Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'The language of revolution present in [Hamilton] from 244 years ago is being felt again ... by the Black and brown future of this country reckoning with what we want the future of this country to be going forward.'
. Miranda says the"silver lining" of this moment is that the country now has"time to deal with" systemic racism.Hamilton
itself, the conversations that we're having now are: How do we start to make backstage as diverse as our cast on stage?" Miranda says."How do we meaningfully grapple with making our audiences as diverse as our cast on stage? How do we begin to tackle the system?"as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Miranda says he hopes once the shows do start back up,"we'll emerge in a more equitable space because I think those more difficult conversations are happening.
"One of the abilities that we had to play with, with the lens, is we gave everyone the same seat," Kail tells NPR's"There's no house left or house right. There's no mezzanine or rear mezzanine or orchestra. Everyone has the same seat."in person, Miranda says he is"optimistic about theater, not in the short term, but in the long term."
"Ours is the oldest art form of any of the art forms we're discussing," he says."I think we will always gather in the dark to tell stories. And once we feel safe to do that again, we will do that again."
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