Lacamoire & Blankenbuehler Countdown to HAMILTON

Gentlemen, it is great to see you. Andy and Alex, how excited are you that Hamilton was filmed

Great. I was so excited. You know, I often think back that Jeffrey Seller, around the time that we were deciding to film Hamilton

was telling us a story. And the story was that he wished that he had had a camera in the theater to film Rent before the original cast disbanded

because he knew that there was something about the energy around the theater

and around the show at that time that he wanted to capture. So he had the foresight to be able to decide to capture this moment in time for us

And when I watched the film, I'm instantly transported to a time

when there was just like a really a lot of excitement about the show. And that was really, there's an electricity in the room

And you feel that when you watch these performances in this film. You know, the show, early on, people say, what's the show about

And it's hard to describe. and I would find myself saying it's about finding out

what's most important in your life and fighting for it with everything you have. And I think that comes out in the show

and that's an important message for right now in the many crises that we're facing

Like literally right as we having this interview outside my window everybody banging their pots and pans It seven o It seven o We thanking the workers And in that way the open questions of is change

possible that are posed in our show and the open points that say, this isn't perfect. This is

flawed. This hero is flawed, but we have to go forward. Those messages are all so timely and so

important. And in credit to Lynn's work, the message keeps evolving with our evolving needs

as people. And that's, it's really a privilege to be involved with a piece of art that does that

And what it means to you that now it's going to reach even a wider audience

what that means to both of you. Andy, why don't you start? Yeah, I was, I've said a couple of times today that, you know, I grew up with those vinyl albums

of like Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, and Chorus Line. And they changed my life

And I didn't have the ability to see those shows. And so my imagination exploded with what a Chorus Line might look like

And so now we're going to have this presentation of Hamilton that a 13-year-old kid in Detroit

who can't get to the Fox Theater to see Hamilton, he get to see the show And he learn our show and it become part of his soul And then you know what he do He say I going to make my own version of Hamilton Like I learned from that apple and I going to make an orange

And so it's going to inspire people to become artists, but also to use art to deal with their lives

And that therapy I think is very important. Yeah. You know, I think what it's going to potentially open up for people is just

they might know a little bit more about Broadway if they might not have before. And they might therefore try

to research, hey, I want to learn more about Lin-Manuel Miranda and what he did. And I want

to learn more about Sondheim. And that might inspire people. And they might want to be like, hey

that's what I want to do. And I also what I love about the film is that

it captures what happened live on stage. And I still contend that when you go

to live theater, you're watching someone perform a tightrope act, right? You're a little nervous because, like, are they going to be able to

get through this? Are they going to be able to sing that high note or what have you

You know, I think that's a visceral experience that we all long for

And I love that people will watch this film and think to themselves, my gosh, these people

sang it that way live every night. And it's not any kind of studio manipulation that they might have thought happened with

the cast album. No that was them performing the show And that might inspire them to potentially become performers themselves or creators themselves And so I think what that will do for the community I think will be great

Well, gentlemen, it is always a pleasure to see the two of you. Just so you know, I will be there

I cannot wait to watch this live. Have the best time. Good to see you both

Thank you

Alexander Hamilton