Festa - Hamilton

Watched it live. Pretty dope :)

百老匯好酷哦 精彩好看的音樂劇～ （感覺是長大後第一次認真看音樂劇）

We cannot forget that our first president taught us how to say goodbye and how important that is.  “Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.” “Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize without alloy the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government—the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.”

86/100 Yet another case where I check out something with a large fandom and realize just how many memes escaped containment. However, even if you set aside its iconicity, this is still a miracle among musicals. First off, the musical is obviously based on a historical figure, and one I knew relatively little about, so it added an extra layer of enjoyment to learn more about Alexander Hamilton through this. However, what I found even more impressive is the way Lin Manuel Miranda took these historical events and managed to make an amazing story out of it. Both in writing and performance, Miranda manages to make the main character feel complex yet also make him work as a good protagonist. It helps that the side cast and even minor characters are similarly well-written and acted, making it hard for me to point out a single character I didn't like. Of course, you can't review a musical…