Hamilton Love...

[NCGrandma]

My DDs have this book. It does answer some of the "did he really do that?" questions. L-MM talks about places he had to fill in the blanks from Ron Chernow's source material. It's got other interesting material as well. I bought it at Christmas when Amazon has their sale on books. (It's not that expensive via Amazon, but a deal's a deal. )

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revo...3201341&sr=8-1

ETA: Someone posted a Prime Day book deal in the amazon thread. Perfect timing
Prime Day book code is live -- save $5 off of $15 with promo code PRIMEBOOK19! Good through 7/16.

I got that for Christmas 2016 for DGD1, also a big Hamilton fan. She was the envy of her then-tween friends!


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[Ms B]

We have been talking about how some things are okay as a whole musical and album but might not be okay for the aisles of target.

This made me laugh out loud! Our rule is that you can sing along with the words in the car and on the Sonos in the kitchen, but if I hear them anywhere else, then that song goes away. It seems to work so far and I figure it is never too early for kids to learn about situationally appropriate language!

Of course, DH is not necessarily thrilled that I find Be More Chill to be suitable listening for The Biscuit, but how am I supposed to raise a discerning musical theater fan otherwise?

[newnana]

My DDs have this book. It does answer some of the "did he really do that?" questions. L-MM talks about places he had to fill in the blanks from Ron Chernow's source material. It's got other interesting material as well. I bought it at Christmas when Amazon has their sale on books. (It's not that expensive via Amazon, but a deal's a deal. )

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revo...3201341&sr=8-1

ETA: Someone posted a Prime Day book deal in the amazon thread. Perfect timing
Prime Day book code is live -- save $5 off of $15 with promo code PRIMEBOOK19! Good through 7/16.

Thank you for the book rec and the coupon! Added to cart to stock up for Christmas for DD, thanks!

[lizzywednesday]

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Off topic, but does anyone know of a sort of kids guide to Hamilton. He asks a million questions now about this time period in history which I struggle to answer. We’ve bought kids books on both Washington and Hamilton, but they don’t answer his questions since his questions are very “Hamilton specific”. For example “did Hamilton really day that or is that just the song?” Thanks!!

It's not written for kids, but they would probably get a lot out of it, I recommend the "Hamiltome" (a/k/a Hamilton: The Revolution) which is a companion book to the musical with the complete, annotated lyrics to every song in the show (and on the cast recording.)

There's also the "Hamildoc" from PBS - Hamilton's America - which may still be available to stream on PBS.org if you are a member of your local PBS station. I watched it with DD when she was 5; we still have it on the DVR. You can also check your local library to see if they have it available. It's really worth seeing.

If he's curious about the "life and times" of Alexander Hamilton, the Who Was Alexander Hamilton? is pretty good. One of the sources is the Ron Chernow boiography that prompted LMM to write the show in the first place.

There's also Hamilton: The Exhibition in the Chicago area, which was designed by LMM and David Korins (who won the Tony for the show), with additional information and some narration from Yale professor & historian Joanne Freeman - it's more straightforward and factual (haven't been, as I live in NJ, but I was under the impression that it will travel the country eventually.)

Last, if you can get to any historical museums, they may have exhibits and/or artifacts relating to the man & the new mythos.

We are very fortunate in that we live near both NYC and Philadelphia, so DD has seen a lot of cool Alexander Hamilton artifacts, possessions, and programs at the New-York Historical Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and, most recently, the Museum of the American Revolution.

In addition, we're also quite close to Princeton (where Aaron Burr is buried) and Monmouth Battlefield State Park (where the Big Names in the Revolution fought - Washington, Hamilton, Lafayette, Lee, Clinton, von Steuben, et al - and we have tentative plans to attend the reenactment next year.)

[lizzywednesday]

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Of course, DH is not necessarily thrilled that I find Be More Chill to be suitable listening for The Biscuit, but how am I supposed to raise a discerning musical theater fan otherwise?

There is nothing wrong with Be More Chill and it wounds me deeply that it is closing because I wanted to see it. Guess I'll have to settle for the cast recording and the book instead. *sigh*

We listen to nothing but Broadway because it's the only music DD and I agree on. She still doesn't respect Colm Wilkinson, or the unwritten rule of Broadway car-belting, which is when Les Mis is on the radio, one must get one's Colm on.

My most favorite show of all time is Sweeney Todd - it's got everything! Adultery! Rape! Long-lost-loves! Young love! Bedlam! Cannibalism! Double-entendres! - followed by Avenue Q (which I thought was so funny that I nearly had an asthma attack when we saw it ... and I listened to the cast recording so much that I wore out the CD) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch so I'm not the best judge.

[lizzywednesday]

I think "bastard" and "whore" are not considered profane in general (they're allowed on regular TV), while the F and S words pretty much are always considered profane.

They're derogatory terms, but they're not profane. Heck, "bastard" is in 1776 when Ben Franklin is talking about the royal governor of NJ, asking "how is the little bastard?", and that was on B'way in the '70s.

After we saw it, they thought Hercules Mulligan "got the foot back up again".

OK, that's hilariously precious.

[Tenasparkl]

I After we saw it, they thought Hercules Mulligan "got the foot back up again".

Love this!!

I thought my son (then 4 or 5) said bastard after hearing it on the Hamilton cast recording so we had a long talk about how some words aren't appropriate outside of the song etc. After talking and talking my daughter told me that he actually said password not bastard. I guess it's never a bad time to talk about when we use certain words!

[citymama]

Yep. We had to explain to my then 8 year old what a whore was.

and how did you do that? Mine had the same question and I kind of changed the subject. I'm fine explaining sex to kids but I feel like prostitution and porn require another level of patriarchal critique when explaining! this is the kid whose every question is followed by 5 more "but why?"s. but would love a simple one-line explanation appropriate for the 8 yr old set.

[Globetrotter]

If your kid is interested, I would use this as an opportunity to get them excited about history in general. Some ideas…

http://shop.cricketmedia.com/Cricket...ial-Offer.html

Of course the topics will change, but this is a great magazine!

-Oh yikes! history's grossest wackiest moments (this is a book)

- the story of the World Series for ancient history

There are tons of others out there, but follow their interests

Here’s one on American history. I haven’t seen this one but the reviews look good.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Stor...gateway&sr=8-2

[Ms B]

There is nothing wrong with Be More Chill and it wounds me deeply that it is closing because I wanted to see it. Guess I'll have to settle for the cast recording and the book instead. *sigh*

We listen to nothing but Broadway because it's the only music DD and I agree on. She still doesn't respect Colm Wilkinson, or the unwritten rule of Broadway car-belting, which is when Les Mis is on the radio, one must get one's Colm on.

My most favorite show of all time is Sweeney Todd - it's got everything! Adultery! Rape! Long-lost-loves! Young love! Bedlam! Cannibalism! Double-entendres! - followed by Avenue Q (which I thought was so funny that I nearly had an asthma attack when we saw it ... and I listened to the cast recording so much that I wore out the CD) and Hedwig and the Angry Inch so I'm not the best judge.

BMC was excellent - DH says it was the best show we ever saw on Broadway (we saw Hamilton on tour). I prefer the Three Rivers recording to the OBCR, but Joe Iconis added "Loser Geek Whatever" for the Off-Broadway run, so it is not on the Three Rivers version.

We already had a regional version of BMC play here, so I expect it will be near you soon.

If you like Hedwig, have you heard Lena Hall's Hedwig EP? It's my current fave.

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