
When ‘Hamilton’ was a musical, now ‘The Broadway Musical’ is the new ‘Hamilton’: ‘It’s the most ambitious musical ever made’
- July 26, 2021
On Broadway in recent years, “Hamilton” has become a sort of Broadway version of “The Sound of Music” — a hit Broadway musical that opened last year, and is expected to draw crowds of nearly 40 million for its opening weekend.
The cast of “Hamilton,” led by a former president of the United States, has played the show for four decades.
The show has become the subject of a slew of movies and Broadway musicals, and a book, “It’s Time for a Musical: A Musical History of ‘Hamilton.'”
And, like “Hamilton,” the show has been renewed for a second season, even though the cast is now in their thirties.
But now, in “Hamilton: A Biography of Andrew Jackson,” a new documentary, a group of scholars are examining the show’s legacy and making the case that it’s actually not so much a musical — it’s a musical that has come full circle.
The story of Andrew, the showrunners said in an interview with The Post, is one of many that show how Broadway shows can have long-lasting and profound cultural effects.
It’s a story about how the musical theater was the crucible of the country.
In the early 20th century, the country was in crisis.
Its economy was in shambles, its politics were in disarray, and its institutions were collapsing.
At the height of the Civil War, Andrew Jackson was the most powerful figure in the nation, and he was the first president in American history to have his life in a federal prison.
But Jackson’s presidency also had the power to galvanize the country and transform it.
As a young man, Jackson made a bid to run for the presidency on the promise of a “great nation” — one in which the American people could come together to overcome the great evils of the time.
That vision, it turned out, was a bit of a myth, for a variety of reasons.
In a series of debates in 1868, he called for a “union of the states,” where all of the citizens of the nation would work together to elect a new president and take the country forward.
In his memoirs, he wrote of the “unfortunate” result: I was disappointed in the election of the great, but I was no better in the defeat.
The people of the land had been promised a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
And I had been wrong in believing that this government was going to be composed of white men.
The country was divided between white and black, between the prosperous and the destitute, and Andrew Jackson’s victory was a historic achievement that gave hope to the people that, just like he had promised, they could make a better life for themselves and their children.
In fact, it was so successful that the United Kingdom followed suit, and soon after, the U.S. entered a period of rapid economic growth.
In 1871, the first season of “Hamlet” premiered in New York, and it quickly became one of the most popular shows on Broadway.
The production of the play was widely praised.
But it was also fraught with controversy, particularly over Jackson’s treatment of women and his treatment of the black community.
In “Hamlets,” which had a cast that included Jackson’s daughters, the actors and dancers wore blackface and performed with blackface masks.
Some of the actors were even charged with assault.
The play was even banned from theaters in the U-K.
In early 1893, after “Hammer in the Hand” — the most famous performance of “Blackbeard’s Revenge” — won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Jackson ordered the cast and crew to be shot.
The following year, the actor-director was indicted for inciting the assassination of Andrew Johnson. “
I am determined to prevent the colored race from ever having a voice in American society,” Jackson wrote in a letter to his wife, Emma.
The following year, the actor-director was indicted for inciting the assassination of Andrew Johnson.
(In “Hamilton,” the charges against Jackson were later dropped.)
The trial that followed was one of Jackson’s most divisive.
The prosecution alleged that Jackson was inciting violence against African Americans by staging a show in which he “had been the only man dressed in white, the only one in sight in the audience, the last one standing.”
Jackson vehemently denied any knowledge of any plot.
“I was never charged with plotting to murder anybody,” he told the jury.
“In my imagination, I never imagined anybody could have done it.”
He also vehemently denied the charges that he had used his position as president to intimidate people into signing contracts that could have harmed the African American community.
“You can’t go through life without thinking that you’re doing something wrong,” Jackson said.
But the jury was convinced, and the jury acquitted Jackson of all charges.
In their documentary, the scholars said that the trials of the late 1871 and 1873 trials were