f Co nTe nT S
On the Character of George Washington Of Oskar Eustis, His Politics, His Eventful
and the Character of Chris Jackson Career, His Thoughts on Verse Drama, and
His Stewardship of The Public Theater,
“right hand man” . . . . . . . . . . . 60
with a Word About The Pharcyde
“meet me inside” . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter Viii 68
Concerning The Lady and the Tramp,
Chapter Xiii 107
in Olden Days and Our Own, with
i n t r o d u c t i o n , or p l a n o f t h e w o r k . . . . . . 10
Reference to “Helpless” and Many Songs On Phillipa Soo and the Trouble
That Feature Ja Rule with Goodness
“a winter’s ball” . . . . . . . . . . . 70 “that would be enough” . . . . . . . 110
a cT I
“helpless” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter XiV 112
Chapter iX 78
On Paul Tazewell and the Fashion
Chapter i 14 Chapter iV 38
On the Perfect Union of Actor of Revolution
In Which the Character of New York City and Role, with Allusion to Renée Elise
On the Origins of Revolution, Both “guns and ships” . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Is Considered in Its Musical and Scenic Goldsberry
National & Musical, with Reference to “history has its eyes on you” . . . . 120
Aspects, by Reference to David Korins and a
Opening Numbers & White House Raps “satisfied” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 “yorktown” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Curious Episode of Historical Vertigo
“alexander hamilton” . . . . . . . . . 16 “the story of tonight” (reprise) . . 86
“the schuyler sisters” . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter XV 124
Chapter ii 20 Chapter X 88
By Which It Will Appear That Good History
Chapter V 46
In Which Tommy Kail Is Introduced, The Same Subject Continued, with Allusion Makes Good Drama, and in Which
and His Adventures with Lin Surveyed Stakes Is High; Or, What Happened at to Leslie Odom, Jr., Plus Remarks on the Sebastian Miranda Makes His Debut
Lincoln Center and What Came After, Virtues and Merits of Union
“aaron burr, sir” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 “what comes next?” . . . . . . . . . . 127
Including Lunch with Jeffrey Seller
“my shot” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 “wait for it” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 “dear theodosia” . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
“farmer refuted” . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 “tomorrow there’ll be more of us” . 130
Chapter iii 32 Chapter Xi 94
Chapter Vi 52 Chapter XVi 132
Giving the History of Ron Chernow, Wherein Mobb Deep Is Sampled, and the
Along with Remarks on Who May Play On the Orchestrating Techniques of Alex Immortal Biggie Smalls Is Revived On “Non-Stop,” Both the Song and the Way of
a Founding Father Lacamoire, with Lively Appearances by Van Life, as Manifest by Andy Blankenbuehler and
“stay alive” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Halen, Elmo, and an Actual Beatle The Public Theater’s Props Department
“the story of tonight” . . . . . . . . 34 “ten duel commandments” . . . . . 99
“you’ll be back” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 “non-stop” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
a cT I I Chapter XXVi 225 Chapter XXX 263
In Which the Hero Blows Up His Spot, with Further Thoughts on Ambition, as It
the Assistance of Howell Binkley’s Lights Pertains to the Playwright and the
and Other Forms of Ingenious Stagecraft Enigmatic Burr
Chapter XVii 148 “the room where it happens” . . . 186
In New York You Can Be a New Man, Or, “schuyler defeated” . . . . . . . . . 191 “we know” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 “your obedient servant” . . . . . . . 266
The Story of Oak and Daveed “cabinet battle #2” . . . . . . . . . 192 “hurricane” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 “best of wives and
“the reynolds pamphlet” . . . . . . 234 best of women” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
“what’d i miss?” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 “burn” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Chapter XXii 196
Chapter XXXi 270
A Picture of the Recording Studio,
Chapter XViii 156 Chapter XXVii 240
Featuring Learned Comments by Questlove How the Duel Was Fought, and Rewritten,
An Account of Rapping for the Children, and a Thrown Shoe Giving an Account of a Hurricane, with a and Fought Again, as the Clock Ran Out
Who Will One Day Rap for Themselves Notable Appearance by President Obama,
“washington on your side” . . . . . . 199 “the world was wide enough” . . . . 272
and the Remarkable Rise of Anthony Ramos
“cabinet battle #1” . . . . . . . . . . 161
“blow us all away” . . . . . . . . . . 245
Chapter XXiii 205 “stay alive” (reprise) . . . . . . . . . 248 Chapter XXXii 276
Chapter XiX 164
On the Origin and Persistence of Our What Is a Legacy? Or, a Sketch of
Did They or Didn’t They? Or, Some National Shame Opening Night, and What Came After,
Chapter XXViii 250
Discourse on Affairs and What Might Come Next
“one last time” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
A Grieving Chapter: On Losses Beyond Words
“take a break” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 “who lives, who dies,
“it’s quiet uptown” . . . . . . . . . . 253 who tells your story” . . . . . . . . . 280
Chapter XXiV 214
Chapter XX 172
Of Jonathan Groff, His Royal Character,
Chapter XXiX 256
In Which Advantages Are Derived from His Notable Career, His Dressing Room
Listening to the Broadway Old Masters and Décor &C. Containing a Dialogue on Ambition,
e p i l o g u e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Jasmine Cephas Jones and Some Topical Comments, from David
“i know him” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Brooks and Christopher Hayes credits & acknowledgments . . 286
“say no to this” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
“the election of 1800” . . . . . . . . 258
Chapter XXV 222
Chapter XXi 180
On Killing Your Darlings, with Reference
On Being in “The Room Where It Happens” to “The Adams Administration,” the
with the Cast of A Chorus Line—Plus a Seductions of Ben Franklin, and Songs on
Brief Account of Nevin Steinberg Bringing the Cutting-Room Floor
Boom-Bap to Broadway with Speakers the
“the adams administration” . . . . 224
Size of Refrigerators
(full lyrics)