That's Thomas as in KAIL. YES! TOMMY. KAIL. CAME. OVER. It was super fun and we are naturally at 1.5x speed. Tommy tells me all about the upcoming Hamilton exhibition in Chicago, opening this November, and how the job of a director changes (or doesn't) as a production evolves. We bond over It's a Wonderful Life, Tommy reminds cast members who are alums of The Hamilcast that he *does* hear the stories they tell, I teach him the correct names of Hamilton songs, and Tommy confirms that he is not in fact Alex Lacamoire. OR IS HE??? He's not, you guys, they just both have really fantastic hair.
Have I mentioned that Hamilton and In The Heights director and all around excellent human Thomas Kail hung out with me for a few hours? Because it still feels ridiculous.
Freestyle Love Supreme at Joe's Pub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_MLXaP2q1M
Choreographing 'Hamilton': The Meaning Behind the Moves:
https://youtu.be/VmYTsOrnWP0
Hamilton dresser Chris Leary is back to tell us all about why we should all go to Puerto Rico on our next vacation (or help any way we can), how the energy at Hamilton is always changing, and that one time the turntable broke during My Shot and wasn't fixed until after You'll Be Back, and about a million other things. Hooray!
http://hispanicfederation.org/donate/
Chris Leary, dresser at Hamilton on Broadway, and I laugh our way through ALL THE THINGS. Chris gives backstage details from a dresser's perspective, explains how he almost didn't go to the opening night of Hamilton, and proudly declares himself a Tonya Harding truther. We also discuss how excellent he is at Halloween, why I'm #TeamJoanna Jones when it comes to pranks, and we get on the phone with the one and only Lexi Lawson.
Hamilton Broadway swing Robert Walters is back this week! Robert talks what it's like to be an Australian in a show that has reinvigorated such an interest in American History, he tells us what he yells during The Room Where it Happens, sends love to Karen Olivo and Miguel Cervantes, and!! He does impressions of fellow cast members James Monroe Iglehart, Jevon McFerrin, and Eddy Lee. We had the best time! Enjoy!
Miguel Cervantes - 'Til The Calm Comes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqESJUipg98
Original song performed by Miguel Cervantes and some of the cast of Hamilton Chicago. Download the song on iTunes or Google Play. All proceeds go to CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.
https://www.cureepilepsy.org/news/miguel-cervantes-debuts-new
Robert Walters, a swing in Hamilton on Broadway, is here to drink Robitos (aka mojitos) and tell me about how a boy from Oz made it to Broadway! We talk his Australian roots, work visa woes, his crazy Hamilton audition story, his origins with Hamilton in Chicago, how in love he is with his wife Jen (it's adorable, you guys), and that time he told Alex Lacamoire to piss off. SPOILER: it all ends well, fam! And over the course of his two episodes, Rob and I decide that we were most likely separated at birth.
Trailer for Bootmen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u33VTEapd04
Andrés Forero is back and we kick off Part Two with questions from Sir Alex Lacamoire himself! We talk a LOT about Yorktown (and Rage Against the Machine, believe it or not), and many of the other tracks on which Andrés made his mark or how Andrés' puts it: “it’s a tiny fingerprint on a little tiny piece of a masterpiece.” And for the first time in the history of The Hamilcast... there are outtakes!
Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0kJLW2EwMg
Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Delilah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt_fmhtePoc
Andrés Forero is the drummer for Hamilton on Broadway and has known the Hamilton Cabinet since In the Heights. We had so much fun and get ready to feel both super calm and very empowered. In this episode Andrés talks how the band Rush sparked his music career, what it's like being the Jazz Ambassador to the UN, and his journey to Hamilton. We also touch on why neither a life changing car accident nor losing hearing in his left ear don't define the incomparable Andrés Forero.
Holli Campbell is back and this #FeministHero is once again here to remind us that "there’s a place in the theatre for all of us; if you love it, pursue it.” Holli goes in on how she ended up at Hamilton's opening night (before she even worked there!), the beauty of EduHam, and the importance of following your gut.
In an entirely unprecedented move, I had to record an Emergency Podcast System to put at the top of an already completed episode! Join me and my husband Mike as we play and discuss not only April's #Hamildrop, #FirstBurn, but Lin-Manuel Miranda's very first draft of Burn! We talked about the draft during #Lintoberfest and thanks to LMM's endless generosity and awesomeness, The Hamilcast is the only place you can hear this unreleased draft. Needless to say, we lost our minds and you will too. Enjoy!
Download and stream "First Burn" on your favorite music platform and head over to www.hamildrops.com for all things Hamildrops.
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Hamilton Broadway's Associate Company Manager Holli Campbell stopped by to drop alllllll the knowledge about how Hamilton runs smoothly, from Broadway to the growing number of companies. From what a company manager does to breaking down all the types of tickets and how to get them (yes!), Holli proves that you don't have to be on stage to be heavily involved in theatre.
HAMILTON Ham4Ham 9/11/15 “Love for the Techies Day” with the entire company
On “Love for the Techies Day," production stage manager Jason Bassett calls the cues while Lin-Manuel and the company perform “Ten Duel Commandments” (without the dual turntables):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqE-mGI5OaM
Donald Webber, Jr. is back and things get insane, man! Donald walks us through the crazy schedule for ensembles, swings, and understudies. He also gives an in-depth analysis of the relationship between Hamilton and Angelica (in Hamilton the musical), and we rap the "Guns and Ships" and "Washington On Your Side" raps.
The inimitable Donald Webber, Jr of Hamilton Broadway is on the podcast for two suuuuper fun episodes. In Part One, we discuss Clousé Michael Jeeves (the finest tablecloth puller in all of America), Hamilton vs. Jefferson, his friendship with Leslie Odom, Jr, and treating the Cabinet Battles like a wrestling match. AND! Donald makes a very big announcement... but don't - ahem - wait for it! Listen to the episode to find out what it is.
Sherie René Scott in "Coming Out of Their Shells"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu-uNKZYmhI
Whorl Inside a Loop:
Joanne Freeman's rainy Friday night hang continues for a second episode and I am here for every history spoiler, detail, and piece of insight she has to offer: from Alexander Hamilton's actual birthday, to Lin-Manuel Miranda's artistic freedoms, and who actually put a comma after dearest. Plus! Joanne explains what it was like to see Hamilton for the first time and slowly realize that Ten Duel Commandments was based on findings from her book Affairs of Honor.
Dr. Joanne Freeman is the leading expert on Alexander Hamilton, a professor at Yale University, and the best person to hang with on a rainy Friday night. You probably know her at the badass historian from PBS' Hamilton's America in which she called Hammy "an arrogant, irritating asshole." In Part One Joanne talks about living in a post Hamilton world when Hamilton himself has been in her world since she was 14 years old, how a dueling gun actually goes CLICK-BOOM, and what it was like when Lin-Manuel Miranda stopping by her birthday party to pick up one of her books for research.
Hamilton's America on PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/hamiltonfullfilm/5801/
Bill Sherman is a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy award-winning composer, producer, arranger, orchestrator, and one hell of a podcast guest let me tell you. Bill braved an awful winter rain storm to hang out and talk to me about Hamilton, The Hamilton Mixtape, In the Heights, Freestyle Love Supreme, Sesame Street, and how this podcast might be the best kind of therapy ever. From the two month process of producing the Hamilton album, to why being the Music Director of Sesame Street is the best and weirdest job in the world, to the incomparable talent and work ethic of the members of Freestyle Love Supreme, Bill and I cover a ton of ground. And it was AWESOME.
Christopher Jackson - In The Name Of Love:
https://www.broadwayrecords.com/cds/christopher-jackson-in-the-name-of-love
Mandy Gonzalez - Fearless:
http://www.ghostlightrecords.com/mandy-gonzalez-fearless.html
Freestyle Love Supreme - Mixtape:
https://youtu.be/ElD6Pk3G-_0
Lin-Manuel Miranda on The Hamilcast:
https://www.thehamilcast.com/lin-manuel-miranda/
Questlove Supreme on Pandora:
https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3203170503950074921
Shockwave on The Hamilcast:
https://www.thehamilcast.com/episode-65-dag-i-amaze-and-astonish-part-one/
https://www.thehamilcast.com/episode-66-dag-i-amaze-and-astonish-part-two-2/
An Open Letter (feat. Shockwave) (Interlude):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2jemdtrsDo
Sesame Street: 12 And Pinball Animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZshZp-cxKg
Sesame Street: Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me: Brushy Brush PSA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxMrtK-kYnE
Sesame Street: Art School | Murray Had a Little Lamb:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXafRUnZPVE
Sesame Street - Frankly, It's Becoming A Habitat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmKTUw9UtU
Sesame Street: Janelle Monae - Power of Yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeUvZvuvAs
Freestyle Love Supreme: You Can’t Go Home. Stop Trying.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kZZQdEz6gY
Sesame Street: Check That Shape (with Nick Jonas):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIRdMFo-h4U
Hello Ham Fam! I'm dropping this surprise mini episode into your podcast feed to tell you about my collaboration with Coloring Broadway for the March For Our Lives demonstrations taking place on March 24th. We’re teaming up to bring you two designs that you can download, print, and color - and they’ll come in different sizes so you can post them on social media, hang them up at work or school, or bring them to your local march, which is what I’ll be doing.
Link to the illustrations:http://bit.ly/MFOLCOLORING
March For Our Lives: https://marchforourlives.com/
Found/Tonight: https://atlantic.lnk.to/FoundTonightlt
Find Coloring Broadway:
@ColoringBroadway on Instagram
@ColoringBway on Twitter
Stephanie Klemons, Hamilton's Associate Choreographer (and so much more) is finally here! Over two pints of Sam Adams, Stephanie goes in on what it was like to be part of Hamilton coming together from the very beginning and goes in on so many Hamilton staging secrets and Easter eggs that you are going to LOVE. She also tells me how and why the choreography changes from stage to stage (and why you'll never notice it), what it's like to be Andy Blankenbuehler's "variation maker," being a strong woman on a male dominated creative team, and her thoughts on Hamilton's incredibly impactful Tony performance. Not to mention the Super Bowl commercial, In the Heights, Katie's Art Project, and her stunning curly hair.
Katie's Art Project: https://www.katiesartproject.org/
In the Heights at The Kennedy Center: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/TSBCA
Erin Clemons covers all three Schuyler Sisters in Hamilton on Broadway and is an actual ray of sunlight. We had the best time talking about her journey to Broadway, why traveling is so good for the soul, and why her parents are her biggest inspiration. Erin also walks us through her very first day at work at the Rodgers and explains THE PHOTO™!
Music Theatre Wichita: http://mtwichita.org/
Baychester Middle School: http://www.baychesterwaves.org/
Erin's Instagram post playing piano: https://www.instagram.com/p/BequHZABiiB/
Fergie L. Philippe and Julian Ramos of Hamilton's Philip Tour (#HamiltourToo) are back again and you guys... there is so much happening here 🎤and I AM LOVIN IT!🎤 Julian and Fergie talk about the rehearsal process, how they balance being on #TeamNoChill while still being professionals, mind-blowing choreography secrets, and why Nik Walker better watch his back when it comes to pranks on the #Hamiltour. We also talk about how to work with your anxiety and why you're never, ever alone.
Nik Walker's Episodes:
Episode #60: We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance // Part One
Episode #61: We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance // Part Two
Fergie Philippe - "Wondering" (Bridges of Madison County; Jason Robert Brown)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h61Lh1Ojues
"Two By Two" - The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SvANeOFWAU
Fergie L. Philippe and Julian Ramos of Hamilton's Philip Tour join me for a #HamiltourToo party! We have the best time and in this first episode, Fergie and Julian talk about the journeys that led them both to Hamilton: from Fergie tweeting acapella Hamilton raps to Lin-Manuel Miranda back in 2015 to Julian working at The Public as a host and seating Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tommy Kail, and Oskar Eustis for their very early Hamilton meetings.
Fergie's tweets to Lin:
https://twitter.com/fergsters95/status/678842103284277252
https://twitter.com/fergsters95/status/679529520341364737
Hamilton at The Public Theater - Montage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaSD7NY3SCo
Look At Me Now:
Tyler McKenzie had a one week vacation between Broadway's Hamilton and joining the Philip Tour and he spent his first night off hanging out with me and I am so grateful! Tyler talks about his Hamilton journey, his strong connection to spirituality, the glory of EduHam, finding stillness in a show that's nonnnnn STOP, and what George Eacker is thinking when Philip interrupts his big night out. This episode is so fun and Tyler brings such a positive energy and outlook to his life, his work, and this recording. #StayWeird, friends!
Episodes mentioned:
Find Tyler:
https://www.instagram.com/thisistylermckenzie/
https://twitter.com/tylermckenzie
Find The Hamilcast:
https://www.patreon.com/TheHamilcast
https://twitter.com/TheHamilcast
Antuan "Magic" Raimone lives up to his nickname as a Universal Swing in Hamilton. Magic talks about his experience with In the Heights, why he didn't want to audition for Hamilton (and the crazy story about how that went), what happens when you get "Swing Brain," and how his photographic ability to instantly pick up choreography earned him the nickname "Magic."
Trigger warning: Towards the end of the episode we spend time discussing Antuan's experience with childhood sexual abuse and his activism for other survivors of sexual assault.
Emily Roney is back this week and she goes IN on what it's like to not only dress Mandy Gonzalez in Hamilton on Broadway but to also work as her Right Hand Man aka Personal Assistant. We talk #FearlessSquad, the strength of the women who play the Schuyler Sisters, and Emily gives amazing life advice about how to find your passion and achieve your goals. And! We talk more about backstage at Hamilton, including stories about Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs, and Renee Elise Goldsberry winning the 2016 Tony Award for playing Angelica.
#BwaySoundbites feat. The Schuyler Sisters “I’ll Be There” via Mandy Gonzalez on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEWoH1NtTuY
Emily Roney is the dresser for all three Schuyler Sisters (#AndMaria!) for Hamilton and Broadway and get ready for a mind explosion! Emily is fantastic and we talk about so many things including how The Public Theater changed her life and the role Renee Elise Goldsberry sealed her fate. But let's really get down to it: YES she explains the colors of those dresses and she gives us a verbal look book of the Schuyler Sisters. Get excited!
Welcome to Eddy Lee's second episode, in which the tangents are plentiful and we're lucky if we finish a single story we start. Still! Eddy Lee is the best and this episode is nonnnnnnSTOP. Eddy performs both James Reynolds and Samuel Seabury, talks about the lack of Asian representation in the media and the arts, and tells the amazing story of meeting a Vietnamese-American #Hamilkid wherein Eddy realized he was a role model. Plus! We talk Pokémon and the role the Universe played in Eddy being cast in Hamilton on Broadway.
Jennifer Jancuska (Hamilton Broadway’s resident choreographer) and The Bring About: http://www.jenniferjancuska.com/the-bringabout/
Carols for a Cure for BC/EFA: http://broadwaycares.stores.yahoo.net/caforcu20vo17.html
KPOP at Ars Nova: http://arsnovanyc.com/KPOP
#Hamilkid Daniel and Eddy: https://www.instagram.com/p/BVi7dkEH6Y3/?taken-by=edru00
Timothy Huang: https://www.timothyhuang.net/
Remember when Eddy Lee called our recording a therapy session during last episode's Hamilton House Party? Yeah, this episode proves that almost immediately. In the first part of our hang, Eddy - a swing in Hamilton on Broadway - opens up about how he almost became a doctor and how at first his mother didn't approve of dancing as a career choice. Don't worry, all is well now, but his story is definitely one that may sound familiar to other aspiring artists out there.
Hamilton House Party aka #Hamilcast100: https://www.thehamilcast.com/episode-100-grind-to-the-rhythm-as-we-wine-and-dine/