BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
EddieVarley
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/4/04
#2re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/2/09 at 11:34pm
I loved his piece, intense but funny and showing kids that you can be inspired by a historical figure like Hamilton and still create something with your own flair that you can relate to. Is he serious about that concept album? Because I would check that out!
I love that the White House had an event like this. It's so small, but it makes me happy. And check out Mayda del Valle's performance- she always brings it!
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#2re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 12:24amMayda del Valle is incredible! I saw her perform a few years ago. Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely check that out.
#3re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 12:52amThe White House poetry jam was in May. Nice to see BWW TV is keeping on top of the news.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#4re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 1:05amOh my...
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#5re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 1:29amI'm a few hundred pages into a book on Alexander Hamilton, so this is especially zeitgeisty for me. A+++, LMM.
scaryclowns2232
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#6re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 1:41am
He is a remarkably talented individual.
And that was awesome.
If Lin-Manuel Miranda keeps writing Broadway musicals, he could change the form in a way we've never seen before. In the Heights, I believe, is just the beginning-- Miranda can further incorporate hip hop and spoken word to create a totally new type of musical.
#7re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 9:34pm
Lin is becoming the master of Originality. First 'In The Heights' and now a concept album based on Alexander Hamilton. He is incredibly talent.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
Updated On: 11/3/09 at 09:34 PM
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#8re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 10:31pmShould be a full blown musical. 1776 meets In The Heights.
Love the Tussin
Chorus Member Joined: 6/1/09
#9re: BWW TV: Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
Posted: 11/3/09 at 10:39pm
And as I’m reading this, I’m thinking ‘This is Biggie, this is Tupac…this is hip-hop!
Sure. But who's who? I'm going with Hamilton as Tupac, as he was the more legitimately talented of the two, but I have an a problem with making Hamilton West Coast.
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