So, I was definitely mixing up actual Broadway with traveling Broadway theaters My excuses are: 1) I’ve never actually been to Broadway 2) I worked at a traveling Broadway theater for multiple years, and I have seen the entire Hamilton set broken down in less than 2 hours, and it was incredible so I know they’re capable of it 3) I still had so much cold medicine in him at this time, this was the last video of this recording batch I’ll be better next week I swear
So, Casper, to answer your question: The term "Broadway theatre" is used predominantly to describe theatrical performances presented in *41 DIFFERENT professional theaters,* each with seating capacities of at least 500 people, located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. So, when someone says a shows is "on Broadway," they mean it is in that district in New York located in one of those 41 theaters. (Smaller theaters in New York City are referred to as off-Broadway, regardless of location, while very small venues with fewer than 100 seats are called off-off-Broadway, a term that can also apply to non-commercial, avant-garde, or productions held outside of traditional theater venues.) And no, the sets are not changed out every day. When your show is on Broadway, you show at one theater for however long you can sell seats for it, so yes, in your example, Hamilton would play in that same theater 3-4 nights a week. Hamilton has been at the 1,400 seat Richard Rodgers Theatre since July 13, 2015, when it opened in previews, officially opening on August 6, 2015. The production was critically acclaimed and won 11 Tony Awards. It is STILL running at the Richard Rodgers theater 9 years later (they did close during the height of the pandemic). They play 8 shows a week: 1 show a day every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and 2 shows a day on Wednesdays and Saturdays. It is unusual for a show to run for YEARS in the same theater, and only a handful of them can make that claim.
I think the thing of Lin being a weaker singer works really well for the story. It helps portray Hamilton as someone who is trying to fit in with people who are way above him in terms of status.
I agree, especially in "Hurricane" because it just doesn't make sense for him to sound flawless in the context. Alexander's reflecting on his traumatic past, trying to decide how he's going to handle the predicament he's currently gotten himself in, and ultimately comes to the _wrong_ solution. The actual Alexander Hamilton even once said "I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man." If you couldn't hear the flaws and emotion in Lin's singing, the song would have (at least for me, in my opinion) far less, if any impact.
The joke about John Addams not having "a real job" is because Addams was the vice-president under Washington, a job that doesn't have any official duties (except for deciding ties in the Senate). The vice-president is basically an understudy for the president. Nowadays, the vice-president is usually given a bunch of projects to oversee, but that is a very modern innovation -- and none of it is required by the Constitution. About the idea of a sitcom of a president and vice-president hating each other, Saturday Night Live did a sketch after the 2000 election in which George Bush and Al Gore were "co-presidents," since the election was so close. It parodied a sitcom called "The Odd Couple" about two men with opposite temperaments who lived together.
It’s Adams not Addams. He’s not in the same family as Gomez and Morticia, although his son John Quincy Adams went on to be the 6th president as a member of the Whig Party (successor to the Federalists). Both John Adams and John Quincy Adams were one-term presidents.
@@annekeener4119JQA is also the only former President to get elected to Congress after leaving office, where he served until his death. JQA is one of America's biggest What Could've Beens. He was perhaps the most brilliant and well educated President, spoke the most languages, and is regarded by historians as one of the US's greatest diplomats and Secretaries of State of all time. Unfortunately, Congressional resistance held back his ambitious policies and kept him from being more than an average President. His post-Presidency is defined by his fight to end slavery and defend the rights of women and Native Americans. As Rep., he killed the gag rule that stopped the House from even debating slavery, setting its end in motion.
@@annekeener4119agree with the Adams vs Addams, but just wanted to point out that the video title got it wrong first, so it’s a reasonable probability that the comment was just going off of that.
Rapping is seen as a demonstration of intelligence in Hamilton. Angelica is the only woman in the cast that raps in order to demonstrate that she's on Hamilton's level. By having Hamilton only singing in Hurricane, are they signaling that he's acting off pure emotion and not thinking things through?
The entire song is him reflecting on his past trauma, trying to decide how to handle the predicament he has gotten himself in, then comes to the *_wrong_* solution, so it's a mixture of him not thinking things through AND him overthinking things.
And fun fact... the "Sit down John" is a very famous song from the musical 1776, which was about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And the men signing are all telling John Adams to sit down and shut up.
@@kallandar13 Me too. They used to air the movie on TV every year on July 4th, and we'd always watch it before going off to see fireworks. Very much a nostalgia trip for me as well. "It's hot as hell in Philadell-phia!"
Also the bleep isn’t to cover “motherf*cker” like one would assume. Lin said at some point that the line that’s bleeped is “motherf*ckstick” and that’s just so much funnier to me
Surprisingly in the workshop version, the Addams Administration was a little longer with Hamilton going on a whole roast to Addams before ending with the "SIT DOWN, JOHN YOU FAT MOTHER*beep*"
It's an interesting look at my psyche that I actually find Hurricane to be one of the most powerful songs in Hamilton BECAUSE of the vulnerability. And, while I recognize LMM does have a voice that is not as technically skilled as many of the other performers, he does have a way of conveying strong emotion through his voice that is so convincing and natural. That is something that doesn't come along every day. I really enjoyed you guys stumbling over your communication in this episode. I haven't read any of the other comments yet, but I am assuming someone has told poor Casper that there is more than one theatre on Broadway. :)
I'm sure Mason will pin the comment but it is something I used to be confused about... Broadway is a street which has many different theaters on it. Hamilton is at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway. Other shows are at other theaters on Broadway.
Confusingly, one of them is called the Broadway Theater (around 50th Street, well north of the majority - it's right next to where they film the Late Show).
That's definitely where the confusion escalated from, it seems it didn't even occur to Mortius that this could be something Casper didn't realise. Which is understandable, I'm sure we all have famous parts of our home countries that we just assume everyone knows about when it's not necessarily the case.
I don't see your take on "we both know what we know." Burr isn't referencing his own past at all. He is outright making a clear threat to Hamilton, which is the entire impetus for his rash decision in Hurricane. Unlike Jefferson and Madison, Hamilton knows Burr will 100% blackmail him or directly out his affair when it's opportune so he believes he has to get out ahead of it.
The size references in I know Him also refer to Washington and Adams being around the tallest and shortest, respectively, presidents we've had. Also, Sit Down, John was a song in the musical where John Adams is the main character, 1776. LMM didn't want Adams to ever be on stage to overshadow because of that other portrayal, but this fun little nod.
Sorry Mortius. You are giving Wrong information. Broadway is a district area. There are multiple theaters in the BROADWAY theater district which goes from around 40th St to 58th St north to south & Ave of the Americas(sixth avenue) to Ninth Ave (east to west) Don’t know exact number but upwards of 40-50. Hamilton originated at Richard Rogers Theater. 8 performances/week. You are EXCELLENT reaction and not only know your history but your musical knowledge is superb.
Exactly. Theaters can't have all the sets and wardrobe for different plays at the same time. Each play has a run in theater and then a new play starts after the run ends after months or years
15:27 I'm not American but I'm sure of one thing: Broadway is not a building, it's a district so there's seeeeeeeeveral theaters there. I think there's actually around 40 theater houses. Hamilton is still currently on at the Richard Rodgers Theater. It started Off-Broadway (any professional theather not belonging to Broadway in New York) and then transferred to Broadway to the Richard Rodgers Theater, premiering there on July 13th 2015 in previews, and opened August 6th I believe.
I noticed that this harp motif that plays all over in Hurricane is at the end of Reynolds Pamphlet, leading into burn. Relistening to songs, ive heard it very subtly appear in other songs. I DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS 😭 but its a really cool detail if you listen very close. I love subtle motifs :3
I suppose they are teasing the consequences that could happen during Alexander thinking process. I mean, hurricane is he making a decision, Reynolds pamphlet is him doing said decision and causing a scandal, and burn is the consequence of the scandal that was caused by his decision.
Historical factoid about the raising of money to send him to new york: His story didn't 'move them' emotionally, it just informed the people that he was literate (which wasnt common in kids of his station) and intelligent. And the town needed a doctor badly. They sent him off as a sponsorship so he could become a doctor and then go back and help the town grow. This was a common practice back then and how places developed and grew many of their officers and postings by sending off potentials to be trained with the hope that theyd come back and bring the value of that education back to the town. Hamilton.... took the money and ran. He took the koney intended for him to study medicine, and instead went to study law and join the damn revolution. He never went back to his home town, and they never got their doctor. Another beautiful story of his life... with a cruel reality that doesnt make him look as shiny as he does in the play.
I'm another Hurricane fan--its one of my favorites in the show. Seeing it live with the blue lights and the people and furniture spinning around and the dramatic piano chords was emotionally powerful for me.
Some fun history facts: John Adams was the *only* Federalist ever elected as President, and the first one-term president if that tells you how people felt about him or his party. The Federalists were largely created by Hamilton, but its no secret that he tended to make enemies even of his own party, especially due to his politicking. Specifically as to that one comment Adams said about him it was in response to when Adams learned that Hamilton had engaged in electioneering against him in the 1796 election, where Hamilton tried to get one Thomas Pinkney elected against Adams - causing further infighting between the High Federalists that Hamilton led and the Federalists that Adams led, which would weaken the party and possibly lead to their inability to elect their own president. Second, the Adams administration is the only one where the president and vice-president were of different parties, and not just that but leaders of it. Despite that Jefferson and Adams were lifelong friends, but said friendship ended when they took their new positions as Jefferson refused to play ball with many of Adams' Federalist policies and Adams started shutting Jefferson out of political discussions. Lastly, despite how the musical may portray it, Hamilton was staunchly anti-immigrant and even supported the erroneous Alien Act passed by the Federalists, while Jefferson and Burr were both pro-Immigration, Jefferson personally believed immigrants were a source of strength for the young country, in fact he even supported open migration to the US in its infancy.
Guys, do you know about 36 questions? Is a mysical/concept album starring just Jonathan Groff and Jessie Shelton. It's so GOOD, like good, Good. And its a bit on the short side, just 50 min, i think. It's about a couple, just talking through some issues, but its so good. And there is a duck.
Notice how the voices in the back were telling Alex to "wait for it" but he wasn't listening and still went through with publishing the Reynolds Pamphlet. All he had to do was wait it out. But I mean, whatever. It's better that Eliza found out sooner than later
Watching this, I forgot how good Hurricane is. I personally love Lin's delivery tho coz it shows Hamilton's vulnerability, he def delivers the emotion well. Also the set is just beautiful and fitting during it
Fun fact: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both die on July 4 of the same year within hours of each other. Also, what they are implying is that hamilton is not paying Reynolds with his (hamilton's) own money, but taking it from the treasury of the nation to pay him (Reynolds) off.
My first exposure to Hamilton beyond a couple of the songs was to see it at the Richard Rogers Theater. We had seats that were somewhat elevated. So much of the show blew me away, but it was when Hurricane started and we saw that amazing staging that I said out loud, "Holy shit!!"
"Engaging in Speculation" was the official charge laid against Hamilton. As I understand it, it means to use official government knowledge to make bets in the stock market. Like when the global panini was announced to government leaders and they rushed to their brokers to use that information to make money.
It was worse than that. It was taking government money and handing it to the 1800s equivalent of a crypto bro for his own personal gain, skimming any profits into his own pockets. Hamilton was basically accused of embezzlement. His defense was that he wasn’t embezzling, the odd checks to a known scam artist / crypto bro were from his own personal funds and were given because he was being blackmailed over an affair.
Guys, Broadway is a street. There are multiple stages, and different ones will have different shows. Every show runs every night in it's theater for as long as it runs
Fun fact about the lines "looms quite as large" "little guy who spoke to me" and "next to Washington they all look small" George Washington was pretty tall. Whereas john adams was actually a bit short. So its a bit of a double jab
Fun fact to add onto George Washington’s height: Back then, universal clothing sizes weren’t a thing. You would simply approach a tailor to make your clothing, you’d tell them how you wanted it, and they’d either measure you in the moment or you would give your measurements if you’ve already been measured in the past. Since Washington was so tall, his limbs were very long. Longer than average, even. Wanting a well-tailored suit, he sent some fabric and his measurements to a tailor in England he thought he could trust to do a good job. This is very expensive and a risky move, as the supplies are traveling overseas, and he can’t easily visit the tailor in person if necessary. Well, it proved _too_ risky because the tailor proceeded to get the measurements and discard them as inaccurate. Their reasoning: Who on Earth would ever have arms that long? It just doesn’t make sense! So the tailor made the outfit with shorter arms than Washington had-a risky move in itself because they can’t double check in person-and when Washington recieved the suit, he sent a thorough complaint to the tailor on how he would not be able to wear the suit despite sending the right measurements, and now he had to go to a nearby tailor to get it fixed! Thus, he had just wasted his time, money, and resources on someone who also _insulted_ him by assuming his own proportions were “impossible” and “incorrect.” Source: My friend who is studying historical fashion, but do feel free to research it yourself.
Somebody else probably said this somewhere, but in case it wasn't mentioned: International shows often change the line in Take A Break to avoid exactly this confusion. In international shows, they'll use the line, "Angelica, tell my wife that Vice President isn't a real job anyway", since people outside the US probably don't know that John Adams was the first VP. I just thought that was neat!
Hamilton did start the Coast guard. Back then they were known as the Lifesavers. There's a light on Hatteras where I grew up, and it's called the Hatteras lighthouse now, but before the civil war it was called Hamilton's light. And that's because it was one of the first things he did when he got into power. And the reason for that is because he shipwrecked on Hatteras when he was a young man and did eventually manage to get off of it, but decided there needed to be a lighthouse there to prevent other people from shipwrecking on it.
Another fun fact. There's a legend that theodosa Burr actually died here. There was a woman who was found who was mute, who was a victim of land pirates. This was the time that theodosa burr disappeared In a shipwreck. . Since she couldn't talk, she never told anybody her name and lived the rest of her life here. The reason people think it's Theodosia is because she had a painting with her. The painting was eventually taken to the mainland and evaluated. And it was actually a painting of Theodosia Burr. They could even pinpoint who painted it. . So if it wasn't Theodosia, this was definitely a person from her ship because otherwise it was a weird thing to have.
Broadway is not one theater but many, many theaters. Like 41 theaters. So there are 41 shows going on nightly. Each show performs at one theater until it closes. It can be months or years.
@@malenejensen02 "Broadway" is a single road/district in New York City. There are many other theaters in New York that are "Off-Broadway" and any theater that is not in New York is also definitionally "Off-Broadway." Although, there are Broadway shows that travel and perform in other cities, usually with a different cast than the Broadway cast
The riff in we know also trended on TikTok (the “mr vice president, Mr Madison, Arron burr… what is this” section)! So that might be where Casper recognizes the riff from!
Iirc, the three who confronted Hamilton about the Reynolds payments were not Madison, but Monroe, Jefferson and another. Hamilton challenged Monroe to a duel, but it was averted by the intercession of one Aaron Burr! I know that Eliza did not accept Monroe into her house when he called upon her when she moved to DC, she hated him that much.
I know it's not as well liked, but Hurricane is among my favorite songs. As a writer and poet (particularly a Black one living in modern America), the line "I wrote my own deliverance!" resonates so powerfully for me. Back in 2014, and the years that followed, writing served as a method of catharsis in a very psychically damaging environment, when news story after horrible news story were trending on all forms of social media, constantly showing Black people being m*rdered on video.
Catching the premier of this was so fun! These four songs hold so much weight for the plot of the musical. Can't wait for the next installment. Honestly this is the best
Nah, Burr was slime in "We Know". Hamilton questioned him about whether he's going to spread it around, and Burr never once said he won't. He just gave Hamilton a vague comment and didn't confirm that he was going to keep his mouth shut.
Yes, the lower piano playing those particular notes does happen in the last song of act one and Eliza interrupts it by saying Alexander isn’t this enough
Casper, Broadway is a street where the top theaters are located, not an specific theater called "The Broadway", that's why a single play can stay on for years, because there are still other theaters ON Broadway for other plays to run in.
Fun little Broadway explanation as someone who’s researched Broadway and seen a show in a Broadway theater. Broadway is more of a term of classification in NYC. Broadway theaters (there are around 40 of them I think) are theaters on W 40th st to W 54th st and 6th ave to 8th ave that can hold 500 or more people. Off Broadway theaters are any theaters there that hold 499-100 people (going even further, off-off Broadway is less than 99) A single show will on average occupy a theater for 1-3 years but some run for less. There are exceptions though of course as some have ran for only a couple performances while phantom of the opera ran for 50 years (RIP POTO) Please lmk if there’s any inaccuracies in my comments
32:30 pretty sure they did that to Sheldon. The church, the school, the neighbours raised money to send him off to Germany for summer school because they hated him
21:47 the whole "Unless..." "Unless..." part is a little nod to a recurring joke in My Brother, My Brother and Me, a comedy podcast ran by 3 brothers that Lin is friends with! He's been on some episodes and has even opened for their liveshows a few times with such hits as 'Shrimp Heaven When?' 😅
I was waiting for Hurricane to come up so much. Because on a video Jorge posted of a snippet of 'Monster', I commented on the similarities between these two songs because they are both the turning point of the story where things start to go south (even more then before in case of 'Monster')
Broadway is a street in new york. there are 41 separate professional theaters on the street. an individual show will book a theater for however long, and for that time, that show is the only one in that specific theater. for example, Hamilton has been in the Richard Rodgers Theatre since it opened in 2015. for the past 9 years, hamilton has been the only show in that theater. It might work more like you describe when it comes to traveling broadway shows, since they're generally only in a theater for a couple of days before moving on to the next city.
Broadway is a place! It's a road! And "on Broadway" refers to the shows in the main theaters off of that road! Long-running shows like Wicked and Lion King and Phantom of the Opera (RIP) are known for being in their buildings. Hamilton is at the Richard Rogers Theater and has been for its entire run on Broadway. (Off-Broadway, it was at the Public.) I'm so excited for both of you to get to visit and experience Broadway for yourself someday!
33:16 fun/messed up fact in relation to that: the reason people collected money was because they recognized that Hamilton was smart, and hoped he’d get an education then come back and help his home town (he did one of those things)
I'm enjoying your reactions. If nobody has suggested it, there is a guy named Howard Ho who analyzes Lin's music with a detail and eye to influences that you will probably appreciate. Also, if you haven't seen it, the first time Lin performed any part of this was at the white house poetry jam. He thought it would become a concept album. He had just finished his run in In The Heights. He looks young. He knocked Michelle and Barack Obama for a loop when he said he was doing a hip hop album about Hamilton. It's on youtube and worth seeing.
Just wanted to say that in “The Adams Administration”, I love the line “sit down John!” It’s a line from a song in the musical 1776 which is also about the beginning of the United States
not sure if you guys figured out how broadway works? no worried, I didn’t knew before xd Brodway is street in NYC and there is a lot of theatres on and around it, it’s also called new york city theatre diatrict. and a production, like hamilton, rents one theatre building for a long while, months or sometimes years, and they play only hamilton in this building, probaly 8 times a week (2 shows back to back on weekend days usually) - and a note, only certen size theatres (above 5k seets or check for exact number) counts as brodway, then you can say your show was ‚on brodway’, smaller theatres in new york theatre dostritc, 1-5k I think, are called ‚off brodway’, and then even saller theatres are called ‚off off brodway’
and you can hear it talked about if you gonna be geting more into stage musials xd there is often ‚X show brodway cast or off brodway cast’, being ‚on brodway’ is sort of prestigeus, bc your prodiction must be popular, to make enough money to be able to rent a bigger theatre. Many shows run of brodway and then on brodway, and also west end in between or after - West End is district in London, and it’s uk equivalent of brodway - just alittle smaller/less expensive (for example it’s only devided into two: ‚west end’ and ‚of west end’ (not ‚of of’)) - Any way, I don’t remember if Hadestown had a brodway run? I know it was a folk album, then local production (not in NYC), then a local tour, off brodway, show in canada?, off west end or west end, off brodway again or brodway? and they are back to west end now… Mortius you can find history of Hadestown on YT, rly good videoessey xD Beetlejuice also had trouble staying on brodway bc they need big theatre, they have rly big set, but as much as I love it, it’s not near as big of a show as Hamilton or other clasics. I think Hamilton only had small off brodway trial, bc they knew they are making a big show xD
Apparently, the "and we both know what we know" was Burr reassuring Alexander that he would stay quiet about this, since Alexander didn't expose the fact that Burr was sleeping with a married woman. I can't remember where I learned that from.
oh also !! probably not intentional but i kind of just love --- in the eye of a hurricane -- to me also sounds like in the "i" of a hurricane like i alone am an this hurricane --- but also like -- whats in the middle of the word hurricane ? "i" like the wordplay on this on its own is crazy
When Lin is able to just sing in a studio recording, he actually sounds wonderful. But he's just not the best when it comes to straining his voice by singing on a stage. But you should listen to him sing in Vivo and Moana
If you’re thinking on South Park Musical, consider Cannibal! The Musical. It’s also by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. There’s music theory jokes! And cannibalism.
On the vice president being the runner up that actually didn't result in opposite parties that often because all the electors had two votes for president that they had to cast for different people. So the electors that leaned towards one party would vote for two of their candidates with one person designated to vote for the person the party preferred for president and a third candidate. That way if that party had more electors they had both positions with the more preferred person being president. For example: there are ten electors. Six of them want purple party and four of them want yellow party. All six purple electors would vote for Purple who they want as president. Then five purple electors would vote for Violet who they want for vice president. The sixth purple elector would use their second vote on Lilac who is unlikely to succeed. Yellow party would do the same thing with their electors. So for this example the results would be: Purple: 6 Violet: 5 Yellow: 4 Gold: 3 Lilac: 1 Honey: 1 Purple becomes president and Violet becomes Vice President. SPOILER FOR CASPER. The election of 1800 is what caused this to change because of the tie with Jefferson and Burr. However if you look at the elector record you can see that the federalists did follow this pattern there just weren't as many of them. Whoever was supposed to vote for a third person for the democratic-republicans voted for both of them resulting in a tie. This did at least show the possibility early on as the constitution didn't have anything in place for what to do in a tie. This was addressed in the 12th amendment ratified in 1804. The amendment officially gave the power to decide ties in the presidential election to the House of Representatives. The amendment also separated the electoral votes. Each elector still votes twice but now it is once for president and once for vice president. Sorry for the long comment I looked into this when I first watched Hamilton and thought there might be some others interested in the extra history.
PLEASE SHOW CASPER ALEXANDER'S CUT VERSE IN "The Adams Administration"! Also, fun fact: Lin revealed that behind the bleep, instead of "er", it's "stick".
"Hurricane" is easily my favorite of the shorter songs in the show ('shorter' in comparison to every other song, anyway). I sort of figured it and "We Know" would be lumped together, but I'm not complaining since at least it was here. I'm just a bit surprised you didn't opt to save them and lump them in with the next song, since they all fit so well together.
I am loving this road of discovery for Casper. ❤ this music is so well written and has spurred so many people I know to start digging into US history just to see wtf was going on back then, lol.
So, I was definitely mixing up actual Broadway with traveling Broadway theaters
My excuses are:
1) I’ve never actually been to Broadway
2) I worked at a traveling Broadway theater for multiple years, and I have seen the entire Hamilton set broken down in less than 2 hours, and it was incredible so I know they’re capable of it
3) I still had so much cold medicine in him at this time, this was the last video of this recording batch I’ll be better next week I swear
It's all good, dude. Cold medicine can really throw you for a loop. Still really cool insights on how traveling shows work
You guys should react to Hamilton in 7 minutes after this!
So, Casper, to answer your question: The term "Broadway theatre" is used predominantly to describe theatrical performances presented in *41 DIFFERENT professional theaters,* each with seating capacities of at least 500 people, located in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. So, when someone says a shows is "on Broadway," they mean it is in that district in New York located in one of those 41 theaters. (Smaller theaters in New York City are referred to as off-Broadway, regardless of location, while very small venues with fewer than 100 seats are called off-off-Broadway, a term that can also apply to non-commercial, avant-garde, or productions held outside of traditional theater venues.)
And no, the sets are not changed out every day. When your show is on Broadway, you show at one theater for however long you can sell seats for it, so yes, in your example, Hamilton would play in that same theater 3-4 nights a week. Hamilton has been at the 1,400 seat Richard Rodgers Theatre since July 13, 2015, when it opened in previews, officially opening on August 6, 2015.
The production was critically acclaimed and won 11 Tony Awards. It is STILL running at the Richard Rodgers theater 9 years later (they did close during the height of the pandemic). They play 8 shows a week: 1 show a day every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and 2 shows a day on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
It is unusual for a show to run for YEARS in the same theater, and only a handful of them can make that claim.
Before the clarification, Mortius’ complete and utter lack of understanding of how Broadway operates had me cackling😂🫶🏻
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Just a note. Broadway is a street in New York with a bunch of theaters. Each theater will run a single show for a long time, sometimes years.
Hamilton has been running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre for NINE years so far (it opened August 2015)
And some "Broadway" theatres are a block away on numbered streets that intersect with Broadway
@@ammaleslie509 I think phantom ran for 35
@@jackmiller1513Yes, you are right. I knew it was more than 30 years and I just looked it up: 1988 to 2023!
I was just getting ready to be like, "Boys, it is a street in New York City with several theaters." LMFAO 15:18
Dude, splitting up Hurricane and The Reynolds Pamphlet is absolutely criminal! 😂
But you also can't split up The Reynolds Pamphlet and Burn, so I'm guessing some hard choices had to be made!
I think the thing of Lin being a weaker singer works really well for the story. It helps portray Hamilton as someone who is trying to fit in with people who are way above him in terms of status.
I agree, especially in "Hurricane" because it just doesn't make sense for him to sound flawless in the context. Alexander's reflecting on his traumatic past, trying to decide how he's going to handle the predicament he's currently gotten himself in, and ultimately comes to the _wrong_ solution. The actual Alexander Hamilton even once said "I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man." If you couldn't hear the flaws and emotion in Lin's singing, the song would have (at least for me, in my opinion) far less, if any impact.
The joke about John Addams not having "a real job" is because Addams was the vice-president under Washington, a job that doesn't have any official duties (except for deciding ties in the Senate). The vice-president is basically an understudy for the president. Nowadays, the vice-president is usually given a bunch of projects to oversee, but that is a very modern innovation -- and none of it is required by the Constitution.
About the idea of a sitcom of a president and vice-president hating each other, Saturday Night Live did a sketch after the 2000 election in which George Bush and Al Gore were "co-presidents," since the election was so close. It parodied a sitcom called "The Odd Couple" about two men with opposite temperaments who lived together.
It’s Adams not Addams. He’s not in the same family as Gomez and Morticia, although his son John Quincy Adams went on to be the 6th president as a member of the Whig Party (successor to the Federalists). Both John Adams and John Quincy Adams were one-term presidents.
@@annekeener4119JQA is also the only former President to get elected to Congress after leaving office, where he served until his death.
JQA is one of America's biggest What Could've Beens. He was perhaps the most brilliant and well educated President, spoke the most languages, and is regarded by historians as one of the US's greatest diplomats and Secretaries of State of all time. Unfortunately, Congressional resistance held back his ambitious policies and kept him from being more than an average President. His post-Presidency is defined by his fight to end slavery and defend the rights of women and Native Americans. As Rep., he killed the gag rule that stopped the House from even debating slavery, setting its end in motion.
Adams himself didn't consider the Vice Presidency a "real job which I find funny.
@@annekeener4119agree with the Adams vs Addams, but just wanted to point out that the video title got it wrong first, so it’s a reasonable probability that the comment was just going off of that.
4 songs??? we are getting fed
For reallll
Rapping is seen as a demonstration of intelligence in Hamilton. Angelica is the only woman in the cast that raps in order to demonstrate that she's on Hamilton's level.
By having Hamilton only singing in Hurricane, are they signaling that he's acting off pure emotion and not thinking things through?
I didn’t know that was how it worked actually but that makes so much sense to me lol
I think you’re right about Hamiltons emotions
The entire song is him reflecting on his past trauma, trying to decide how to handle the predicament he has gotten himself in, then comes to the *_wrong_* solution, so it's a mixture of him not thinking things through AND him overthinking things.
I knew It would be a triple feature but a QUADRUPLE FEATURE???? OH WE WON TODAY
And fun fact... the "Sit down John" is a very famous song from the musical 1776, which was about the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And the men signing are all telling John Adams to sit down and shut up.
I have strong childhood nostalgia for 1776, and I was so excited when I heard the reference to ""Sit Down John" for the first time!
@@kallandar13 Me too. They used to air the movie on TV every year on July 4th, and we'd always watch it before going off to see fireworks. Very much a nostalgia trip for me as well. "It's hot as hell in Philadell-phia!"
@@elkins4406 “Someone oughta open up a window!” :D
Also the bleep isn’t to cover “motherf*cker” like one would assume. Lin said at some point that the line that’s bleeped is “motherf*ckstick” and that’s just so much funnier to me
18:53 FYI, as of September 2024, $1,000 in 1791 is worth $34,593 today...
Surprisingly in the workshop version, the Addams Administration was a little longer with Hamilton going on a whole roast to Addams before ending with the "SIT DOWN, JOHN YOU FAT MOTHER*beep*"
Yeah, it’s on the Hamilton Mixtape and there’s a video of Lin performing it after a show one time.
It's an interesting look at my psyche that I actually find Hurricane to be one of the most powerful songs in Hamilton BECAUSE of the vulnerability. And, while I recognize LMM does have a voice that is not as technically skilled as many of the other performers, he does have a way of conveying strong emotion through his voice that is so convincing and natural. That is something that doesn't come along every day. I really enjoyed you guys stumbling over your communication in this episode. I haven't read any of the other comments yet, but I am assuming someone has told poor Casper that there is more than one theatre on Broadway. :)
I want to point out the lack of "sir" after "Senator Burr".
I'm not sure about formal forms of address, but I think "Senator X, sir" would not be the done form, would it?
@@edisonlima4647you could say "Senator Burr, sir" that would be acceptable
@@ammaleslie509 well it depends who you’re asking
He cried because he returned especially for this representation after having left for really long for voice problem. It was really emotional for him
I'm sure Mason will pin the comment but it is something I used to be confused about... Broadway is a street which has many different theaters on it. Hamilton is at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway. Other shows are at other theaters on Broadway.
And Theaters aren't just on Broadway. Actuality most theaters aren't actually ON Broadway. They are on the cross streets.
Confusingly, one of them is called the Broadway Theater (around 50th Street, well north of the majority - it's right next to where they film the Late Show).
I didn't now Broadway is only a street I thought it was more, damn
@omarsalem1219 it's actually 33 miles long. It runs from lower Manhattan all the way thru the Bronx and into upper Westchester county.
That's definitely where the confusion escalated from, it seems it didn't even occur to Mortius that this could be something Casper didn't realise.
Which is understandable, I'm sure we all have famous parts of our home countries that we just assume everyone knows about when it's not necessarily the case.
Fun fact: “Sit down John” is a line from a song in the musical “1776”, the original founding father musical!
I don't see your take on "we both know what we know." Burr isn't referencing his own past at all. He is outright making a clear threat to Hamilton, which is the entire impetus for his rash decision in Hurricane. Unlike Jefferson and Madison, Hamilton knows Burr will 100% blackmail him or directly out his affair when it's opportune so he believes he has to get out ahead of it.
The size references in I know Him also refer to Washington and Adams being around the tallest and shortest, respectively, presidents we've had. Also, Sit Down, John was a song in the musical where John Adams is the main character, 1776. LMM didn't want Adams to ever be on stage to overshadow because of that other portrayal, but this fun little nod.
Actually, Adams was short, but not the shortest. I think that Madison was the shortest, around 5 feet 2 inches.
My favourite line is the “you best g’wan run back where you come from” sung in a Caribbean accent. Racism’s always been part of American politics 😅
Sorry Mortius. You are giving Wrong information. Broadway is a district area. There are multiple theaters in the BROADWAY theater district which goes from around 40th St to 58th St north to south & Ave of the Americas(sixth avenue) to Ninth Ave (east to west) Don’t know exact number but upwards of 40-50. Hamilton originated at Richard Rogers Theater. 8 performances/week.
You are EXCELLENT reaction and not only know your history but your musical knowledge is superb.
Exactly. Theaters can't have all the sets and wardrobe for different plays at the same time. Each play has a run in theater and then a new play starts after the run ends after months or years
15:27 I'm not American but I'm sure of one thing: Broadway is not a building, it's a district so there's seeeeeeeeveral theaters there. I think there's actually around 40 theater houses. Hamilton is still currently on at the Richard Rodgers Theater. It started Off-Broadway (any professional theather not belonging to Broadway in New York) and then transferred to Broadway to the Richard Rodgers Theater, premiering there on July 13th 2015 in previews, and opened August 6th I believe.
One show can occupy one stage for years. Phantom of the opera was performed at the same theater in London since debut
18:15 - yes you guys have heard it before! In “Say No to This” the same thing is playing as Hamilton is reading the letter from James Reynolds :)
I noticed that this harp motif that plays all over in Hurricane is at the end of Reynolds Pamphlet, leading into burn. Relistening to songs, ive heard it very subtly appear in other songs. I DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS 😭 but its a really cool detail if you listen very close. I love subtle motifs :3
I suppose they are teasing the consequences that could happen during Alexander thinking process.
I mean, hurricane is he making a decision, Reynolds pamphlet is him doing said decision and causing a scandal, and burn is the consequence of the scandal that was caused by his decision.
27:59 I was eating a candy and almost spit it out because i almost died of laughter, "american hades" I'm dead mortius
Lin's delivery of "When my prayers to God were met with indifference, i picked up a pen, i wrote my own deliverance!" is SO GOOD. So powerful
Historical factoid about the raising of money to send him to new york: His story didn't 'move them' emotionally, it just informed the people that he was literate (which wasnt common in kids of his station) and intelligent. And the town needed a doctor badly. They sent him off as a sponsorship so he could become a doctor and then go back and help the town grow. This was a common practice back then and how places developed and grew many of their officers and postings by sending off potentials to be trained with the hope that theyd come back and bring the value of that education back to the town.
Hamilton.... took the money and ran. He took the koney intended for him to study medicine, and instead went to study law and join the damn revolution. He never went back to his home town, and they never got their doctor.
Another beautiful story of his life... with a cruel reality that doesnt make him look as shiny as he does in the play.
Ooooh I had no idea about this! Thanks for the knowledge!
The "wait for it!" Is what gets me in Hurricane.
I'm another Hurricane fan--its one of my favorites in the show. Seeing it live with the blue lights and the people and furniture spinning around and the dramatic piano chords was emotionally powerful for me.
It’s so incredible live
Honestly, I've been following along with Casper, this is my first time hearing full Hamilton songs, I can't wait to experience 4 MORE!!
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is coming to the channel in the future?! YES!!!!!
Some fun history facts: John Adams was the *only* Federalist ever elected as President, and the first one-term president if that tells you how people felt about him or his party. The Federalists were largely created by Hamilton, but its no secret that he tended to make enemies even of his own party, especially due to his politicking.
Specifically as to that one comment Adams said about him it was in response to when Adams learned that Hamilton had engaged in electioneering against him in the 1796 election, where Hamilton tried to get one Thomas Pinkney elected against Adams - causing further infighting between the High Federalists that Hamilton led and the Federalists that Adams led, which would weaken the party and possibly lead to their inability to elect their own president.
Second, the Adams administration is the only one where the president and vice-president were of different parties, and not just that but leaders of it. Despite that Jefferson and Adams were lifelong friends, but said friendship ended when they took their new positions as Jefferson refused to play ball with many of Adams' Federalist policies and Adams started shutting Jefferson out of political discussions.
Lastly, despite how the musical may portray it, Hamilton was staunchly anti-immigrant and even supported the erroneous Alien Act passed by the Federalists, while Jefferson and Burr were both pro-Immigration, Jefferson personally believed immigrants were a source of strength for the young country, in fact he even supported open migration to the US in its infancy.
It’s John Adams, not John Addams. It’s important because John Adam’s son became the 6th president of the U.S.
Guys, do you know about 36 questions? Is a mysical/concept album starring just Jonathan Groff and Jessie Shelton.
It's so GOOD, like good, Good. And its a bit on the short side, just 50 min, i think. It's about a couple, just talking through some issues, but its so good.
And there is a duck.
Seconded! Amazing songs in it
YES! I love 36 questions so much! Favourite songs, anyone?
(Our Word for me)
@@saberella Natalie Cook for sure!
But one thing is so fun
ONG 36 QUESTIONS
Notice how the voices in the back were telling Alex to "wait for it" but he wasn't listening and still went through with publishing the Reynolds Pamphlet. All he had to do was wait it out. But I mean, whatever. It's better that Eliza found out sooner than later
Watching this, I forgot how good Hurricane is. I personally love Lin's delivery tho coz it shows Hamilton's vulnerability, he def delivers the emotion well. Also the set is just beautiful and fitting during it
I personally would have left Hurricane for the next video. I think it fits better with The Reynolds Pamphlet and Burn.
Fun fact: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both die on July 4 of the same year within hours of each other. Also, what they are implying is that hamilton is not paying Reynolds with his (hamilton's) own money, but taking it from the treasury of the nation to pay him (Reynolds) off.
My first exposure to Hamilton beyond a couple of the songs was to see it at the Richard Rogers Theater. We had seats that were somewhat elevated. So much of the show blew me away, but it was when Hurricane started and we saw that amazing staging that I said out loud, "Holy shit!!"
11:34 omg when i first talked to my father about that situation he said the exact same thing! incredible LMAOO
"Engaging in Speculation" was the official charge laid against Hamilton. As I understand it, it means to use official government knowledge to make bets in the stock market. Like when the global panini was announced to government leaders and they rushed to their brokers to use that information to make money.
It was worse than that. It was taking government money and handing it to the 1800s equivalent of a crypto bro for his own personal gain, skimming any profits into his own pockets. Hamilton was basically accused of embezzlement. His defense was that he wasn’t embezzling, the odd checks to a known scam artist / crypto bro were from his own personal funds and were given because he was being blackmailed over an affair.
I REALLY LIKE HURRICANE AND I SEE IT SO UNDERRATED
FOUR THIS TIME? what did we do to deserve such blessings jagsjsgs
When Casper puts his microphone on the other side it looks like they are in the same room
Guys, Broadway is a street. There are multiple stages, and different ones will have different shows. Every show runs every night in it's theater for as long as it runs
Fun fact about the lines "looms quite as large" "little guy who spoke to me" and "next to Washington they all look small"
George Washington was pretty tall. Whereas john adams was actually a bit short. So its a bit of a double jab
Fun fact to add onto George Washington’s height:
Back then, universal clothing sizes weren’t a thing. You would simply approach a tailor to make your clothing, you’d tell them how you wanted it, and they’d either measure you in the moment or you would give your measurements if you’ve already been measured in the past.
Since Washington was so tall, his limbs were very long. Longer than average, even. Wanting a well-tailored suit, he sent some fabric and his measurements to a tailor in England he thought he could trust to do a good job. This is very expensive and a risky move, as the supplies are traveling overseas, and he can’t easily visit the tailor in person if necessary.
Well, it proved _too_ risky because the tailor proceeded to get the measurements and discard them as inaccurate. Their reasoning: Who on Earth would ever have arms that long? It just doesn’t make sense! So the tailor made the outfit with shorter arms than Washington had-a risky move in itself because they can’t double check in person-and when Washington recieved the suit, he sent a thorough complaint to the tailor on how he would not be able to wear the suit despite sending the right measurements, and now he had to go to a nearby tailor to get it fixed! Thus, he had just wasted his time, money, and resources on someone who also _insulted_ him by assuming his own proportions were “impossible” and “incorrect.”
Source: My friend who is studying historical fashion, but do feel free to research it yourself.
Them both thinking Broadway (famously a street) is one building is so funny hahaha 😂 same boys I’ve never been there either so FAIR ❤❤❤
6:25 marking this just for Casper saying “The guy dude” 😭
Somebody else probably said this somewhere, but in case it wasn't mentioned: International shows often change the line in Take A Break to avoid exactly this confusion. In international shows, they'll use the line, "Angelica, tell my wife that Vice President isn't a real job anyway", since people outside the US probably don't know that John Adams was the first VP. I just thought that was neat!
I love that they went in, ready to accuse him of embezzlement, and they got far more than they bargained for. 🤣
18:24 it was from Say No To This, James Reynolds' verse. Non-stop had a MUCH slower tempo
Hamilton did start the Coast guard. Back then they were known as the Lifesavers. There's a light on Hatteras where I grew up, and it's called the Hatteras lighthouse now, but before the civil war it was called Hamilton's light. And that's because it was one of the first things he did when he got into power. And the reason for that is because he shipwrecked on Hatteras when he was a young man and did eventually manage to get off of it, but decided there needed to be a lighthouse there to prevent other people from shipwrecking on it.
Another fun fact. There's a legend that theodosa Burr actually died here. There was a woman who was found who was mute, who was a victim of land pirates. This was the time that theodosa burr disappeared In a shipwreck.
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Since she couldn't talk, she never told anybody her name and lived the rest of her life here. The reason people think it's Theodosia is because she had a painting with her. The painting was eventually taken to the mainland and evaluated. And it was actually a painting of Theodosia Burr. They could even pinpoint who painted it.
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So if it wasn't Theodosia, this was definitely a person from her ship because otherwise it was a weird thing to have.
I'm not even a theater person, but that entire misunderstanding was agonizing. 🤣
Broadway is not one theater but many, many theaters. Like 41 theaters. So there are 41 shows going on nightly. Each show performs at one theater until it closes. It can be months or years.
Are they all in America? Same state? City?
@@malenejensen02 "Broadway" is a single road/district in New York City. There are many other theaters in New York that are "Off-Broadway" and any theater that is not in New York is also definitionally "Off-Broadway." Although, there are Broadway shows that travel and perform in other cities, usually with a different cast than the Broadway cast
10:51 is my fav screen shot from now one im setting that as my backround.
btw nice video, continue being amazing
Dr Horribles Sing along Blog is SO GOOD. Looking forward to moving through that list!
Not Casper thinking abt the “that I’ve never touched my balls” from TikTok 😭
The riff in we know also trended on TikTok (the “mr vice president, Mr Madison, Arron burr… what is this” section)! So that might be where Casper recognizes the riff from!
Iirc, the three who confronted Hamilton about the Reynolds payments were not Madison, but Monroe, Jefferson and another. Hamilton challenged Monroe to a duel, but it was averted by the intercession of one Aaron Burr! I know that Eliza did not accept Monroe into her house when he called upon her when she moved to DC, she hated him that much.
I know it's not as well liked, but Hurricane is among my favorite songs. As a writer and poet (particularly a Black one living in modern America), the line "I wrote my own deliverance!" resonates so powerfully for me. Back in 2014, and the years that followed, writing served as a method of catharsis in a very psychically damaging environment, when news story after horrible news story were trending on all forms of social media, constantly showing Black people being m*rdered on video.
I love the confusion over Broadway lol it is confusing if you’ve never had it explained to you.
I'm so glad y'all speed-ran the first two songs, cuz I was about to be like "ulg, we gotta wait _even longer_ for We Know and Hurricane"
Burr and Theodosia were married at this point. It was no longer an affair
Catching the premier of this was so fun! These four songs hold so much weight for the plot of the musical. Can't wait for the next installment. Honestly this is the best
Mortius kept rolling nat 1s on comprehending Casper in this one lol
Nah, Burr was slime in "We Know". Hamilton questioned him about whether he's going to spread it around, and Burr never once said he won't. He just gave Hamilton a vague comment and didn't confirm that he was going to keep his mouth shut.
Yes, the lower piano playing those particular notes does happen in the last song of act one and Eliza interrupts it by saying Alexander isn’t this enough
Casper, Broadway is a street where the top theaters are located, not an specific theater called "The Broadway", that's why a single play can stay on for years, because there are still other theaters ON Broadway for other plays to run in.
Fun little Broadway explanation as someone who’s researched Broadway and seen a show in a Broadway theater.
Broadway is more of a term of classification in NYC. Broadway theaters (there are around 40 of them I think) are theaters on W 40th st to W 54th st and 6th ave to 8th ave that can hold 500 or more people.
Off Broadway theaters are any theaters there that hold 499-100 people (going even further, off-off Broadway is less than 99)
A single show will on average occupy a theater for 1-3 years but some run for less. There are exceptions though of course as some have ran for only a couple performances while phantom of the opera ran for 50 years (RIP POTO)
Please lmk if there’s any inaccuracies in my comments
32:30 pretty sure they did that to Sheldon. The church, the school, the neighbours raised money to send him off to Germany for summer school because they hated him
21:47 the whole "Unless..." "Unless..." part is a little nod to a recurring joke in My Brother, My Brother and Me, a comedy podcast ran by 3 brothers that Lin is friends with! He's been on some episodes and has even opened for their liveshows a few times with such hits as 'Shrimp Heaven When?' 😅
American Hades ... Wet Hades is going to be a lasting meme 😂
I was waiting for Hurricane to come up so much. Because on a video Jorge posted of a snippet of 'Monster', I commented on the similarities between these two songs because they are both the turning point of the story where things start to go south (even more then before in case of 'Monster')
Broadway is a street in new york. there are 41 separate professional theaters on the street. an individual show will book a theater for however long, and for that time, that show is the only one in that specific theater. for example, Hamilton has been in the Richard Rodgers Theatre since it opened in 2015. for the past 9 years, hamilton has been the only show in that theater. It might work more like you describe when it comes to traveling broadway shows, since they're generally only in a theater for a couple of days before moving on to the next city.
Broadway is a place! It's a road! And "on Broadway" refers to the shows in the main theaters off of that road! Long-running shows like Wicked and Lion King and Phantom of the Opera (RIP) are known for being in their buildings. Hamilton is at the Richard Rogers Theater and has been for its entire run on Broadway. (Off-Broadway, it was at the Public.) I'm so excited for both of you to get to visit and experience Broadway for yourself someday!
The we know motif was in James Reynolds' part of Say No to This if I remember correctly
33:16 fun/messed up fact in relation to that: the reason people collected money was because they recognized that Hamilton was smart, and hoped he’d get an education then come back and help his home town (he did one of those things)
The editor really had their work cut out for them with this video.
I'm enjoying your reactions. If nobody has suggested it, there is a guy named Howard Ho who analyzes Lin's music with a detail and eye to influences that you will probably appreciate. Also, if you haven't seen it, the first time Lin performed any part of this was at the white house poetry jam. He thought it would become a concept album. He had just finished his run in In The Heights. He looks young. He knocked Michelle and Barack Obama for a loop when he said he was doing a hip hop album about Hamilton. It's on youtube and worth seeing.
It's a street with many theaters didnt know until I went this year.
Just wanted to say that in “The Adams Administration”, I love the line “sit down John!” It’s a line from a song in the musical 1776 which is also about the beginning of the United States
not sure if you guys figured out how broadway works? no worried, I didn’t knew before xd
Brodway is street in NYC and there is a lot of theatres on and around it, it’s also called new york city theatre diatrict. and a production, like hamilton, rents one theatre building for a long while, months or sometimes years, and they play only hamilton in this building, probaly 8 times a week (2 shows back to back on weekend days usually) - and a note, only certen size theatres (above 5k seets or check for exact number) counts as brodway, then you can say your show was ‚on brodway’, smaller theatres in new york theatre dostritc, 1-5k I think, are called ‚off brodway’, and then even saller theatres are called ‚off off brodway’
and you can hear it talked about if you gonna be geting more into stage musials xd there is often ‚X show brodway cast or off brodway cast’, being ‚on brodway’ is sort of prestigeus, bc your prodiction must be popular, to make enough money to be able to rent a bigger theatre. Many shows run of brodway and then on brodway, and also west end in between or after - West End is district in London, and it’s uk equivalent of brodway - just alittle smaller/less expensive (for example it’s only devided into two: ‚west end’ and ‚of west end’ (not ‚of of’)) - Any way, I don’t remember if Hadestown had a brodway run? I know it was a folk album, then local production (not in NYC), then a local tour, off brodway, show in canada?, off west end or west end, off brodway again or brodway? and they are back to west end now… Mortius you can find history of Hadestown on YT, rly good videoessey xD Beetlejuice also had trouble staying on brodway bc they need big theatre, they have rly big set, but as much as I love it, it’s not near as big of a show as Hamilton or other clasics. I think Hamilton only had small off brodway trial, bc they knew they are making a big show xD
Apparently, the "and we both know what we know" was Burr reassuring Alexander that he would stay quiet about this, since Alexander didn't expose the fact that Burr was sleeping with a married woman. I can't remember where I learned that from.
WOW! Four? This is going to be a Mr. Video right here :)
Dr. Horrible's sing along blog is so great
oh also !! probably not intentional but i kind of just love --- in the eye of a hurricane -- to me also sounds like in the "i" of a hurricane like i alone am an this hurricane --- but also like -- whats in the middle of the word hurricane ? "i"
like the wordplay on this on its own is crazy
The way I SQUEALED when you said steven universe ✨️ You will absolutely love it and I will love watching you love it.
I agree with Mortius, in a pre *Trump v Hillary* America re-implementing the runner-up Vice President would've been fantastic.
When Lin is able to just sing in a studio recording, he actually sounds wonderful. But he's just not the best when it comes to straining his voice by singing on a stage.
But you should listen to him sing in Vivo and Moana
OMG all the things on the react to do list are amazing! I can't wait!
If you’re thinking on South Park Musical, consider Cannibal! The Musical. It’s also by Matt Stone and Trey Parker. There’s music theory jokes! And cannibalism.
Washington was also a very tall man, so " next to him, they all look small"
On the vice president being the runner up that actually didn't result in opposite parties that often because all the electors had two votes for president that they had to cast for different people. So the electors that leaned towards one party would vote for two of their candidates with one person designated to vote for the person the party preferred for president and a third candidate. That way if that party had more electors they had both positions with the more preferred person being president.
For example: there are ten electors. Six of them want purple party and four of them want yellow party. All six purple electors would vote for Purple who they want as president. Then five purple electors would vote for Violet who they want for vice president. The sixth purple elector would use their second vote on Lilac who is unlikely to succeed. Yellow party would do the same thing with their electors.
So for this example the results would be:
Purple: 6
Violet: 5
Yellow: 4
Gold: 3
Lilac: 1
Honey: 1
Purple becomes president and Violet becomes Vice President.
SPOILER FOR CASPER.
The election of 1800 is what caused this to change because of the tie with Jefferson and Burr. However if you look at the elector record you can see that the federalists did follow this pattern there just weren't as many of them. Whoever was supposed to vote for a third person for the democratic-republicans voted for both of them resulting in a tie. This did at least show the possibility early on as the constitution didn't have anything in place for what to do in a tie. This was addressed in the 12th amendment ratified in 1804. The amendment officially gave the power to decide ties in the presidential election to the House of Representatives. The amendment also separated the electoral votes. Each elector still votes twice but now it is once for president and once for vice president.
Sorry for the long comment I looked into this when I first watched Hamilton and thought there might be some others interested in the extra history.
“Sit Down John” is a direct quote from the epic musical 1776. It’s the title of the first song.
I am SO excited for those future reactions!!
PLEASE SHOW CASPER ALEXANDER'S CUT VERSE IN "The Adams Administration"! Also, fun fact: Lin revealed that behind the bleep, instead of "er", it's "stick".
omg, we need casper watching Dr Horrible :o
"Hurricane" is easily my favorite of the shorter songs in the show ('shorter' in comparison to every other song, anyway). I sort of figured it and "We Know" would be lumped together, but I'm not complaining since at least it was here. I'm just a bit surprised you didn't opt to save them and lump them in with the next song, since they all fit so well together.
I am loving this road of discovery for Casper. ❤ this music is so well written and has spurred so many people I know to start digging into US history just to see wtf was going on back then, lol.
Broadway has MANY theatre stages throughout the city. WHAT?! Do people seriously not know that? Wild!
Bestie I haven’t ever been able to afford to go /nm
The ones that are not in the Broadway district are called "off Broadway" theatres