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July 3, 2020
Why Hamilton is as frustrating as it is brilliant — and impossible to pin down
Hamilton is an impossibly slippery text. The arguments over the show are part of what make it great.
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July 2, 2020
We got comfortable with Hamilton. The new film reminds us how risky it is.
The movie underlines what makes the musical radical.
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December 8, 2016
The Hamilton Mixtape feels like the original album that Hamilton was always covering
Hamilton set the American Revolution to 21st-century beats. The Mixtape brings the Revolution to today.
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December 1, 2016
Watch: The Hamilton Mixtape's concert live stream
The Hamilton Mixtape drops tomorrow. Today, it’s holding a concert to celebrate.
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November 30, 2016
Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda tries a new spin on Hamilton’s story for Drunk History
The giggly episode features gender-swapped casting, singalongs, and drunk FaceTiming.
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November 21, 2016
Trump's Hamilton outburst ignores the theater's history as a place for political protest
Tweeting about Hamilton wasn't the worst thing Trump did this weekend. But it was important.
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November 19, 2016
Mike Pence went to see Hamilton. The audience booed — but the cast delivered a personal plea.
"We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious..."
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November 18, 2016
The Hamilton Mixtape's “Wrote My Way Out” shows why Hamilton’s story is a hip-hop story
Lin-Manuel Miranda collaborates with Nas, Dave East, and Aloe Blacc to remix "Hurricane."
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November 11, 2016
The Hamilton Mixtape’s searing remix of the line “immigrants, we get the job done” comes at a fitting time
"We’re America’s ghostwriters": immigrant rappers remix Hamilton to reject hate and claims what’s theirs.
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November 4, 2016
The Hamilton Mixtape: a brand new take on the musical featuring artists from Busta Rhymes to Sia
Lin-Manuel Miranda announces the track listing, confirms that it’s going to blow us all away.
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October 21, 2016
Hamilton’s America is just an okay documentary, but it’s a great ad for the musical
If nothing else, this documentary will remind you how much you want to see Hamilton.
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October 5, 2016
Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Black Thought in the world’s most cordial rap battle
I don’t think Disney signed off on Miranda’s last verse.
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September 13, 2016
The intense debates surrounding Hamilton don't diminish the musical — they enrich it
It's a sign of the play's richness that it has inspired sophisticated criticism.
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July 4, 2016
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point
Fans know exactly what Hamilton is about. Why don't historians?
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June 30, 2016
Tonight, Broadway will make history by live-streaming She Loves Me direct from the stage
It's the first time Broadway has taken a musical directly to the internet.
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April 18, 2016
Hamilton just won the Pulitzer for drama. Here’s why it matters for American musicals.
It's only the ninth musical to win the award.