The live-capture film of Lin_Manuel Miranda's revolutionary blockbuster 'Hamilton,' premiering on Disney+, puts you smack-bang in the room where it happens. Read THR's review:
in desert seclusion for a very long time to be unfamiliar with the phenomenon of, the formally inventive, emotionally wrenching, turbo-charged musical created by Lin-Manuel Miranda that hit Broadway like an adrenaline shot in 2015 and has been a global obsession ever since.
The change of plans to a Disney+ premiere, however, has taken on richer, more significant meaning in our current moment of turmoil and anxiety. It provides some much-needed catharsis at a time of renewed hunger for people of color to feel seen, represented, their dignity and rights respected and their intrinsic contribution to American life acknowledged — not viewed with the hostile gaze so often directed at otherness.
Kail reprises his role on the film, getting expert backup from cinematographer Declan Quinn. Two actual performances were shot in full with an audience toward the end of the original cast's run at New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2016, using multiple cameras. In addition, 13 key songs were filmed between shows, allowing for Steadicam, crane and dolly-mounted cameras to move among the performers.
Audiences seeing this cast for the first time will be bowled over by the depth of the performances, notably so with Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, the politically ambitious also-ran who feels the hand of Hamilton in his every failure. Odom never allows him to become the mere villain of the piece.
It's easy to see why the show has received such a warm embrace from American history teachers, given its accessible reassembly of the building blocks of the nation as well as its skill at illustrating the dirty machinations of the political arena and the complexities of a financial system built on credit.
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