Miranda's Influence On American History

The movie musical “Hamilton” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Richard Rogers is a musical about Alexander Hamilton's life. It discusses Hamiltion’s uprising with the government. Along the way, he inherited many loyal friends who stuck by his side throughout the journey. Some of his biggest supporters included John Laurens, Hercules Mulliagan, and Layfaette. These characters are introduced in the song Aaron Burr, Sir, when each of these individuals express their love for change.

“Lin-Miranda’s rap-driven portrait of the rise and fall of Alexander Hamilton (this country’s first Secretary of the Treasury) …” is a Broadway musical that has swept New York City as well as the entire nation, as it is one of the most sought out tickets. Lin-Miranda was inspired to write “Hamilton” after reading a biography written by Ron Chernow in 2004. There is the cultural significance of the musical, about one of the founding fathers, because relating history to the younger generations is important. Speaking the same language is important for a society to grow. “Hamilton” had a daunting task of taking American Revolutionary history and turning it into a smash hit entertaining play that most leave having enjoyed themselves as well as

In May of 2016, Miranda won the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award, an honor someone can only receive once in their life, but his career is far from over” (Lin-Manuel Miranda, 3). With the first piece of evidence, we can observe how Hamilton was so good at politics that, even when he retired, he was still influential. This compares to Miranda as he was so good at his job that he got one of the highest

Hamilton is a musical written by Lin Manuel Miranda that was debuted on January 20th, 2015. It was a great success winning alone 11 Tony awards (“Tony Awards 2016” 2016). From The Public Theater to Broadway, Hamilton has reached the eyes and ears of many leaving people thirsty for more of Hamilton. Hamilton the Musical is the owner of 46 tracks that lead the listener through the life of Alexander Hamilton; from childhood up until his unfortunate duel that results in his death. Hamilton the Musical demonstrates the struggles and hardships Alexander Hamilton had to face and secondary sources show Lin-Manuel Miranda’s childhood and upbringing that demonstrate and provide similarities between Lin-Manuel and Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and he taught many people how to stand up for what they believe in and to take a stand and fight for what is right. The Broadway production of Hamilton turned into a movie and both of them helped educate a whole generation of kids to know more about the American Revolution and political history of the United States of America and helped explain how Alexander Hamilton helped shape America as we know it. Hamilton the musical had four historical genres in it. It had romance, music, biopics and war. All of these made the musical fun to watch and easy to understand what was going on and what the director wanted us to understand about Hamilton and America at the time.

Miranda’s work was more of an exercise in musical psychodrama, making the audience focus more on each character’s feelings instead of what their political agendas were and what actually happened. This is apparent in songs such as “The Room Where It Happens,” where Aaron Burr displays his envy of Hamilton about cutting a secret deal with Jefferson and Madison instead of telling what that deal was about (Langer 3). A lot of things are cut from history when he does this; forget the fact that if men like Jefferson and Adams hadn’t worked to get the Colonial leaders to unite behind the declaration of independence of our nation, the American Revolution wouldn’t have happened. They were just working for their own agenda to keep upstart immigrants such as Hamilton from becoming successful, right

In the article review “Race-Conscious Casting …” Lyra D. Monteiro claims that Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton lacks the other parts of history that are important to African Americans. The examples in history that are important to African Americans are when the slaves were free or when they were finally given rights in America, and their involvement and development in the Harlem Renaissance.

Throughout time, art has changed the way people perceive history. Lin Manuel-Miranda’s Hamilton has had a strong influence how people view one of the Founding Fathers and the era he lived in. Before Lin Manuel-Miranda took on the task of producing a musical for Hamilton, people had an idea of who the Founding Fathers were and what they stood for. However, Manuel’s take on Hamilton wanted to present American history in which people of diverse cultures and women share the same spotlight with the Founding Fathers. In the musical, Manuel thought it was important for Hispanics and African-Americans to play as the Founding Fathers, so it reminds the audience American history is not composed of one race. Although critics, like Nichols, believe "superficial diversity” of the play’s casting results in a failure to

Oftentimes people have a difficult time connecting with history. They do not see the relevance between something hundreds of years ago and today’s issues. The Broadway musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda does a great job of bridging that gap. Many of the issues that were faced in the time period of Alexander Hamilton are also faced in the world today. An example of this is politicians riding the fence on important issues. A main character in the play is criticized greatly for doing this just as people are currently. In Miranda’s Hamilton, characters are faced with issues and are asked to take a stand just as political leaders are today.

The musical “Hamilton” is the most sought after musical in years. It is the first seen rap musical and it has received the most ‘Tony’ awards and nominations in Broadway history. Hamilton premiered off Broadway in 2015 and soon moved to Broadway to stun the world with it’s incredible everything, from plot to casting. For best albums, Hamilton was second ranked in Billboard magazine and has got endless supply of recognition for the ingenious play written by the phenomenal Lin Manual Miranda. Hamilton is currently the most popular sensation on Broadway because of the music with its creative lyrics and hidden messages, it’s stellar performance and the perspectives it gives us on the people that founded our county. (on the people that shaped our past and developed our future).

There is this thing about music, the way you can get lost in it. I was transported to the American Revolutionary War, experiencing the struggles that Alexander Hamilton, who the musical centers on, encountered on his way to becoming a founding father. The musical just wasn’t that, with lyrics like “Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory, you have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” and many others, I felt the pain and the other emotions the people who portrayed the historical figures felt. I never thought I would care about how Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one of the federalist papers. Or how I felt personally betrayed when he cheated on his wife. Then I did, I was overwhelmed with how I cared so

Lin-Manuel Miranda believes that people should respect the work immigrants put forth to build a successful nation. Weather the immigrants worked as politicians or farmers, Miranda shares equal respect for them fighting to make living the American dream a success. In the musical Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel

The award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton has won over the hearts of numerous Broadway regulars and non-regulars alike. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda over six years (“How ‘Hamilton’ changed my life”), it is based upon a biography by Ron Chernow: Alexander Hamilton (Churchwell). Its surge of popularity has puzzled an innumerable amount of people. The main reasons for this are clear if you have seen the musical live or listened to the soundtrack: the tunes and lyrics are beautifully composed and very catchy. However, if you try to be perceptive, you may find there are more enigmatic reasons as to why Hamilton became such a hit in a little amount of time.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton gave viewers a musical that portrays its protagonist as an idealistic American hero. Throughout the musical, Alexander Hamilton fights against the British, defends the U.S. Constitution, and works for a better America. Even though he did do all these things, the musical does not include some of the downfalls of Hamilton’s philosophy. In reality, he also believed in a monarchial system of government, disliked the lower class, and was not the abolitionist as shown in many of the songs. Although the musical Hamilton displays Alexander Hamilton as a hardworking immigrant fighting for the independence of a nation, it does not show his more controversial ideology, making it an inaccurate historical representation of an influential founding father. Showing only one side of an argument is a problem in society today when sources of news and facts can be hard to trust for reliable information.

Legacy is the story you leave behind that future generations will know about. Hamilton: An American Musical was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed on Broadway. This musical is a modern interpretation of the life of one of the founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda expresses the theme of having to work hard to build your legacy, so your story is told throughout the performance. This Broadway show uses the literary devices of tone, allusion, and repetition to execute the theme of legacy.