Disclaimer: We haven’t yet seen “Hamilton” on Broadway — not that we’re not dying to, but Friday night’s performance is sold out and resale tickets are currently running between $790 and $2,635 from Ticketmaster. We did, however, catch excerpts from the show in March when the cast visited the White House for a command performance, which was apparently a gift to us.
"We wanted to share this incredible musical with folks who might otherwise not get the experience" —@POTUS on @HamiltonMusical #Bam4Ham
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 14, 2016
"Hamilton is not just for people who can score a ticket to a pricey Broadway show.
It is a story for all of us—about all of us." —@POTUS
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 14, 2016
Even while the Treasury is giving the characteristic Obama administration effort (i.e., none) to strip Alexander Hamilton off of the $10 bill, the White House and others can’t wait for the hip-hop musical to work its way into schools.
"We hope that the remarkable life of Alexander Hamilton will show our young people the possibilities within themselves" —@POTUS #Bam4Ham
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 14, 2016
@OHSHIGH 1 of only 3 high schools chosen to attend @Flotus White House #Hamilton student workshop. #Bam4Ham https://t.co/YknTSC9cNv
— ManassasCitySchools (@mymcpsva) April 6, 2016
#ICYMI, Why the #Hamilton cast's trip to the @WhiteHouse was so, so important https://t.co/JhfMpkIPY0 via @HuffPostArts, @kann_brooks
— Phi Beta Kappa (@PhiBetaKappa) March 26, 2016
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Not only that: it was so, so important that President Obama himself gave the official order to “drop the beat.”
Wait for it… ?⬇ #Bam4Hamhttps://t.co/vpwTuNf5zn
— White House Archived (@ObamaWhiteHouse) March 15, 2016
As crazy as it might seem, even the New York Times has jumped on the “Hamilton” hype train and is riding it as far as it will go. The latest?
Does "Hamilton" really get Alexander Hamilton right? https://t.co/8AtsbZNXci pic.twitter.com/bZB8x6Tu7i
— New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) April 11, 2016
@nytimesarts @nytimes how dare you
— Rachel (@rachepedia) April 11, 2016
@nytimesarts do we care?
— Margaux Nissen Gray (@RedGray) April 11, 2016
We’ll pretend we didn’t see that. Did anyone ever ask if “Cats” got cats right?
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/719357381436686337
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/719358942057508864
@pattymo the truly insane thing is I've yet to come across a single tweet or article or anything about Hamilton that makes me want to see it
— Chris Scott (@iamchrisscott) April 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/719359229342195712
@pattymo @iamchrisscott It's like school house rock but more…uhhh…on fleek
— Droppin a HEMI in my 96' Windstar (@EvilRoosevelt) April 11, 2016
@pattymo @nytimesarts Tell it, brother.
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) April 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/joannathere/status/719358277088190464
@pattymo @jaketapper @nytimesarts Hamilton certainly gets the financial part right. Cheapest ticket tomorrow night-$813
— Juniper Hill (@juniperhillfarm) April 12, 2016
@pattymo @nytimesarts Good thing there isn't anything important going on in the world.
— a (@Beastcoastelite) April 11, 2016
We’re sure the president is working hard on his No. 1 priority — whatever it might be today. Now we’re wondering how much Bernie Sanders paid for his ticket this weekend, and whether he will add free “Hamilton” tickets for everyone to his campaign platform.
https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/718579019348897792
I've been a little distracted recently. There's a musical about Alexander Hamilton? https://t.co/Uk0sRvWg3C
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) April 8, 2016
Update:
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes might have kicked off his Twitter presence with a note about crying into his sweater, but “Hamilton” creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s winning of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History has made him question his life choices.
His classmate from Hunter High School, MSNBC host Chris Hayes, introduced Miranda, saying he realized his friend was a genius when he was 13 and Miranda wrote a 20-minute musical, which Hayes directed, called Nightmare in D-Major. He also recalled seeing Hamilton at an early workshop, which he said was so good that he had to sit down on a downtown stoop and ponder, “what the hell am I doing with my life?”
True story. Stopped and sat on a stoop in midtown just a few hours before my show and tried to pull myself together. https://t.co/H97iEDVti2
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 11, 2016
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