Posted: 9/30/15 at 2:12pm
Was The Hamilton Mixtapes the original name of the show? Or did this refer to some kind of demo Lin-Manuel Miranda made while he was writing the show? Maybe I'm just fantasizing about something cooler than it actually is. Anyone know anything more about the "Mixtapes"?
Posted: 9/30/15 at 2:14pm
Posted: 9/30/15 at 2:17pm
I believe that The Hamilton Mixtapes was the working title/original name for Hamilton. That's what it was referred to when he performed an early version of "Alexander Hamilton: at the White House in 2009.
Looks like it was also called that as recently as March 2014 when it was workshopped in advance of its run at The Public. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Lin-Manuel-Mirandas-THE-HAMILTON-MIXTAPE-Gets-Spring-Workshop-at-the-Public-Theater-20140304
Posted: 9/30/15 at 2:19pm
It was also what it was named when he performed at the White House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE
Posted: 9/30/15 at 2:23pm
"Below, check out highlights from the musical as performed by Miranda, Gavin Creel, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson and more as a part of Lincoln Center's 2012 American Songbook season."
Is this available to see/hear anywhere? Sorry if I'm a little late to the game. I saw In the Heights and enjoyed it and listened the album now and then. The Hamilton craze crept up on me (I am a very active theatre goer) but I hadn't been following Miranda's career very closely even though I've seen everything he's written and performed since Heights. Hamilton certainly makes me look at his talent in a whole new way and I am now going backwards to try and catch all I missed.
Updated On: 10/1/15 at 02:23 PM
Posted: 9/30/15 at 3:13pm
The song list from the American Songbook presentation of The Hamilton Mixtape, for anyone interested
Posted: 9/30/15 at 7:42pm
Questlove mentioned this when interviewed for Rolling Stone: "I was so thrilled when Lin asked me and [Black Thought] to produce the original cast album and create two companion albums, a remix record and a mixtape."
Does that mean we have two more Hamilton albums in the works!? The "remix record" speaks for itself, but what is this mixtape?
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/questlove-on-hamilton-and-hip-hop-it-takes-one-20150928
Posted: 10/1/15 at 1:32pm
Well, here it is
Updated On: 10/1/15 at 01:32 PM
Posted: 10/1/15 at 1:37pm
How lucky are we to be blessed with the genius that is Lin Manuel-Miranda. SO excited to hear this album, even more than the actual album.
Posted: 10/1/15 at 1:43pm
Alexander Hamilton was known for him famous quote: "check out my mixtape, fam"
Posted: 10/1/15 at 1:51pm
This is exciting! How strange that I just asked this question yesterday!
Posted: 10/1/15 at 1:54pm
Near psychic, TotallyEffed. Feel free to keep asking questions.
