And he’s heard everything it’s possible for you to hear about it, too.
“I know about a failed revolution in France because of fin’Les Miz.
I know what I know about the Constitution from1776.
I’ll do a cool concept album and hopefully someone will figure out how to stage it.'
That’s not how it ended up panning out, but all I was looking to was tradition.
YetHamilton’s standing as a zeitgeist sensation isn’t just in what’s on the page.
It’s done that for a new generation of kids, so that’s been really thrilling to see.
A lot of, ‘My kid would kill me if I didn’t ask for this photo.'”
Miranda would sooner list 50 line-item debts he owes to Jay-Z andLes Mizand N.W.A.
I hope we’ve ended the conversation about nontraditional casting in a very real way.
There’s no going backwards now."
Only going forward, into whatever creative heir toHamiltonlies in our 2020s and his future 40s.
“I was actually pretty down at the top of this decade,” he recalls.
But it has also been the most fulfilling and joyous decade I’ve had so far.
It’s been unreal."
Miranda doesn’t need to point out the parallels.
“We’re shooting ‘30/90’ the day I turn 40, so you wanna talk about decades?
That feels like a really nice way to start.”
