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Hamilton Podcast Show Notes

In this episode, Writer/Editor Cameron Shaw and Lead Producer Mary Winter discuss the new release of Hamilton on Disney Plus. Topics include what it's success means for the future of theatre-to-film adaptations, what made Hamilton a smash to begin with, and how views on the play have changed since it's 2015 debut.


Relevant Links:
Deal Information
https://news.sky.com/story/hamilton-gets-cinema-release-date-after-major-deal-with-disney-11926274
Ishmael Reed’s take
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/ishmael-reed-says-hamilton-is-a-bad-jingoistic-history-but-nice-eye-candy
Not-Quite Diverse
https://slate.com/culture/2016/04/a-hamilton-critic-on-why-the-musical-isnt-so-revolutionary.html
Casting Lawsuit
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/white-actors-suing-hamilton-discrimination-supreme-court-hears-warning-1195755
Lin Manuel Miranda
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/theater/lin-manuel-miranda-creator-and-star-of-hamilton-grew-up-on-hip-hop-and-show-tunes.html
Hamilton Accessibility
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/14/520008274/a-blind-theatergoers-hamilton-lawsuit-aims-spotlight-on-broadway-accessibility
Bullet as a story element
https://screenrant.com/hamilton-secret-character-bullet-death-foreshadowing/
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
https://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa

Awards Possibilities
https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2020-07-09/hamilton-movie-awards-oscars-emmys-disney-plus/

Moved to Donate to Theater Organizations?
https://theatreforward.org/support/donate/
https://www.playbill.com/article/stage-directors-and-choreographers-foundation-to-distribute-over-300-000-to-sdc-members
https://donate.broadwaycares.org/campaign/covid-19-emergency-assistance-fund/c276873