(Except deep down, of course, they really, really, REALLY want to see “Hamilton.”)I’m not proud to admit that I was a too-cool-for-"Hamilton” gal myself. So, of course, it has: Historians have substantively criticized various aspects of the musical, inspired by Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton. “Hamilton” has won almost too many awards, too much acclaim, too many rapturous public testaments to its life-changing power, not to entice pushback. Original cast members Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, and Leslie Odom, Jr. had made their final bows. The world seemed obsessed with something that, from my samplings of it, struck me as a well-executed but equally dorky spin on “Schoolhouse Rock.” Musicals aren’t my jam, so would “Hamilton” really be different?

Source: Huffington Post August 04, 2016 17:03 UTC