BEST ACTING I HAVE EVER SEEN! Hamilton Movie Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING 

I will admit I found myself smirking and laughing a little every time you'd ask about "who wrote this music" and also about how great the person playing Hamilton is. All while not realizing the guy who is playing Hamilton is the guy who wrote the show. Lin Manuel Miranda is a musical mastermind and one heck of a performer.

Some extra info: Alexander and Eliza actually had 8 kids in total. Phillip was their first son. Their first daughter “Angelica” became severely mentally ill after her brother died and needed 24 hour care and never moved out. At the time of Alexander’s death Eliza had just had another child who was 6 months old, a son who they named “Phillip” after their first son. Eliza was left alone with 7 children one who was mentally ill that she took care of and refused to lock away. She lived for 50 years and never married again. She outlived her both her sisters, her husband and two of her children.

55 things that i love about Hamilton 1. Lin-Manuel Miranda 2. The songs 3. The Actors 4. The choreo Hamilton wrote the other 51

Philip dies after after 19 songs in Act 2, which is how old he lived to be. The entire musical has 47 songs which is how old Hamilton lived to be.

It's the fact that Philippa Soo (Eliza) literally just said *three* words in It's Quite Uptown and yet had the power to bring everyone to tears with them: "It's quiet uptown" Breaks me every time

Lin is great in this, obviously, but man am I blown away every single time I watch it just how unfairly talented Leslie Odom (Burr) is. He's just incredible.

I wish i could see your face, when you heard this all was written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, same guy that plays Hamilton. I swear, this man is a genius

Also amazing that King George is played by the same guy who plays Kristoff in the Frozen movies 🙂

BTW, Not only did Lin Manuel Miranda write the book, raps and music, the play won so many awards and also won the Pulitzer Prize. He hit all the buttons on this one. Plus he had an awesome musical director that works with him. You know who else did poetry through performance? Shakespeare!

Thank you so much for your appreciation of Lin Manuel Miranda as Hamilton. So many reviewers slammed him for not being as good as the rest of the cast. IMO, Hamilton needs to be that unrefined character because of his early life. He wasn’t accepted in society, lived through horrible turmoil, and lost everyone he loved early in life. His emotions are real and I think his performance is brilliant!

He is "writing like he needs it to survive" because that's exactly what happened. After the hurricane in his hometown, his writing is what got other's people attention, and what caused him to be fundraised to go to America.

"Who wrote this??" -- Welcome my friend to the GENIUS that is Lin-Manuel Miranda (also the guy playing the title role.) - it's interesting that you mention liking his voice; as far as singing goes, Lin is widely considered to be the LEAST strong vocally, out of the cast; though I would say his energy and emotion more than compensate. - Also, yes Alexander did what he did for love of his country and his family; BUT, he was also driven by a need to prove himself. What you were saying about needing to take the time to focus on your loved ones--- that is a lesson Alexander was slow to learn.

You mentioned you were impressed with the acting. I grew up near New York City, and I’ve seen many Broadway shows. There’s nothing like it anywhere, whether it’s a serious play, or a musical. The talent is incredible, and the energy is over the top. Everyone should get to experience it at some point in their lives. A film like this is just a small taste of it. And this show is the best of the best. Thanks for sharing this!

Lin literally wrote it all over the course of 6 years.

Finally some Lin-Manuel Miranda appreciation! The emotions he brings out playing the character of Hamilton is just so amazing. Specially in It's Quiet Uptown where you can hear him choking up and his voice breaking. THAT'S how someone sounds like when they're trying to hold back tears, he nailed it

It's refreshing to hear someone watch this for the first time and be like "The guy who plays Hamilton has a great voice" Along with complimenting his acting. that's literally the exact opposite of what most people have been saying about Lin Manuel Miranda's voice/acting for a long time

The person who worked on the script is Lin Manuel Miranda who plays Alexander Hamilton in the production. He also worked on writing all the songs and music for the production.

Brother, I’m a 51 year old man who has seen this live twice and numerous times on Disney+; I cry every time I watch this. I really enjoyed your reaction.

-Never thought I’d cry over a musical- -Never thought I’d cry over a filmed version of a musical- Never thought I’d cry over a youtube reaction to a filmed version of a musical

My favorite part of Hamilton is how the themes and characters change over time. Throughout the musical you hear Burr saying "wait for it" and Hamilton saying that he "will not throw away his shot". Yet in the end, Hamilton throws his shot away, and Burr does not wait long enough to notice before shooting. Really shows how much the characters have changed

Hello, theatre lighting guy here! Loved your reaction. This musical is so groundbreaking for our industry. Lin wrote such a beautiful piece of art, and it reaches way down deep and pulls me by the heartstrings every time I see it! I love seeing folks like you get into something that I hold very dear to my heart. Theatre keeps me going every day of my life, and I'm glad you got a small glimpse of that! Not only is what's happening on stage thrilling, but the amount of work going on behind the scenes is incredible. On Broadway, there are 8 shows a week. The lighting department takes care of 708 lights for the show, and there are 856 lighting cues during the show, and there are 3 spotlight operators. Every actor is wearing a microphone, and usually on Broadway or similar caliber, that microphone is only unmuted while the person is actively speaking or singing. There are 10 musicians that play live every night. And all of this chaos that happens during the show is being managed by one person, the production stage manager. A couple hundred hand props are taken care of daily. Hamilton averages 13 daily loads of laundry for 32 cast members. It takes an entire village of people to put this on 8 times a week, and to make sure that all the 32 actors have to do, is show up and perform. That chaos is my life and I love every minute of it! And like some others, I'd highly recommend watching other musicals that have been filmed live. Newsies, Rent, 42nd Street, Come From Away, Shrek the Musical, Memphis, Kinky Boots, Spongebob, there are plenty more I could recommend!

When you said you couldn’t believe this almost made you cry I chuckled. Someone with your level of empathy and compassion doesn’t stand a chance against Quiet Uptown. Also Burr went down in history as a villain because he was a traitor, not just because of killing Hamilton. I do give the play props though for trying to redeem him, but in reality there’s a bunch of stories about him in bars and taverns bragging about killing him. Kinda a dick

This guy is just like I was the first time I watched this on Disney +. I couldn’t believe how amazing this was. The second time I watched it, I followed along with the lyrics I googled and just kept saying “OMG. This is even more amazing than I thought!!” It’s pure poetry. Plus I started googling some of the characters and battles and read up on the revolutionary war. This is awe inspiring. THANK YOU Lin Manuel Miranda for setting this in motion!!!

So fun watching along with you! It took 6 YEARS for Lin to write Hamilton! He is a musical & lyrical genius! The double use of words like “union” & “satisfied” as in marriage & country were amazing! The turntable floors were fabulous in getting across the motif of time... passing, pausing, spinning, rewinding, running out.... The thread that gives me chills is that Eliza wrote herself into the narrative when marrying Hamilton, wrote herself out of the narrative after his affair, but in the end she WROTE the narrative of his life! Wow! Fun Fact: Jefferson wouldn’t have been able to make the Louisiana Purchase without the financial system Hamilton set up! Lin has introduced Broadway to a whole new generation (youngers) and rap to a whole new generation (olders)!!!

As a Theater and English major from 1975, and having done theater, I would like to welcome you to the wonderful world of theater. Please go see more.

Lin also wrote 'in the heights' and helped with moana, and encanto

I love Hamilton so much. Its the perfect way to get the new generation interested in history. Just a few notes here. 1. Lin-Manuel Miranda (The actor who played Hamilton in this show) also wrote all the lyrics and music himself (Which some help from Alex Lacamoire who helped with composition and did the orchestrations) 2. There are some of the things in the songs that Lin added for dramatic effect and isn't 100% historically accurate (Like Angelica saying she's the firstborn child and that her father has no sons, she actually had 3 older brothers) I don't feel that this takes away from the musical at all, its just something to remember.

I've watched each of these performances at least 6 or 7 times now, and I still end up sobbing. What an emotional roller coaster! And can we talk about the sheer brilliance of the stage craft here? Each time you watch it you will see something new. Take the actress who is known as "The Bullet" because she carries the bullet each time it hits one of the characters. Or the way the ballroom scene "rewinds" LIVE as Angelica launches into "Satisfied." Or the way the cast and scenery portray an actual Caribbean hurricane. Just brilliant.

And another Hamil-fan is born! Welcome! Enjoyed your excitement about this Hamilton production. Lin is the greatest. And he knows how to surround himself with very talented people--onstage and behind the scenes. You will probably find yourself listening to the soundtrack and singing along... the first stage of Ham-love. And then there are a few books, the official website, actors' twitter accounts, and youtube Hamiliton reactions... So here we are. May you one day be able to go to a live performance of Hamilton. An experience to treasure for a lifetime.

Why has nobody talked about when Lin-Manuel is sobbing during Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)?? After Lafayette says "Freedom for America, Freedom for France!" Lin-Manuel says "Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!" That is GREAT acting!!

Not sure if anyone's told you yet, there's a chorus member who is called The Bullet. Anytime she touches a main character, they die. Rewatch and see if you can spot it all (she's got the puffy top knot). She helps Laurens take down a british soldier, then they shake hands and after he dies. She touches Phillip's chest when he's looking for George Eaker, then Phillip dies. She's the bullet that whizzes over Hamilton's head. She's literally the bullet in the end battle.

"This is the purest form of acting right here. No cuts, no transitions, pure acting." a lot of musicals are like that and it honestly amazes me too how they body and slay their performances while doing high notes, acting, and doing insane choreography at the same time.

1 thing I heard Lin Manuel Miranda say in an interview about Hamilton was that for the rest of Burrs life after shooting Hamilton, he would introduce himself to people by saying: "Hello, my name is Arron Burr and I killed my best friend Alexander Hamilton." He apparently was a ghost of his former self after killing Hamilton.

Every day I find a new Hamilton reaction is like christmas

Aussie: I never thought a live performance could almost make me into tears- Me (thinking of It's Quiet Uptown): JUST YOU WAIT!!

One guy, same guy wrote everything. The same guy who's playing Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a f*$%ing GENIUS!!!! Apart from that, musical theater actors are in my opinion, some of the most talented people in the world. They sing, dance, act. They do it 8 times a week in front of live audiences. Not just these actors, all of them. I'm an avid musical theater fan, and there is nothing like a live theater performance!!! I'm glad Hamilton is making this apparent to people who have never been exposed to theater.

one of your next reactions needs to be Encanto! the music is by Lin Manuel Miranda, who starred in and wrote Hamilton, and its such an incredible Disney movie!

There's a hilarious anecdote Lin Manuel Miranda told an interviewer once about how the song "You'll Be Back" came about. At the time of working on writing that song, he was working on the set of the show "House M.D", starring the legend that is Hugh Laurie. They were talking about what he was working on and he expressed frustration about a "breakup song" he was writing for King George to the Americans, and Hugh turned on his poshest kingly voice and went, "Oh...you'll be back." And thus, the song was born.

Aaron Burr was Hamilton's best friend and was the VP of the United States when he shot and killed Hamilton in 1804.

Your reaction was my favorite Hamilton reaction ever, and I’ve watched A LOT lol your enthusiasm and passion for how good this is, is how we all feel, it’s amazing how talented Lin is. How talented they all are.

it’s sooo funny to see him talking about Lin Manuel Miranda not knowing that HE IS THE CREATOR + WRITER of the musical hahahaha so much fun to watch! great reaction

“One Last Time” gets me every time. You should check out the performances at the White House in 2016.

I LOVE HAMILTON!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the privilege of seeing this live this past year and omfg !!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best experiences of my life!

I hope Lin genuinely sees this. Praise for his acting 💕

Great reaction! Here's a fun fact for you: Alexander's and Eliza's second son, also named Alexander, was the lawyer who represented Aaron Burr's second wife in their divorce. It was finalized on the day of Burr's death. To his dying day, Burr couldn't escape the Hamiltons!

when he was on the edge of tears during "that would be enough" i just couldn't help but think: "you've got a big storm coming"

I love how you’re just randomly like “WHO IS THE COMPOSER OF THIS MUSIC, IT IS SPECIAL!!!” lol 😂😂

This is the kind of reaction us reaction fans look for. So glad you like it. Les Miserables is another iconic musical with some amazing performances you should check out.

The guy who played Vice President Aaron Burr deservedly won the Tony Award for best actor.

I urge urge you to watch more theatre, musicals etc on here. It's not the artform that some people think. Its one of the most creative mediums in the world, far more exciting than Hollywood movies. Hamilton has played around the globe, its run for years on Broadway and London.

I recommend Into the Woods Broadway version if you haven’t seen it. It has few fairy tales that’s into one story together

As an extreme fan of this show, to the point where I've had the honor of seeing it 4 times live (4 different casts including the original Broadway cast right before they won ALL the Tonys), I gotta say it's so great to see a reactor experience this show as their first taste of live theatre. This show it ELECTRIC live. I wept openly every single time. One of the greatest Broadway experiences in existence. Long may it reign.

I've always said Broadway has the best actors, not to look down on Hollywood because there are lots of talented people too, but the rawness of live theater, specially musical theatre that conveys singing, acting and dancing at the same time... Is something else.

Lin's emotion during Quiet Uptown made me cry. So powerful. But also how can one man be such a genius to write all the music he does and be such a humble, lovable cupcake. And he is only in his early 40s so we can still look forward to so much more from him.

Ya know, it was Laurens death that (in the musical at least) solidified that he had to do everything. He had to be non-stop, or his hope for a legacy would die... Like how Laurens' father wrote that his dream died with him. Without it, I don't believe it would have driven him down this spiral

I heard a rumor that Philippa got a call just before they recorded that her mother died. So her emotional acting was real because she used that real pain and grief to add to her performers. Not sure if it’s true but her scream when philip dies is legit heart wrenching .

im so glad you got to experience this wonderful musical, also that you’ve found a way to make everything work out in your personal life. taking wknds off sounds great for you and your family. enjoy the time now because before you know it, ur kids wb graduating high school and then getting married and you’ll wonder where the heck time went. good luck, take care and we’ll be right here with you every step of the way. 🙏🏼✊🏽❤️🎥

Nice! I didn't expect this but I'm definitely along for the ride Edit: I'm so happy they got Lin-Manuel (the guy who plays Hamilton) to write the music for Moana

19:10 “i never thought a love performance could almost make me into tears” just you wait lmao

Always great to see this great show create a new fan. Never gets old. I was 4 years late to it myself. Watched with family and friends and they selected the Movie not me. I ended up so emotional by the end I was speechless. Finally recently saw it live in LA last month. Thanks for posting this one ✌️.

Cant believe you reacted to this, so glad you did this is amazing. Cant wait till see your reaction to satisfied and seeing it all rewound.

These guys aren’t only super talented, but insanely hardworking. Not only did the actor for Hamilton write the whole thing, but they would do like 10 shows a week at this level of excellence. Also, Adam Savage from Mythbusters has a bunch of really cool behind the scenes videos for this play on his channel. They go over the props, moving stage, sound engineering, etc.

About taxing whiskey in the south, look up the "Whiskey Rebellion" 😊. Thanks for sharing your reaction and your heart with us. Don't apologize for your emotion, we appreciate your heart.

Hamilton gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to any of the songs, and the acting is just amazing! I would love to someday after all of this to go and see it live.

Absolutely see a live show if and when you can. It truly is an experience and totally different from television and film.

When you get into it and watch other videos on Hamilton you'll find out how intricate this is. The 1st person to get killed the woman man she's a soldier, She becomes what they call the bullet. She signifies every attempt on someone's life or proceeding death she traces the line of the bullet once when Hamilton was writing and it was a near miss another time when hamilton's son died hamilton's sun dies and she traces and slows the bullet when Hamilton dies. There are so many little things and big things it's amazing the more you go into it even how the music is written. Is Howard Ho Is a music theorist theorist I'm not sure if that's a ride word. But he describes how the music moves itself along the writing and the tone and how and how intricate it really is. There will be college courses taught on how to write music based on how they did it. Thanks it was a great review and this is my favorite play. Windman will Miranda also Wrote moana, His 1st play was in the heights which is amazing it was made into a movie which was great but came out at a bad time you know pandemic.

him *only on Helpless* : This is absolutely amazing! me: *just you wait*

Lin is a real talent. Singer, dancer, actor and he wrote the whole musical.

If you're blown away by the acting without cuts or transitions watching this on video, just imagine being there in person, where they can see you, hear you, and sometimes react to the audience reactions. Live theatre is MAGIC. And they do it over again EVERY NIGHT.

Before this, Lin wrote a Broadway show called In The Heights, it was a hig hit and has recently been turned In to a big movie. You should check it out, it's superb

I will never, ever stop watching Hamilton reactions. There is something magical about watching someone discovering the genius.

ahh! I yelled at my screen so many times its him! He's playing Hamilton! He wrote this amazing masterpiece! His name is Lin Manuel Miranda! This video is pretty old but if you havent checked out his other works he also wrote songs for a few disney films including Moana and Encanto. The guy who plays Washington actually also voices a character in that film. He also has written songs and voice acted in a movie called Vivo on netflix and has written another screen play called In The Heights which was turned into a movie with the actor playing Laurence in it and does a cameo. His mind is truly amazing!

There's honestly nothing like live theater. This is one of the best, but it's nearly always amazing.

I’ll never forget watching this for the first time. The way Eliza’s gasp resonated with me .. just immediately sobbed. I can tell it hit you as well. There’s nothing like it.

If you ever come to Broadway get a ticket to Hamilton - live is absolutely amazing, and the current cast is fabulous.

Lin Manuel Miranda worked on this for six years after he did the first song at the White House for President Obama.

The fact guns and ships is not only the fastest rap in Broadway history but it’s done in a French accent is mind blowing

You just popped up on my recommended because of my adoration and love for the Broadway play "Hamilton".... You've completely entranced me and now I'm a Subscriber 🙂 Thank you for making me laugh, your commentary is just so great!! xx Signed- an American (who was taught literally nothing about Alexander Hamilton in high school)

I listened to the soundtrack obsessively for about a year before I saw the film on Disney. First time I got to the sad bit in the middle (don't want to spoil it for anyone reading comments early) I had to stop myself sobbing in the office xD I was crying watching your reaction! Some interesting tidbits that most people probably don't pick up on unless they continue reading about the characters; the song that Burr and Hamilton sing together, Dear Theodosia, has some double meanings. Both Hamilton and Burr were devoted fathers; Burr insisted on giving his daughter a full education, as any boy would have received and Hamilton spent a lot of time with his children despite all his work, and they probably were hoping for their children to grow into strong characters who would "blow us all away". However, they also both lost their first born children as they were effectively "blown away". Theodosia was killed when her boat disappeared in a storm - on her way to go visit her father - so she was "blown away" and Phillip, as you could see, was shot. Hamilton's younger son grew up to be a lawyer and actually acted as divorce lawyer for Burr's second wife when she left him. Burr died the same day the divorce was finalized.

My kids purchased tickets for us to see Hamilton on Broadway for Christmas gift. Yes, I cried. Never did I think I'd see Hamilton live, let alone in the room where it happened.

Your reaction to Phillip's death and "It's Quiet Uptown" was so pure and genuine and sweet.

What a magnificent introduction to musical theater! I'm so glad your first experience was with such a masterpiece!

42:10 actually, they had i think 7 children at the time. In a musical you have to cut a out a lot of things cause there is no way to make time to aaaall of it. And to all of what its said to be relevant to the show. Anyway its quite sad, their second child and eldest daughter (they named her Angelica after of course Eliza's sister) really LOVED her brother Philip and when he was killed she suffered a mental breakdown that let her in a stated described as "eternal childhood" and often unable to recognize family members.

If you want to read more about Alexander Hamilton, I'd recommend the book that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to write Hamilton in the first place. "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow. I liked it. He also writes one on George Washington if you are interested in him as well.

They recorded this movie over 3 performances. 2 live with with audience and once without the audience so they could get the closeups they needed and not interfere with the show.

I went to see this in Washington DC with absolutely no information about the show. I hadn't heard any music, didn't really know the story. By the third song I was absolutely blown away when I realized that they hadn't stopped singing once. I've seen a lot of theater, and that is not normal even for musicals. This is one of those works of art that just makes you sit in awe of how creative human beings can be.

I loved hearing you discover the joy of live!!! The energy between a live audience and live performance is so exciting. Another huge benefit of live from an actors standpoint is that it's in sequence - so you get to go on the journey together. Whereas film isn't generally filmed in sequence, it makes the actors job different. I hope you get to go see something in person soon!!

Thank you for this! Ever since I saw your "Titanic" reaction, I've been waiting for you to react to Hamilton! I love watching genuine, authentic, emotional reactions to this incredible work of art. Never apologize for crying! I have a short playlist of good Hamilton reaction videos, and this is going on there:)

Hamilton was the best thing I watched in 2021.

Us theatre people do it 8 times a week, no lipsynch, we it do it better than regular actors 😀

If you like the live musical recordings, there is one of the musical Rent that is pretty great. The woman who plays Angelica is also in it. Rent is a rock opera written by Jonathan Larson if you’re interested

Here’s a fun fact! Ariana DeBose, the chorus member playing the bullet, also plays Anita in the new West Side Story movie!

You had such a beautiful, pure reaction. I appreciate your empathetic soul and your willingness to show that to the world. Thank you so much.

Hamilton is showing in Sydney and soon in Melbourne with an Australian cast, so you COULD technically see it if you want! :)

it is fantastic to see you be able to appreciate theater for the first time in your life...I grew up seeing many plays and musicals, from high school productions to professional shows, so it's amazing to see someone who has never done so be able to experience the joys of theater I think one of the best things about hamilton being recorded and available to watch at any time is the ability for so many to see a theatrical performance when they otherwise might not be able to for one reason or another

I would love to hear your interpretation of Eliza's gasp at the end! Different theories, but some people are confused when they first see it. Also, I wonder if Tanya might want to react to this with you another time! Thank you for your videos, they bring a great deal of joy.

It makes me chuckle that during songs where Phillipa Soo and Renée Elise Goldsberry are out there killing it, you call out Lin for having an amazing voice 🤣.

The greatest thing about Hamilton its how a Liric has so many layers to Hip Hop to theather and to history and be social coment at the same time. See how the diferents schools of rap blend (west and a east) how Lin evoque dr Dre, Tupac etc and the same time Sodenheim and Larsson and yet keep historic center its genius

The one and only genius of Lin Manuel Miranda wrote this epic masterpiece along with so many other songs in Disney and others

Beautiful art, the best of it, makes us feel, that's kind of the point. I love your honest reaction.