It was satisfying in a way I wish every artist could experience."
“We did it while doing eight shows a week.
“But sometimes the most special things happen when you’re exhausted.”
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Ramos in ‘Hamilton.'.© 2020 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
“Your challenge is to get that out of your head and simply do your show.”
But some, likePhillipa Soo(Eliza Hamilton), embraced the chance to play for the cameras.
That latter point is something the entire cast can agree on.
Phillipa Soo in ‘Hamilton.'.Disney+
“When it came out [on Broadway in 2015]it was a celebration of possibility.
“When you do a show in theater, that’s it.
You do the show and then it’s done,” adds Ramos.
Daveed Diggs in ‘Hamilton.'.Joan Marcus
I think there’s something special about that.
When you make anything, you hope that you make something that will outlast you.
That’s the lyric in the show: ‘Outrun.
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast.’
As an artist, that’s what you hope for, man.”
Additional reporting by Jessica Derschowitz.
