“My name is Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton.”
Finally, I know the tune! I do know your name, Alexander Hamilton! “In New York you can be a new man. Just you wait.”
I am a few years behind in getting to the musical, “Hamilton”. The majority of my little family does not adore musicals as much as I do, so it took me a while. Thanks to Disney+ and Amazon Prime, I’ve been watching and listening to Hamilton constantly for the past four days, much to my family’s chagrin. When the music isn’t playing outside my head it is playing inside of it. Or, I sing the tunes to my family until I suspect their eyes might not roll back into their proper place.
“And I’m not throwing away my shot!” I sing to them.
“We’re gonna Rise Up!” I sing to them.
My family thinks I’m ridiculous, but I can’t get enough of Alexander Hamilton’s life. (I prefer this musical to his 800 page biographies.) Getting caught up in the music and story of this courageous immigrant who couldn’t seem to die, as he sings, is a delightful right now to “Take a Break”.
While I cannot cheer on my favorite sports team from a seat at Target Field or worship in the same room with the entire community of faith at St. John, I can be united in the long ago revolutionary fight for freedom. I can admire the genius of the writing and the breathtaking talent of the small crew who pulled off this brilliant musical.
So I will watch and listen to “Hamilton”, as the king of England sings, forever and ever and ever.
Lisa Lewton 