thanksgiving 주간 후기입니다.
음 우선 hamilton은 아직도 인기가 많고. venue인 richard rodgers 극장이 중형 극장이어선지 다른 musical에 비해 가격대가 좀 높게 형성되어 있어요. 제가 본 cast는 다음과 같았고 white이었던 founding father들을 연기하는 주요 역들은 모두 유색인종 배우들이었습니다.
casting에 대해 알고 갔음에도 불구하고 1부에서까지는 original casting의 잔재랄까 내 자신의 인종에 대한 편견?이랄까.. african american이 연기하는 washington, jefferson, hamilton이 매우 신선하긴 해도,, 이게 스며드는? 데 조금은 시간이 걸렸습니다 ㅋㅋ 솔직히 저 자신 조차도 인지하지 못한 인종에 대한 편견이 얼마나 강한 것인지 놀라는 시간이었구요. 그러나 intermission 후 2부에서는, 이번 casting된 배우들이 연기하는 인물들 version에 보다 몰입해서 볼 수 있었고 결과적으론 넘 좋았습니다. aladdin처럼 정말 아무 생각없이 헤헤 웃고 genie의 미친 텐션에 빠져보는 것도 좋지만 가끔은 이렇게 entertaining하면서도 생각할 거리를 많이 던져주는 극도 좋을 듯요.
예매는 tkts 통해 했고 (헉 fee 가 무려 25불) 좌석은 이런 느낌입니다.. 직접 가서보니 1층 중간과 2층 front가 왜 제일 비싼 좌석인지알거 같았어요 ㅋㅋ
배우들이 뒤 배경의 2층에 있을 때는 view가 좀 가리는..(얼굴이 안보임) 그런데도 빈 좌석이 하나도 없었어요!
미리 보고 가실 분은 아래 site에 musical number들 가사가 친절하게 모두 나와 있습니다.
ACT 1
https://www.blumenthalarts.org/assets/doc/Hamilton-Lyrics-ACT-I1-e82b4f261a.pdf
ACT 2
https://www.blumenthalarts.org/assets/doc/Hamilton-Lyrics-ACT-II-0ca4099700.pdf
힙합으로 이어지는 대사, 노래들이 속도감이 있고, culturally, historically loaded 맥락이 많아 미리 알고 가면 훨씬 더 즐길 수 있을 거예요.
Cabinet Battle #1
HAMILTON Thomas. That was a real nice declaration.
Welcome to the present, we’re running a real nation.
Would you like to join us, or stay mellow,
Doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?
If we assume the debts, the union gets
A new line of credit, a financial diuretic.
How do you not get it?
If we’re aggressive and competitive
The union gets a boost.
You’d rather give it a sedative?
A civics lesson from a slaver.
Hey neighbor,
Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor.
“We plant seeds in the South. We create.”
Yeah, keep ranting,
we know who’s really doing the planting.
And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment,
Don’t lecture me about the war,
you didn’t fight in it.
You think I’m frightened of you, man?
We almost died in a trench while you were off getting high with the French.
Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President, reticent
—there isn’t a plan he doesn’t jettison.
Madison, you’re mad as a hatter,
son, take your medicine.
Damn, you’re in worse shape than the national debt is in,
sittin’ there useless as two shits.
Hey, turn around, bend over, I’ll show you where my shoe fits.
가기전에 제 수준에 딱 맞는 이런 책들 읽고 갔는데 많은 도움이 되었습니다 (미국에선 초딩이 읽는 책들 ㅎ).
어느 후기에서 이 수많은 musical number를 lin-manuel miranda 한 명이 작사/작곡 무려 주연까지 해 냈다는게 정말 대단하다는 의견이 있었는데 백퍼 동의해요. 작곡 전공한 친구에게 보통 작사와 작곡을 동시에 이렇게 잘 하기는 쉽지 않다고 들었는데.. lin-manuel miranda가 언젠가 여름 휴가에 가서 몇 백 페이지 짜리 alexander hamilton 전기를 읽고는 이 musical을 구상하고 근 7여년간 가다듬어 처음 백악관에서 올린 이야기는 이제 전설이 되었을 뿐이고요. (허니문 가서도 작사작곡했다고 ..)
엄청 어렸네요 ㅎㅎ 이 곡은 이미 이 때 완성 되어있었네요!
무튼 가실 분들은,
Hamilton과
미국의 세번째 부통령이었던 Aaron Burr와의 애증?의 관계
George Washington (Pride of Mount Vernon)과의 관계
Thomas Jefferson (Whatever you're doing in Monticello)과의 관계,
Republican-Democratic vs. Federalist의 대결구도 특히 national debt과 government control에 대한 의견 차
Reynolds phamplet
Duel 문화
정도는 파악하고 가심 좋을 거 같다는 팁 드립니다.
기억에 남았던 가사 일부 --
The Schuyler Sisters
BURR Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money.
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
ANGELICA Burr, you disgust me.
BURR Ah, so you’ve discussed me. I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
ANGELICA I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.
So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane. You want a revolution?
I want a revelation So listen to my declaration:
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY “We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal”
ANGELICA And when I meet Thomas Jefferson,
ANGELICA I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
전 무일푼의 hamilton에게 반한 eliza에게 hamilton이 울먹이며 부르는 노래가 인상적이었어요.
That Would Be Enough
HAMILTON Will you relish being a poor man’s wife, unable to provide for your life?
ELIZA I relish being your wife.
...
ELIZA But I’m not afraid. I know who I married.
So long as you come home at the end of the day that would be enough.
We don’t need a legacy.
We don’t need money.
If I could grant you peace of mind,
If you could let me inside your heart…
Oh, let me be a part of the narrative
in the story they will write someday.
Let this moment be the first chapter:
where you decide to stay
and I could be enough
and we could be enough
hat would be enough.
Burn
ELIZA I’m erasing myself from the narrative.
Let future historians wonder how Eliza reacted
when you broke her heart.
You have torn it all apart.
I am watching it burn.
Watching it burn.
The world has no right to my heart.
The world has no place in our bed.
They don’t get to know what I said.
I’m burning the memories,
Burning the letters that might have redeemed you.
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
MADISON He took our country from bankruptcy to prosperity.
I hate to admit it, but he doesn’t get enough credit for all the credit he gave us.
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?
ANGELICA Every other founding father story gets told.
Every other founding father gets to grow old.
BURR And when you’re gone, who remembers your name?
Who keeps your flame?
BURR AND MEN Who tells your story?
Who tells your story?
ANGELICA AND WOMEN Who tells your story? Your story?
ELIZA I put myself back in the narrative.
I Know Him
KING GEORGE
They say
George Washington's yielding his power and stepping away
‘Zat true?
I wasn't aware that was something a person could do
I'm perplexed
Are they gonna keep on replacing whoever's in charge?
If so, who's next?
There's nobody else in their country who looms quite as large…
나중에 두 부부가 상상도 못할 비극을 겪고
eliza가 울부짖는 장면에서는 나도 모르게 눙물이.. 확실히 broadway는 가창력은 기본이고 배우의 연기력까지 더 보는 거 같아요.
trinity church에 hamilton, eliza, phillip까지 묻혀있다기에 wall street 갔을 때 들려보았습니다.
47세면 때이른 죽음이긴 했네요.
columbia대학교에도 동상이 있어요 (지난 여름때 방문 사진)
hamilton 의 인기를 반영하는 굿즈들 (national archives museum gift shop in washington dc)
저도 dc money factory에서 dc산 특산품을 득템해왔습니다. ㅎㅎ 뭐 핸섬하다면 핸섬한 얼굴이네요.
초연때 lin-manuel이 입었던 의상 (american history museum in washington dc)
같이 본 친구가
1. thomas jefferson (만 쓰면 머리에서 it must be nice, it must be nice to have washington on your side가 계속 replay되고 있네요 ㅋㅋ)과 조지 3세를 저리 가볍고 comic하게 그려도 되냐고 ㅋㅋ 후손들이 sue 안하냐고
2. hamilton의 마성의? 눈에 대한 묘사가 가사에 몇 번 나오는데 자기가 볼 땐 별로 눈이 예쁘지 않았던 거 같은데 좀 개연성이 떨어진다해서 한참 웃었네요.
cabinet rap battle도 넘 재밌었고 그러면서도 history has its eyes on you로 이어지는 선율에서는 또 숙연해지고.. 암튼 명작이라면 시대적 특수성 속에서도 공감을 끌어내는 극의 전개가 빈 틈이 없었습니다. 왜 long run하고 있는지 알겠다는..
보너스로 // AI가 알려주는 helpful context to enhance your Hamilton experience로 마무리 할께요!
The basic historical context:
Alexander Hamilton was one of America's Founding Fathers - an immigrant from the Caribbean who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and later the first U.S. Treasury Secretary. The show covers roughly 1776-1804.
The musical style: While it's about 18th-century figures, Hamilton uses contemporary musical styles - primarily hip-hop and R&B. The show is almost entirely sung-through, with very little spoken dialogue. The rapid-fire lyrics pack in a lot of historical information and wordplay.
The casting approach:
Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda intentionally cast non-white actors to play historically white characters. This creative choice reflects America's diversity today and draws parallels between immigrant experiences then and now.
Key relationships to track:
Hamilton's complex rivalry with Aaron Burr
His close relationship with the Schuyler sisters (especially Eliza and Angelica)
His mentor-mentee relationship with George Washington
His political conflicts with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
Practical tips:
Listen to some of the soundtrack beforehand if possible - it helps follow the fast-paced lyrics
Consider reading plot summaries online as the story can be complex to follow
The show runs about 2 hours and 45 minutes with one intermission
The Richard Rodgers Theatre has a dress code that's smart casual
Photos and recordings are strictly prohibited
Important themes to look out for:
Legacy and how history remembers people
Immigrant ambition and the American Dream
The personal cost of political ambition
The power of narratives and who gets to tell the story
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's journey from initial concept to Broadway took about 7 years:
2008: The seed was planted when Miranda read Ron Chernow's "Alexander Hamilton" biography while on vacation. He initially envisioned it as a concept album called "The Hamilton Mixtape."
2009: Miranda performed the first song (which would become "Alexander Hamilton") at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word.
2012-2014: Development and workshops at Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater and other venues. During this time, Miranda continued writing songs and developing the show while also performing in and working on other projects.
2015:
January-February: Off-Broadway premiere at The Public Theater
August 6: Official Broadway opening at the Richard Rodgers Theatre
So from initial idea (2008) to Broadway opening (2015) was about 7 years. The show went through significant evolution during this time, transforming from Miranda's original concept of a mixtape to a full musical theater production.
One interesting note is that Miranda wrote many of the songs in non-traditional places - on the subway, while walking around the city, and even during his honeymoon. He has said that the song "Wait For It" came to him while riding the subway to a friend's party.
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관광버스 대절해서 미국 할머니 할아버지들이 관람하고 말구요. 지금의 king dollar 시대의 기반 banking system을 만든게 hamilton이니까요..
Alexander Hamilton played a pivotal role in establishing America's financial system as the first Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795).
Here are his key contributions:
Bank of the United States Hamilton successfully pushed for the creation of the First Bank of the United States in 1791. This was America's first central bank, modeled partly after the Bank of England.
The bank:
Served as a repository for federal funds
Could issue currency and loans
Helped stabilize the national currency
Facilitated government borrowing and tax collection
National Debt Management Hamilton developed a plan to address both federal and state Revolutionary War debts:
He convinced Congress to assume all state debts
Established a system for paying off these debts rather than defaulting
Created federal bonds to refinance the debt
This enhanced the new nation's creditworthiness internationally
Financial Infrastructure
Created the U.S. Dollar as the standard currency
Established a mint for producing coinage
Developed systems for collecting customs duties and taxes
Created the Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor to the Coast Guard) to combat smuggling
Economic Philosophy Hamilton advocated for:
A strong central government role in economic affairs
Development of manufacturing alongside agriculture
Close ties between government and business interests
Active trade policies to promote American interests
His financial system was controversial at the time, particularly among those like Thomas Jefferson who favored a more agrarian economy with less federal power. However, Hamilton's basic framework laid the foundation for American capitalism and remains influential to this day. Many of his innovations, like having the federal government assume state debts, were used again during later crises including the 2008 financial crisis.
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What you need to know about American history before seeing Hamilton
폰 뒤지다가 발견한 사진-(federal hall 안에 있었던 등신대 alexander hamilton) 아니요, 싱크로율 너무 떨어지잖아요 ㅎㅎ
글 올리고 이쯤에서 또 궁금해져서 찾아본 역사적 사실..
Hamilton-Burr Duel
