"I think that if we’ve done our job well and we articulate this individual’s life well, the themes inherent in that translate…It’s about legacy, about how much do we do with the time we’re given? And then there are themes that wrestle with the American character, but only in that Hamilton’s life is a rough-draft version of the arguments we still have as a country."
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Composers from the United StatesActors from New York CitySinger-songwriters from the United StatesPlaywrights from the United StatesHispanic Americans
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On his work Hamilton in “Lin-Manuel Miranda on his Broadway smash Hamilton: 'the world freaked out'” in The Guardian (2016 Sep 25)
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