All the Theatre References in Hamilton

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Why Theatre? Well, theatre people are some of the most resourceful, intelligent, charismatic, and persistent people out there. The motto of theatre literally is “the show must go on.” And more recently we’ve seen what happens when theatre students suddenly have a national stage. They are spreading their voices, and they are not throwing away their shot. I was a theatre kid too, and that changed my life. So I celebrate theatre and its influence on society to make the world better and to continue to reflect society and the values we hold dear. Theatre people, they get the job done!
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@raynethescribe2772 6 лет назад

"32,000" is said 3 times in Right Hand Man, adding up to 96,000, a kind of... deconstructed reference to In the Heights. Lin said that it wasn't intentional, but he likes it anyways.

@Cherrybl_29 6 лет назад

That's really cool!

@loopofunhappiness 6 лет назад

96,000 dolla's??? Daymm

@sanjanashanker7960 6 лет назад

*W O W*

@ariark56 6 лет назад

Loop Of Unhappiness 96,000, dollas? Holla!

@chickennugget9254 6 лет назад

96,000 dollars? Yo, somebody won!

@thecobe-lee9674 6 лет назад

I’ve always thought that “there’s a suffering too terrible to name” from Its Quiet Uptown could be a subtle reference to “there’s a grief that can’t be spoken” in Les Mis.

@hannahg.7196 6 лет назад

TheCobe-Lee that’s so sad

@magiv4205 6 лет назад

TheCobe-Lee Wow, that makes it even sadder...

@NinaTavernier03 6 лет назад

In Macbeth also, when the king dies they often talk about it being ‘too terrible to name’ (unless i’m mistaken)

@thecobe-lee9674 6 лет назад

Luna Di Angelo I don’t think they phrase it exactly like that, but the do say things similar to that

@floraknowsstuff 6 лет назад

ahh i always catch that and it breaks my heart

@giuliadamiani 6 лет назад

"I practiced the law, I practically perfected it" call me a nerd, but I love to think it's a reference to Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect...

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

How appropriate that Lin is in the new Mary Poppins then!

@giuliadamiani 6 лет назад

I'm obsessed already!

@quinn7935 6 лет назад

I heard somewhere the whistling in “Blow Us All Away” is a reference to how whistling in a theater is bad luck.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yup!

@MEDSZ13.08 4 года назад

I'm sad but I just made myself think about this The song blow us all away then he got blown up by a gun

@harryferguson1812 4 года назад

I know. When I watched Hamilton yesterday when Philip was whistling I was silently screaming at him "Noooo! Don't whistle!"

@just.phoebs 4 года назад

Yep this is true!

@multifandommess273 3 года назад

eh??? this is the first time im hearing of this sjsjjs maybe that's why my school's play got interrupted, whistling was literally part of one of the songs

@gir5100 6 лет назад

IN the Hamilton book Lin states that he wrote The Schuyler Sisters as a tribute to One Short Day from Wicked!

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Oh, how could I have missed that!

@gir5100 6 лет назад

omg I'm so sorry I didn't mean to shame you, and it's an easy one to miss!

@beardedartisan 6 лет назад

He's also said elsewhere that Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind" was an influence. He basically wanted to add to that pantheon of "New York is pretty damn awesome" songs :D

@PungoAlyCat 4 года назад

What book?!

@braziliansimon2737 4 года назад

Wow, but I think The Schuyler Sister is a completly different song from One Short Day

@RyanTurner 6 лет назад

I believe it's ok to say "MacBeth" when referring to the character, but bad luck to say when referring to the name of the Play.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Ah, that explains it!

@wolfc87 6 лет назад

Yep, you are right. Ok to say character MacBeth, but not the name of the ay MacBeth

@amandac.s.9452 6 лет назад

I've never heard that, and I've been in a production of MacBeth! If you're in a theater, and you are not working on a production of MacBeth, you call the play "the Scottish play" and the character "the Scottish king" (and, ergo, Lady M would be "the Scottish queen"). The one exception to this is if the script calls for a character on stage to say it.

@AlKohaiMusic 6 лет назад

Amanda C.S. Each theatre has its own superstitions with Macbeth. I’ve heard the play is cursed the name of the character is not. And it’s only cursed if you are inside a theatre.

@moonknightproductions 6 лет назад

AlKohaiMusic true. I'm taking a Tragedies class and I asked if it was OK to say Macbeth in the class and apparently it's only cursed in the theater.

@kaelen0518 6 лет назад

"I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal" Aladdin Reference

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yeah, totally. Although I felt weird saying it was theatre since it was just an adaptation of the movie. But Alan Menken...so yeah, you get points!

@kaelen0518 6 лет назад

Tbh the Broadway version of Aladdin shouldn't even be classed as theatre. It was god awful

@frogghops5454 4 года назад

I agree

@amityislandchum 4 года назад

"Diamond in the rough" is just a general idiom. I guess it could count as a theater reference, but it's quite a stretch.

@anyajackson2204 4 года назад

@@kaelen0518 Tho the dancing's really impressive in the group numbers. The singing's really good, but music is overrated and pretty bad

@ThomasG_ 6 лет назад

Another possible West Side Story reference: In "My Shot," in Hamilton's "Am I talking too loud" part is accompanied by silence, with the ensemble snapping their fingers in rhythm. Snapping fingers represents pent up agression and danger in West Side Story, and in "My Shot" it's representing how Hamilton's dangerous talk has drawn attention to himself.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Oh, interesting. Very "cool."

@Roma-kp4qg 4 года назад

[tough guy finger snapping]

@alecnightshade9202 4 года назад

Roma intimidating ballets back

@jenniferorosan8669 4 года назад

I thought so too...but I assumed I was nuts. But, given LMM is a huge Sondheim fan, perhaps not too far fetched

@AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever 2 года назад

Excellent! I also think when they say “chicka blough” is a nod to West Side Story

@Neuronwhisperer 4 года назад

it says "enter me" not "enter hamilton" because he writes himself into the narrative

@HowardHoMusic 4 года назад

Nice!

@juanpeace3y2d 3 года назад

And Eliza asks to be a part of the narrative of the story they will tell some day

@NoelAnthonyApuya 6 лет назад

The melody of the line “I look back on where I’ve failed” in Your Obedient Servant is a quotation from Javert’s Suicide in Les Mis (“I am reaching but I fall”)

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Cool!

@dolley2512 6 лет назад

I wonder if the line "I'm only 19, but my mind is older" was a reference to Light My Candle from RENT with the line "I'm 19! But I'm old for my age"?

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Actually, this is a direct quote from Shook Ones Part 2 by Mobb Deep.

@celesteg5405 6 лет назад

I was about to add this!

@cl0wnc0llege38 6 лет назад

Doll I also noticed this

@goodjobeli 6 лет назад

@Lauren Is dead She was Mimi in the proshot :)

@geekweek9673 4 года назад

In “Take a break” after Hamilton writes her a letter referencing “Macbeth”, Angelica quotes the play again, saying “Screw your courage to the sticking place.”

@seamuswalsh8169 Год назад

Macbeth also says “tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day” from Macbeth’s soliloquy

@Indigoisaspookyghost 2 года назад

5:48 I actually am fairly obsessed with Macbeth, and I caught it the line before he said this, when he says “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creep in this petty pace from day to day” which is a line from one of the soliloquies in Macbeth. Later in the song, when they are trying to convince Hamilton not to leave, Angelica says “Screw your courage to the sticking place” which is a line said by Lady M

@HowardHoMusic 2 года назад

Yup, lots of great Macbeth references. I go into this in more detail in my follow-up video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9w2up9fSl0.html

@malbua7066 6 лет назад

I was waiting for the Rent reference in Stay Alive (reprise). When Philip is dying in Eliza's arms and they are talking, she responds "I know" repeatedly, which reminds of the scene in which Mimi is in a similar situation in Roger's arms and they also respond to each other "I know", in the song Finale

@allaboutroy7399 4 года назад

YES YES YES

@sazfretz1945 4 года назад

I caught that, too. In fact a lot of the songs have a "Rent"-like sound and feel.

@samlladavid 5 лет назад

Another unofficial reference is a melody, in "One Last Time" when Hamilton sings "Why do you have to say goodbye?" The melody its exactly the same as in "Seize The Day" in Newsies

@ohnoimsam9634 4 года назад

David Llano thank you!! Everybody says I’m insane for saying this

@rosefalls_ 4 года назад

I'm shook because I feel really dumb for not noticing that

@me_myselfand_i2099 4 года назад

I never noticed that but now I here it

@soopersalad2509 6 лет назад

I KNEW FROM THE FIRST TIME I HEARD SAY NO TO THIS THAT THE “NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW” SOUNDED EXACTLY THE SAME AS NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS I HAD NO IDEA THEY PUT THAT IN THE COPY RIGHTS IN THE PLAYBILL and now i finally get the (enter)

@csblakeley 6 лет назад

Unless I'm missing it in the comments, you missed a reference you actually used in your Amino video: Lafayette's intro is a CLEAR reference to Camelot. "Who is the best? C'est moi!"

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Haha...totally missed it...even though apparently I used it? Videos are hard! Thanks for watching and commenting.

@wgkspur 6 лет назад

That reference is further cemented when Hamilton describes him as "Hard rock like Lancelot."

@aleksandrazamojska4185 6 лет назад

Lafayette also cals himself "the Lancelot of the revolutionary set"

@amityislandchum 4 года назад

@@aleksandrazamojska4185 Lancelot isn't specifically a musical reference. It's a literary one.

@amityislandchum 4 года назад

@@tracyroweauthor Huh, guess I learned something today! Thanks for sharing. :)

@martimills8761 5 лет назад

My Fair Lady: “Just you wait, Henry Higgins. Just you wait!” Hamilton: “There’s a million things I haven’t done. Just you wait. Just you wait”

@10Raccoon 4 года назад

There are far too many "H"s in that My Fair Lady quote 😂

@scalzmoney 4 года назад

I've always felt this was a big one considering how many times it is said in Hamilton. Especially considering that 'Modern Major General', 'Got To Be Carefully Taught' and others are said just once. I'm sure the lawyers got the correct permissions but just saying the words isn't a copyright issue. If 'Just You Wait' isn't a problem I wonder why the others might have been.

@blackink6797 6 лет назад

Please, you can't "out-Eponine" Eponine. He came close though.

@rebeccaobregon6670 4 года назад

I was looking for this comment lol

@jp3813 4 года назад

Yeah, nearly all of her songs are about being friend zoned, not just "On My Own".

@nanwijanarko1969 2 года назад

Eh, man could try

@VANILLALAIR 6 лет назад

"It's good to see your face" from In The Heights to Hamilton

@thedoctorissogroovy 6 лет назад

I saw a tweet recently from Lin that said that the “Scottish tradgey” is Hamilton actually referring to himself. His father was Scottish and since the dad left and Hamilton became a bastard, he is a tradgey. He’s the first and Macbeth is the “another.” Hamilton is so extra

@tracyroweauthor 4 года назад

yes, what he means is Hamilton is comparing his life to another man who's ambition led to tragedy, specifically Macbeth. The line "tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day" is a direct quote from Macbeth. Madison is Banquo, Jefferson's Macduff And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane are all references to Macbeth. Banquo is Macbeth's best friend (who he ends up murdering) and MacDuff is a lord who suspects Macbeth of killing the King and eventually kills him. "Macbeth shall never vanquish be, until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him" is part of the prediction by the witches that leads him to murder. Anjelica says later in the song "screw your courage to the sticking place" a line Lady Macbeth says to Macbeth when he is wavering on whether to kill the king.

@LoraTyler 4 года назад

@@tracyroweauthor This is so cool, I didn't know that "Screw your courage to the sticking place" was a direct quote from Macbeth! However, the part where Hamilton names the characters always made me think that Angelica would be Lady Macbeth and not Eliza, his actual wife, because Angelica is the one always pushing him further politically - so this fits perfectly!

@tracyroweauthor 4 года назад

@@LoraTyler especially considering, at least in the show, how pure Eliza is.

@plutolunaplays 4 года назад

tradgey? you mean tragedy.

@thedoctorissogroovy 4 года назад

Mya Gaming Kat okay, but why is a spelling mistake that important to you?

@SessVlogs 6 лет назад

I have to say, from a character perspective I love it when Hamilton name drops MacBeth even after bringing up the superstition. It’s so him. “I shouldn’t do it. I really shouldn’t do it. I really, really, really shouldn’t do it... ...fuck it, I’mma do it anyway.”

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Haha!

@jesuschrist8178 6 лет назад

I think it's bad luck when referring to the play but not the character

@jenniferaustin8617 6 лет назад

Yes! The first time I heard the show, I grinned when he said "without me having to name the play" and almost gasped when he named it anyway... SO BRAZEN.

@jenniferaustin8617 6 лет назад

Buddy Christ: Man, if you're ever in a theatre around hardcore theatre folk and say Macbeth, be prepared for some wild reactions. The truly superstitious do not care if you're saying it because of the character or the play, they just freak out. Lawl.

@laurelrodriguezmitton5592 6 лет назад

It's bad luck to say it no matter what you're referring to unless you're putting it on (ie, you can say it as part of your lines or to direct the actor or whatever) but any time you say it in a theatre outside of that context you have to reverse the curse before someone gets hurt.

@la_scrittice_vita 4 года назад

"Spending spree" and "you... you... you" are a fairly ridiculous stretch, like companies thinking they can trademark a circle or the color green. But you did miss a legit unofficial reference akin to "Sit down, John." After Lafayette refers to himself to Lancelot of the revolutionary set, he concludes the passage C'est moi," which is Lancelot's introductory song in Camelot.

@hannahelizabeth4415 6 лет назад

“Don’t modulate the key then not debate with me” is my favourite line in the entire show, I’m going to get it tattooed on my forehead.

@ARS1508 2 года назад

Me too 😂😂😂😂

@mothsfavlamp 4 года назад

“I look back on where I’ve failed” “I am reaching but I fall” (Les Mis) Same melody

@HowardHoMusic 4 года назад

I covered that in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9w2up9fSl0.html

@meredithhadaway5512 6 лет назад

I see a big parallel between Aaron Burr and each of Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Che in "Evita" -- narrating antagonist with a complex relationship to the hero.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Definitely!

@emmasullivan2274 6 лет назад

FINALLY SOMEONE HAS EVITA KNOWLEDGE T H A N K Y O U

@chillingintheshire02 6 лет назад

Though Che is less of a character and more of a Greek chorus. A lot of people think he’s Che Guevara but he’s just the Argentinian Everyman

@beardedartisan 6 лет назад

I can't remember where, but Lin has gone on record as saying it was those shows (particularly JCS) that gave him the idea to have Burr narrate Hamilton's story :)

@lilkat42 6 лет назад

Also Amadeus, which was written for the stage before it was filmed.

@audreyrasmussen540 6 лет назад

Now I know that it was not the actual reason, but I used to think that Burr and Hamilton ending their notes with "Your obedient r esources ervant, A.Burr/A. Ham" in "Your Obedient Servant" was a reference to how, in the Phantom of the Opera song "Notes", the Phantom ends one of the notes with " Your Obedient Servant, O.G"

@kimberlytross9864 5 лет назад

That was a common way to end correspondence in that time, just like we know end our letters with "sincerely." Their letters to each other are still in existence.

@RebelGun4 4 года назад

Kimberly's right that it's just the way they signed off in their historical correspondence "Sir, I have the honor to be Your Obdt. St...", but it does also occur in Phantom as you say as well as The Letter from Sweeney "Your obedient humble servant..." which is fun.

@lisareed5669 4 года назад

Jesus Christ. Read some old letters. Get a feel for how it really was, not what you imagine. Read The Phantom of the Opera.

@brynkasson8100 4 года назад

There's a part in I think Hamilton's office where he's trying to prove he didn't embezzle funds and he says "Unless..." and Jefferson and everyone else respond with "Unless..." This is a reference to My Brother My Brother and Me, which is a comedy advice podcast done by three brothers. Lin is a huge fan of theirs and was actually on the show a few years before Hamilton came out. The brothers have a running thing of one of them saying "Unless..." and the other two responding with "Unless...."

@McBehrer 4 года назад

You know, I would almost think that was too far-fetched, except that he has made SEVERAL guest appearances on the show

@ARS1508 2 года назад

Lin confirmed today on insta that this is a nod to one of his favourite podcasts

@zeepsterd 6 лет назад

Fantastic job catching all these references!

@hollypurcell7441 4 года назад

The reason Lin says, Macbeth directly after is because saying Macbeth referring to the play is bad luck but referring to the character isn't... Ahhh theater knowledge... (also Lin says this in an interview....)

@zeusneox 6 лет назад

According to Lin-Manuel, the section after "Ten Duels" is written in 7/8 a time singature that ALW uses a lot! It was a tribute to him.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yup! Super cool!

@annak9096 6 лет назад

This is fascinating! The "you, you, you" line in Burn actually comes from a line in My Junk from Spring Awakening, though it could have also been inspired by The Last Five Years. No credit was given, so we don't really know, I guess

@purplecatloverrandompizza 6 лет назад

Im always stunned when he openly says Macbeth

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

I know, right?

@PungoAlyCat 4 года назад

Why? He's speaking about the character, not the show. You can say character, but not [title of show] That's why first line is "Scottish Play" At first listen, you can't tell that he means the character, until he continues to list other characters, then in retrospect it's like "oh he said the character (which is acceptable), not the title of the Scottish Play.

@trickytreyperfected1482 4 года назад

@@PungoAlyCat Not to mention that he does have pretty shitty luck for the rest of the show anyway.

@kittenmimi5326 4 года назад

@@PungoAlyCat yep. But even then he still had bad luck anyways

@bbbbbbbbbbsbsnxjkdnnendj 4 года назад

i remember when i was crazy over pirates of penzance, and when i heard george washington say ‘i am the model of a modern major general’ in right hand man, i went absolutely inSANE. i

@Earthpsalm 4 года назад

Me too!

@donovan9169 6 лет назад

Hamilton lyric: I am not throwing away my shot Howard Ho: if u take the "w" from "away" the cut it in half to make a "v" then add a "j" on it to make a "y" that is *obviously* a reference to "in the heights" for the character "bennY" if you can spot the y in his name of course

@annasnow1388 4 года назад

Also in The World Was Wide Enough, Hamilton says to Eliza “My love, take your time” which is yet another reference to Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years where at the end of The Schmuel Song Jamie tells Cathy “take your time”

@mallaidhdevlin4512 6 лет назад

Of course, the different categories of references in Hamilton; Hip hop, history, theatre, and the secret fourth category.... my brother my brother and me

@CelestiaLily 6 лет назад

molly devlin the "unless... unless" reference was super duper good

@starrats444 6 лет назад

I WAS HOPING HE WOULD MENTION IT

@benjisaac 6 лет назад

I don’t know if this counts but- “I established the first private orphanage in new york city” the orphanage was either in or called Washington Heights but Lin didn’t call it that because he didnt wasn’t to be that blatant

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Interesting.

@flowerpower3082 3 года назад

The orphanage is now called Graham Windham and is located in Greenwich Village.

@abbyception0719 6 лет назад

Isn't there a moment in ITH where Benny says. "It's good to see your face."?

@QuikVidGuy 6 лет назад

Ya boi Brackenfur yeah when Nina shows up at the dispatch booth

@NinaTavernier03 6 лет назад

most of benny’s dispatch is very similar to take a break

@chickennugget9254 6 лет назад

Yeah. That was my part in our school so I remember it like the back of my hand.

@zepfrog 6 лет назад

you missed that whistling in the theatre is considered bad luck because of how coded whistles were used for tech to communicate and an actor whistling could confuse the tech and mess something up, but in blow us all away whistling is a very prominant part of the song, so it's forshadowing to how philip was so unlucky

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Oh yeah! Thanks!

@zepfrog 6 лет назад

ofc

@samuelbenhardt4230 6 лет назад

I did a project on Lin and learned that his mother's favorite musical was Camelot, harkening towards Lafayette's comparison to Lancelot and the phrase "C'est moi." Loved all the comparisons you found!

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yup, I mentioned that in my follow-up video, 26 More Theatre References in Hamilton: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9w2up9fSl0.html

@jordanhorne1173 6 лет назад

I thought it said "enter me he says in parentheses"because he's entering history only knowing afterwards hence parentheses

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Lin confirms it's a theatre reference in his book. But that's an interesting take on it too.

@jordanhorne1173 6 лет назад

Howard Ho that whole lyric has a whole new meaning to me now

@purplecatloverrandompizza 6 лет назад

Honestly i thought it was into me

@laurelrodriguezmitton5592 6 лет назад

It's (enter me) because he wrote the musical and cast himself as Hamilton, so anytime he wrote (enter Hamilton) he could write (enter me)

@vmp916 6 лет назад

Yes I heard and like the interpretation said by Laurel. Lin wrote the part of Hamilton for himself. When you have (Hamilton enters) it is the same as (Enter me). Kind of a pretentious take depending on who you ask but I think it is cool

@Willemijn.Linnie 6 лет назад

I don't know if it can be categorised as a refrence, but in 'Right Hand Man' the sentence: "32000 troops in New York harbour" is sung 3 times. 32000 times 3 is 96000, like the 'In The Heights' song. Lin Manuel Miranda has said this happened accidentally.

@beomgyuniverseofficial Год назад

I think that the pacific overtures and room where it happens theory also points to satisfied. In helpless, we see Eliza and Alexander’s first meeting in Eliza’s perspective. But then, when Angelica performs satisfied, the story is retold, but in Angelica’s perspective. One time, Anthony was asked what was the hardest song to perform (if I’m correct) and he answered satisfied because they had just done the choreography for helpless and had to do it reverse when the rewind part comes. Then, after the rewind part, they had to do the choreography AGAIN.

@juliaschmidt2494 4 года назад

I always took the line "i gotta holler just to be heard" from my shot as a reference to "Holler if ya hear me" which, at least as far as i know, was the first musical to ever use rap. I could just be thinking to far though.

@drbassface 4 года назад

Great! I immediately thought of King George paralleling King Harod’s Song in JCS. Also when Hamilton is shot...it has the vibe of The Crucifixion in JCS. Great job.

@GillyWhitfootHaysend 6 лет назад

Howard Ho...you MISSED a category 1 reference-Lafayette referencing C'est Moi from Camelot before "My Shot" and Hamilton responding "like Lancelot" during "My Shot".

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Zut alors! I have missed one!

@jaketorbeck 6 лет назад

I was coming here to post this very thing!

@meginmd 5 лет назад

I remember reading somewhere that the way King George sings "...you're on your own" is how it's sung in Les Mis, but I don't know how true that is.

@Earthpsalm 4 года назад

I don't think so. "On my own" in Les Mis is a jump of a perfect 4th, "on your own" in Hamilton is a major 3rd.

@haventakloo 6 лет назад

one you missed that's probably one of my faves in the show: the very end. musically, the end of "who lives who dies" mirrors the ending melody of "why we tell the story" from once on this island. i believe lin's mentioned it somewhere before!

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Oh, so cool!

@PungoAlyCat 4 года назад

Absolutely agree

@Astrolionking 6 лет назад

There’s a Beauty and The Beast reference where Angelica says “Screw your courage to the sticking place”

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

And actually it's both a Beauty and the Beast AND a Macbeth reference. Lin says he included it here, because Angelica is quoting Lady Macbeth.

@Cecily_Smith4 6 лет назад

ThatAnimationGirl this comment makes me sad

@Astrolionking 6 лет назад

Harper Funkhouser lol k??

@Cecily_Smith4 6 лет назад

ThatAnimationGirl bc Beauty and The beast referenced Shakespeare so...

@franloiacono9306 6 лет назад

Howard Ho im sorry, when does she say that?

@nicholeboznos6683 5 лет назад

I always assumed the line in “Alexander Hamilton” where Lafayette is introducing himself was referencing Lancelot’s song “C’est Moi” from Camelot

@rob.berliner 6 лет назад

Terrific video! I also consider the violin riff in the intro to "Alexander Hamilton" a wink at the "Tradition" riff ("dai-dai-dai-dai") in "Fiddler on the Roof."

@problematicprincess6270 6 лет назад

what's your name man: SOMETHING SOMETHING SWEENEY TODD 😂😂😂😂

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Haha!

@problematicprincess6270 6 лет назад

Howard Ho haha that made me laugh so hard btw i love ur voice is it's calming and i love ur videos

@laurelrodriguezmitton5592 6 лет назад

He sings "Demon Barber Sweeney Todd" since the title of the musical is "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

@problematicprincess6270 6 лет назад

Laurel Mitton sbhh don't ruin my fun *sad*

@alphafart 5 лет назад

*Demon Barber Sweeney Todd

@davemurray9107 6 лет назад

LMM also said the melody of "Oceans rise, empires fall" (with going low on 'rise' and high on 'fall') pays homage to Mary Poppins' "Spoonful of Sugar" (where the go high on "down").

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

26 More Theatre References in Hamilton: goo.gl/diSTqz This is the sequel to this video with a lot of references I missed the first time around! Correction: Livin' on a Prayer modulates by 3 half steps, not 3 steps. Also, Take a Break has tons of MacBeth references, more than I mentioned in the video! Also, I forgot a reference to the play WIT. Anyone know which one I'm talking about?

@default77 6 лет назад

"Screw your courage to the sticking place..." :)

@spubz 6 лет назад

Oml I'm on Hamilton AND musical lover amino. 😂

@solbug 6 лет назад

Howard Ho I LOVE WIT SO MUCH KWVEIWBISBSK

@toughnerd 6 лет назад

I'm sure other's have said it, but the (Enter Me) direction is also referencing the fact that in the original Broadway cast, Lin plays Hamilton. Therefore (Enter Hamilton) and (Enter Me) would be the same stage instruction when viewed from the author's point of view, which I think is pretty clever!

@DominicMGeehan 6 лет назад

Howard Ho I don’t know how directly this would be a reference but Burr revealing “I’m the damn man who shot him” might be a reference to Romeo and Juliet’s opening prologue revealing the key plot points in the very beginning of the show to watch the story unfold with that in mind.

@EthanDrake48 6 лет назад

"Throwing verbal rocks at these Mediocrates" could be a reference to Wicked where the Wizard says "I was just one of your dime-a-dozen Mediocrates"

@t-g-m-steve 6 лет назад

Yes, you did miss a reference- in The Room Where It Happens, Burr sings "...The art of the trade/ How the sausage gets made!" This is a clear reference to the... questionable meat served by Ms. Lovett in Sweeny Todd.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Haha...How the meat pie gets made!

@flissfloss915 6 лет назад

Lyra Cromwell or that dude from Les Mis

@andrewrannellsisliterallya4733 6 лет назад

FLUCK YES SWEENEY TODD

@samuelmelcher333 6 лет назад

It seems to me that it’s a reference to a quote by Otto von Bismarck: “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.”

@anttiviitamaki6999 6 лет назад

Isn't this just an old idiom, "how the sausage gets made" - meaning the ugly truth about the details that no-one really wants to know? I remember that it has been attributed to Bismarck, but there are even earlier quotations. Probably it's not invented by anyone famous. :-)

@zzz-nk7tr 6 лет назад

8:11 You could say Burr was *On the outside always looking in*

@hazbinsilly 4 года назад

oh no CUZ ILL NEVER BE MORE THAN IVE EVER BEEN

@yankeeprez123 6 лет назад

This might have been mentioned already but Eliza's "You you you" is probably more of an homage Spring Awakening's "My Junk" (in both lyric and orchestration) than Last 5 Years

@HerecometheJudds 6 лет назад

That was also my take.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Oh yeah, I hear it now.

@JKRowlingIsMyQueen 6 лет назад

The intention from Last Five Years is a clearer link though. My Junk just ends with You you you. Without a clear subject or object because it’s an ensemble number with everyone seeing different junk. In LFY, it’s clearly a spurned lover who has been cheated on and somewhat abandoned by her husband. Lamenting her frustration with this clearly identified “you”.

@overthemoo 6 лет назад

It's possible someone has mentioned it but I've personally yet to see it anywhere ever. And it could be a coincidence, but considering it's Sondheim-related.....well. In Cabinet Battle #2 "basket" and "ask it" are used for a rhyme; these are of course used by Little Red in the Prologue of Into the Woods.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

OH YEAH!

@laurab247 6 лет назад

There's a second Macbeth reference in Take a Break when Angelica directly quotes it with "Screw your courage to the sticking pace"

@nalahodjat4373 6 лет назад

Laura B place

@v.v365 5 лет назад

“Demon Barber Sweeney Todd” made me laugh out loud oh my GOD

@jessicaborin5526 6 лет назад

My favorite reference is that they say 32,000 troops 3 tines. 32,000 * 3 = 96,000!!!

@blumoo9938 6 лет назад

Jessica Borin • Lin said it was unintentional but that he liked it anyways, I personally love the 32,000 * 3 "reference" though, wish it was intentional :')

@Elyssa918 6 лет назад

During the "Say no to this" at the end he says "No one needs to know" - which is the title of a song from The Last Five Years titled "Nobody needs to know" WHICH, is ALSO another song where the main character is having an affair!

@campbellpatterson8036 4 года назад

That was mentioned in the video...

@jeniferbrown5456 6 лет назад

I love it the way these shows are in people’s minds and hearts so much! Sometimes, though, a turn of phrase like “spending spree” and “the way the sausage gets made” is a common idiom that is used a lot in our language. Just because two shows use a common turn of phrase doesn’t mean one is referencing the other. But it’s ok if you want to think it is :)

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yes, some of these are just common phrases, a problem which I noted at the beginning of the second video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N9w2up9fSl0.html

@jeniferbrown5456 6 лет назад

Howard Ho Hi there, guy who made the video! I absolutely love your work. I just saw the touring company of Hamilton in my town a few days ago with my daughter. She practically has the show memorized. It was fantastic. I had other commenters more in mind than your video when I wrote that. Some folks are really stretching with their references. But I love how they are thinking and connecting their ears to their brains. Keep up the good work!!!

@rhemorse 2 года назад

Songs which modulate the key at any point always end up being my favorites because i just think it sounds so dramatic and beautiful

@ilovemusicyoume 6 лет назад

I love your Hamilton videos! What I can tell from them is that you are a musical nerd and so is Lin! haha

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

What gave it away? :D

@artsysundae 6 лет назад

How did I just find this channel now? This channel is a GOLD MINE of quality Hamilton content tbh

@lazyboyghrol 6 лет назад

There seems to be a further layer of meta-referencing written into the show surrounding theater traditions and superstitions: According to some, a curse surrounds the name of the play, MacBeth, so named after the historic Scottish king and main character of the show. Some actors differentiate between naming the play and naming the character in terms of which one is unlucky, and some believe that any mention of MacBeth at all is unlucky. I avoid saying it in rehearsal or performance, not out of fear of any supernatural force, but out of respect for the performers with whom I work who may have that superstition. As such, it seems likely that Lin, as author and performer, tips his hand on his preference; not naming the play, but naming only the character Macbeth, Hamilton still dies. Whistling on stage has a similar superstition. Before radio headsets, stage-hands would communicate with one another by whistling to raise and lower set pieces and backdrops. Performers during this time would have been strictly warned against whistling, and heavily chastised for doing so and potentially causing production disasters. This practice may have morphed into a superstition over time which persists to this day. In Blow Us All Away, (perhaps more aptly titled than we first thought) Lin seems to invoke that superstition when Phillip is re-introduced to the audience by a whistling motif, shortly before he is shot and killed. It would be fascinating to do an even deeper dive into this concept throughout the show.

@peachdumpling9053 4 года назад

Modulation is one of the first musical words I learned and I was so excited to tell my mom and to this day whenever we play the radio and there is a modulation, my mom will tell back to me “modulation!”

@EveryDayALittleDeath 6 лет назад

I never really noticed the parallel between Someone in a Tree and Room Where It Happens. Though I do LOVE Pacific Overtures and that song in particular. The Sondheim show that always comes to my mind when I hear Room Where It Happens is Assassins, mainly because of the phrase "Click, Boom" which makes me think of the click boom of cocking a gun and shooting it, a noise heard several times during Assassins, most notably at the end of the opening and finale.

@tabithaparent2912 6 лет назад

The note that is sung at the end of One Last Time is the same note that is sung at the end of When You're Home from In the Heights. Funny that Chris Jackson originated both the role of Washinton and Benny.

@slburdette 5 лет назад

Leave the room Spin around three times While spitting *and cursing* Then you can go back

@rafabastos9292 5 лет назад

Also, it is considered bad luck for actors to whistle on or off stage, and Blow Us All Away opens up with a whistling melody that keeps up for most of the song

@zippstered 6 лет назад

OML I'M A CURATOR ON MUSICAL FANS AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY THAT SOMEONE LIKE YOU ACTUALLY KNOWS ABOUT OUR AMINO

@NikVidBlog 6 лет назад

The first time I listened through the soundtrack, I thought the line "Goes and proposes (a new form of government)" was a kick to "Moses Supposes" from Singing in the Rain, but I haven't seen anybody else mention it. Wishful thinking from a Kelly / O'Connor fan, I guess!

@BoringTroublemaker 4 года назад

My theory professor in college referred to the chromatic modulation as the “Bon Jovi” 😂😂

@HowardHoMusic 4 года назад

LOL

@jenniferorosan8669 4 года назад

@@HowardHoMusic Mine called it the Barry Manilow chord ;)

@StepperBox 5 лет назад

It was mentioned somewhere that the (ENTER ME) is also a cheeky point by Lin as he both wrote AND acted in said play. So it could be very plausible that he wrote just "(ENTER ME)".

@HowardHoMusic 5 лет назад

For sure.

@avabeljaeff5764 5 лет назад

I like the macbeth reference because right after everything starts going downhill

@tammytube 6 лет назад

Your Obedient Servant in Hamilton has to be a reference to the Notes scenes from Phantom of the Opera, where the phantom even signs off a letter with "I remain, gentlemen, your obedient servant..." I'm actually surprised that didn't garner a nod in the playbill tbh.

@sashaplayter 6 лет назад

There's also a reference to the Lerner and Loewe musical, Camelot, in "Aaron Burr Sir." Lafayette refers to himself as "the Lancelot of the revolutionary set" and his verse ends with the phrase, "c'est moi," which is the name of Lancelot's first song in Camelot.

@alishatheweirdo9900 6 лет назад

Sasha Playter Camelot’s a musical? As in the kingdom with king uther and merlin? I love that show!

@homeworkbreak4237 6 лет назад

“You coulda been anywhere in the world tonight but you’re here with us in New York City.” from cabinet battle #1 references the audience as well as the cabinet.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yeah, totally.

@a.ham_antha7454 4 года назад

I find it ironic that the song where Hamilton said Macbeth was take a break and the following song was say no to this which started his downward spiral, a coincidence.... probably not

@AltKaycee Год назад

Sort of a fun fact about Hamilton, when Hamilton says McBeth in theater if you say and the show it can cause bad luck and once Lin who played Hamilton says something along "they think McBeth" once he says that everything falls down in Hamilton life which goes to Say No to this, Hurricane, Reynolds Pamphlet, Burn and his son Phillip death. His whole entire life falls apart after saying McBeth. Edit: there is also more bad things that happened after he says that like Quiet Up Town

@moonknightproductions 6 лет назад

I was so excited when the Scottish Play thing in the theater. I was sooooo excited!!!!

@just.phoebs 4 года назад

For those that are wondering. If you whistle on a stage while performing it’s bad luck! You can’t name the play Macbeth, you can only say his name. For example I did a production of a child’s version of Shakespeare called ‘Shakespeare Rocks’ when we got to the part about Macbeth we do not say Macbeth, we only said Mac for short. The song that we performed for Macbeth was called ‘Don’t mention Mac!” Where they actually speak about his full name bringing bad luck to the stage. When we did our performance of ‘Shakespeare Rocks’ one of the people on stage has to shout Macbeth. Except they will just say Mac and then Beth was censored out. Me and a few other people ran off stage (it was apart of the script) to represent that whoever is standing on the stage when the name of the play is mentioned will get bad luck for the rest of that performance. Hope that cleared things up.

@CelestiaLily 6 лет назад

Personally "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" is my favourite reference, mostly because it really shows how Aaron's desire to avoid conflict is only exacerbating the issue of colonialistic prejudice and imperialistic racism faced in both musicals. Also "Sit Down, John" is so catchy and hilarious to watch

@malu9278 4 года назад

6:38 literally crying with this shot because the pro shot has just been announced and this might just be one of our very first views of it

@roxstarp 6 лет назад

I always thought that Helpless could be inspired by the line "Helpless now I stand with him" from Far From The Home I Love (from Fiddler On The Roof)

@laurenmiller8084 3 года назад

Can't believe I haven't seen someone mention this yet, but in *The Phantom of the Opera* the Phantom signs his letters "your obedient servant, [initials]" in *Notes* exactly like Aaron Burr does in *Your Obedient Servant*

@elijahenes3899 4 года назад

I think a half of it are just coincidences than actual references.

@leoscheck3345 6 лет назад

The first four lines of “Satisfied” are directly taken from Side Show’s “Beautiful Day for a Wedding”, except that in “Hamilton” it refers to Eliza and Angelica and not conjoined twins.

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Interesting...

@Natalia-jy8nm 6 лет назад

SIT DOWN, JOHN!!!

@chillingintheshire02 6 лет назад

I always felt the Burr/ Hamilton relationship here is similar to that of Judas and Jesus in JCSS. Particularly Burr and Judas' reflection on how history will look unkindly on them for what they've done.

@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedante 23 дня назад

Looking at older videos from more than five years ago its always a gamble because you never know when you will stumble into an amino sponsorship, its like being hit by a truck of trauma

@fabio83bcn 6 лет назад

what about "I know I know" repeated by Alexander Hamilton in "Stay Alive (Reprise)" heard before in Rent's "Finale A", when Mimi (as well as Phylip in Hamilton, actually) is dying?

@joyflg1rl 4 года назад

F D Oh, that’s a good one! I just listened to both of them and the parallel is really strong.

@coakleycorey2004 5 лет назад

" take a break " Angelica- "put your courage to the sticking place." From Gaston in beauty and the beast

@arnonlutsky 6 лет назад

I'm not sure if it's a common effect but... Still... In the phantom of the opera when the chandelier falls the bow instruments play something similar to when burr says "he aims his pistol at the sky, WAIT!" IN the world was wide enough

@mishapenmoonmoth 4 года назад

fun fact: the superstition around macbeth only applies around the name of the play - when lin says “macbeth” he’s referencing the character in the scottish play, and you can tell the difference by the way he lists of the characters rapid fire in reference to how they apply to his cohorts.

@sophiatalksmusic3588 6 лет назад

Finally, someone caught the "Modern Major-General" reference!! Also, just wanted to point out that Sweeney Todd is not a historical figure, but a sort of urban legend. I'd say the inspiration comes more from the fact both shows play off the idea that an ambitious character's inability to wait and a tendency to act on impulse leads to their downfall (Todd and Hamilton, respectively), as predicted by a more patient, analytical character (Lovett and Burr). Heck, we see these types of mindsets played out in songs like "Wait for it" in Hamilton, where Burr explains the fact that he thinks he is doing the right thing by not rushing into decisions like Hamilton does, and "Wait" in Sweeney Todd, where Lovett explains to Todd that his plan will work better if he acts more carefully. Sorry for the long post- I just love these two shows, and could talk about them for hours!

@HowardHoMusic 6 лет назад

Yup, Sweeney is fictional, that's true. Interesting theory about the mindsets...I actually talk about this a lot in my previous videos. Check out the one on My Shot: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-on24JsOBZAA.html

@sophiatalksmusic3588 6 лет назад

Thanks for responding! I'll definitely check it out!!

@MadeleineBettina 6 лет назад

I'm guessing there are a lot of people who get the G&S reference, but perhaps not among the younger crowd that is drawn to the show. When the Boomers were young, G&S was performed a lot in high schools and colleges.

@sophiatalksmusic3588 6 лет назад

Yeah, they're famous in the theatre world, but unfortunately not among Hamilton's main audience.