And Peggy tour's Angelica, Marja Harmon, visits The Hamilcast and shares how a chance encounter with a waiter while touring colleges helped her book her first professional gig, leading her from a life in Indiana to starring in shows on Broadway, how she booked Hamilton, and more.
In part three, New York Times best selling author Sam Wasson talks about the life lessons that can be found in the art of improv, pop culture, and more as he answers questions from the Patreon Peeps.
Author Sam Wasson is back and talking all about the post-show daze after his first time seeing Hamilton (while revealing truths on the industry art of going backstage after a show), dives deep on the sticking power of great art, the good and bad feelings it can bring, the rituals we create to consume art, why a good movie musical adaptation is, and should be, different on the screen from what you've seen on the stage, and what's worth going to war for in the name of making something great.
Sam Wasson, the New York Times best-selling author behind Fosse; Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” and the Dawn of the Modern Woman; Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art ...and more visits The Hamilcast to talk about his early college connections with Hamilton creatives—and how it helped lead to Tommy Kail, Alex Lacamoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and Lin-Manuel Miranda teaming back up to adapt his book Fosse into the award winning FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.
Broadway's Johanna Moise discusses what new things she learned about Hamilton by being in the room where it happens, gives a track-by-track break down of who does what as Woman One through Woman Five on and off stage, explains how she keeps so many roles fresh in her mind, and more as she takes questions from the Patreon Peeps.
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