The Incomparable

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  Pod4Ham August 29, 2016 “The Room Where It Happens”

  28 How the Sausage Gets Made

  Serenity Caldwell with Kamille Washington, Alison Baker and Michael B. Johnson

  Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson plot the future of the United States as Aaron Burr looks on from the outside.

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  The Incomparable Mothership February 6, 2016 “Hamilton”, the musical

  286 No One in a Powdered Wig is Scrappy

  Jason Snell with Serenity Caldwell, Monty Ashley, David J. Loehr and Chip Sudderth

  It’s taking the culture by storm, the biggest Broadway musical in years—and it’s about… the first U.S. secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton? It seems unlikely, but nothing about the “Hamilton” story is likely. Lin-Manuel Miranda took the biography of a lesser-known early American figure and turned it into a story full of catchy songs and social commentary, including the rapid-fire hip-hop lyrics and the casting of non-white actors in most of the parts. Four of our “Hamilton”-mad panelists discuss the appeal of the show and why it works so incredibly well.

  (This we’ve also launched an entire podcast devoted to “Hamilton”, so if you want to hear various panels discuss the show song by song, you may want to subscribe to that, too.)

  Piano intro and outro music from Hamilton played by Christopher Breen.