HAMILTON | STORY OF TONIGHT | Full Performance - Musical Theatre Coach Reacts 

Anthony has definitely read the letters between Laurens and Hamilton. That LOOK. Amazing.

ANTHONY RAMOS IS SO UNDERRATED. i love him. like he killed it as lauren’s andd philip. the emotion and small details he puts into his acting is incredible. Like during the reprise when hamilton finds out lauren’s passed or during blow us all away when he gives philip that fire.

Lin’s “oh shit!” will never not make me laugh. This is definitely one of the most fun numbers and I always enjoy it.

Daveed's charisma is just overpowering, anytime he's on stage my eyes just go straight to him. He has such an amazing stage presence as both Lafayette and Jefferson. It's not just that he gets some of the best one liners ('you are the worst, burr' and 'My God' during We Know come to mind) but he just walks around the stage like he owns it, like he's the actual lead of the play. Which is perfect for both of his roles, especially Jefferson.

Can we just talk about the beauty of Anthony's voice in this piece? I love it.

Interestingly, Laurens sings the "I may not live to see our glory" in the story of tonight reprise, and, of course, he doesn't. Nice, subtle bit of foreshadowing.

Honestly, Anthony's voice is really one of my favorites in terms of the expressiveness of his voice. Its the subtlety that gets me, its so effective. How precious he sings "raise a glass to freedom" has me having it as one of my favorite lines. 😙👌🏻

I lose it every time Anthony Ramos, “Well IIIII hearrrrrrrd you got a special someone on the siiiiiide Burrrrrrrr” as it causes Leslie to break character. I would bet that Anthony really exaggerated this line during the performances getting filmed to evoke a stronger reaction. Definitely one of the most fun numbers in the show with this interaction on top of Lin’s “Oh shit!”

He is missing the third part of it. When Anthony’s character dies and Lin’s character is seeing him when he is dead after he gets the letter from the fathers.

The sweetness in Anthony’s voice just makes me melt, each time he sings! For me, he did an amazing job through the show.

It's not just the lines daveed says. It's the looks he gives. Like when Burr seemingly comes from nowhere. Lol

Such a clever piece of staging @8:14 - Burr enters, is greeted immediately and cheerfully congratulated by Hamilton. But Burr is distracted by the three amigos and fails to see Hamilton saluting him in a very respectful manner and the chasm between them widens once again. (Hamilton does not help his case by immediately reminding Burr that he won the aide-de-camp battle and Washington's confidence. Plus he is a saucy little minx and calls it "George's journal" when the only possible address for Washington is "General." Hamilton knows this, knows that Burr knows that he knows this, and gives exactly zero fucks and goes with it anyway). Fast forward to "Your Obedient Servant" and Burr makes Hamilton's "disrespect" the casus belli for his duel challenge.

one little subtle moment in the reprise that always makes me smile is that when they repeat “i’ve seen wonders great and small” the wonderfully drunk alex puts a hand on his chest for great and on mulligan’s for small, joking about their difference in size. i definitely didn’t catch it my first time watching it though, but i’ve seen the whole thing so many times by now haha

I'm actually really disappointed that you didn't include the final instance of the song, because that instance really brings the emotional weight of it to the forefront. The 4 men would die for freedom, 1 did, and his ghost inspired Hamilton to do the work of 2 men.

Here's the problem, Marc -- every time you study one of these songs, I NEED TO WATCH THE ENTIRE SHOW AGAIN! But, that's okay! The first scene has echoes of the students in the tavern in Les Miz. I like the understated casual approach to the harmonies that add to the context of the drinking buddy atmosphere in both scenes.

This song is one of the shorties but has so many purposes is impressive, I mean, stablish the friendship and the bond the four have, the willingness to die for the freedom of the colonies, creates the atmosphere for Laurens' death (for me, his death wouldnt be so sad if it wasnt for this song, I mean, is a "minor" character after all), stablish that Burr is kinda left out of the friendship, and is brought out again for Hamilton's last words when he's kill by Burr... I mean, its amazing how such a short song and apparently "not so important" does so much

Can we just take a moment and appreciate how Mark introduces each number! It’s so epic to me haha!! THIS is “The Story of Tonight” 😍😍

Lin playing drunk is hilarious

This short melody (accurate or not) is quite powerful in moving the story forward (pun intended). The audience sees how these 4 men went from acquaintances to comrades in a cause. The brotherhood feeling draws us in and compels us to care about their success, individually and collectively.

There are two instances where LMM does not rely on what’s comfortable during emotional moments. When he stands up to Washington and says, “Call me son one more time!” And in Hurricane when he says, “And when my prayers to God were met with indifference I picked up a pen, I wrote my own deliverance!” Maybe you should watch them again.

Haha I love how you just kept listening into Wait For It, my personal fav song of the show :) Ive had so many occasions where I tell myself I just want to watch the opening of the show (AH, then My Shot particularly), then I find myself justifying continuing until at least Wait For It

Anthony Ramos' vocal tone and vibrato really shines in The Story of Tonight. Also his digs at Burr in the Reprise get me every time 🤣👏🏻

I love Anthony in both Story of Tonight and its Reprise. The first one is more relaxed in its tone and slightly more dark-ish. It really speaks to the audience, and Laurens Gay Stares at Hamilton are pretty accurate (my opinion). In the Reprise I love how it's more upbeat and more comedy based, faking being drunk, the funny dance line lead by Mulligan, and of course Laurens coming up to Burr for no reason and pissing him off. It's just amazing what these guys can do, seriously.

I can't describe to you how this is my favorite part of Act I (besides Satisfied). The five brothers playing off of each other. It's beautiful. And directors can play all day, but, hey, Tommy K. specifically blocked Hamilton and Laurens being the closet during all of it. My heart!

I wish you would have added the second reprise when John Laurens dies.

Awesome as usual. The two underrated Hamilton songs that I would love for you to react to are Nonstop, and Take a Break. Also a trip back to France for Master of the House. Not the movie version of Les Miserables. Any version but that!

Getting to see four men of color singing about friendship is honestly so exciting and moving. Hamilton was the first time I had ever seen anything like it in a big-time musical ❤️

Daveed is someone you can't help but watch no matter who else is on the stage. Thank you for mentioning Okieriete Onaodowan's voice. I think it's amazing and hope we see him in other projects. Would you consider doing the song "Washington on your Side" soon?

Marc, I have to say that i love it when you stop the video to give us comments and thoungs about the performance, because you give us a different perspective for what are we used for, and its incredible. Don't have to apologize everytime you stop haha hugs from Brazil ♥️ love your videos

So good and I loved your comment about Anthony "mocking" Leslie's style here. It's such a great choice. Oh! Speaking of great choices Anthony Ramos makes, are we ready to get some In The Heights movie reactions from you? I mean, I'm willing to wait for it...but I don't wanna!

I just love watching you watch Hamilton, Marc! I have the same feelings that I can see on your face. So awesome.

I actually only made the "Tomcat" reference the other night and only just noticed that Laurens and Hamilton are the first to sing "I may not live to see our glory" respectively in the reprieve and the first version of this song. That is bloody foreshadowing of which characters in this story will *not* make it to the end of the musical at its *Finest!* And I also feel a bit silly that I only made those connections in the last two days while I have been an avid - and to my friend vocal - fan of this amazing musical since about 2019/2020. Still, that's the beauty of this masterpiece. It just doesn't matter how many times you watch/listen to it, you'll almost always notice something new that gets you hooked and reaffirms the beauty of this show. Which is why, if this piece *ever* comes to Holland, I will gladly pay a couple hundred to go see it, no joke.

You have explained each number so well!

Yes please ..... do wait for it again!! I didn’t want you to stop playing it ☺️

My FAAAAAAAV part of The Story of Tonight is how Anthony Ramos as Laurens gazes at Hamilton like a hungry man staring at a cheeseburger. His subtle portrayals of their relationship are SO good!

oooooh finally, one of my TOP 3 Hamilton songs . Love it

Yes please!!!! Another Wait For It video!! That's my favorite song of this musical because I can sing it best!!!

What stands out for me is how much they were dancing and moving. They do such a great job on this piece even out of breath! You can see Anthony when they sit down, how heavily he's breathing.

Find someone who looks at you the way Anthony Ramos looks at Lin-Manuel in this song

I love and adore the cast, but the ensemble is magic!

I get chills every time the ensemble comes in I honestly thought you were getting into another wait for it reaction and I was all here for it I requested this a couple times before, but this seems like the right video to ask again. Can you react to Lin Manuel and Ben Plat singing found/tonight

The fact that you made it that far into wait for it proves once again that is genuinely one of these singularly best numbers in the show. I'm just sitting here resonating so deeply with your inability to pause at that moment

Nonstop, please!

What that intro to "Wait For It" does to my heart! It is deceptively peppy, but we are about to discover the humanity of our antagonist. Burr does not understand that his attempt at such rigid control just serves to highlight his vulnerability.

Are you planning to do the new in the heights movie?

Honestly Anthony sings so beautifully and has so much charm, he's either making me emotional or laugh. I really do like listening to his voice whether he plays Laurens or Philip (or Justin Laboy 😂) Hey Marc, I would really love it if you could react to Hadestown performance of "Road to Hell/Wait for Me" for the Tony's (2019) I mentioned reacting to the reprise before but with this one, you see them perform it like they do in an official performance, it is just magnificent 💙

Please do Washington on Your Side soon! I enjoy your videos so much!

Justice for Laurens.... the letter! You left out the letter😭

The thoughts of "I would die for that" and how flippant people are saying things like that is absolutely true. We all know those people who say "ride or die!" But I have questions: where are we going and why do we have to die? When push comes to shove, who REALLY means it?

Pls do "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story" next!

Pls pls do Nonstop next! 🙏🏾

My ad was for Hadestown! I'm so glad that Broadway is back!

I've said this on other RU-vid videos as well, but Story of Tonight is the American Revolution's version of Les Mis' French Revolution's Red and Black.

I was fully prepared to just go into Wait For It again, too.

You touch on it briefly, but part of the reason this musical is such a masterpiece is because of the amazing narrative and musical transitions. This is one of many instances where it can be hard to tell the difference between where one song ends and another begins at a glance.

I agree with you on the way Lin Manuel shows his emotions.

please do a video about "Non-Stop" the and of act one!

I love the contrast here between the original song and the first reprise - the first is all high ideals, the second is really personal, but using the same melody to link them as they’re both about the relationship between the four characters. Also love the Burr/Hamilton section. Hamilton’s reactions here - seeming genuinely happy that Burr is there, chasing the other guys away so he can talk to Burr - show that he and Burr are still on good terms, even though Burr isn’t part of the same group as the others, and even though Hamilton says he doesn’t understand Burr.

There’s a third reprise! Anthony (Laurens) singing alone!

Drunk Lafayette reminds me of Jefferson in What'd I miss. And yes I know it's both Daveed. It's just his movement I love.

Hi Marc! I really appreciate your channel and the dialogue you create regarding differences in opinion. I half heartily agree with you regarding LMM’s voice and acting. I also see where the commenter had a point. Personally I enjoyed Hamilton so much that his singing and performance was fine for me. I do like that he adds emotion and would rather have that than bad/pitchy singing but also I can see why you don’t buy it either ! Excellent critics from both parties !

Dang, you stopped just at my favorite Burr part, when he peeks at the camera after "while her husband is away." Now I gotta go find Wait For It.

I first heard this song from "we the kings"

Please react to the entire play!

I feel the friendship between Hamilton and Burr during that exchange.

07:27! and 08:27! Genius. lol. I love it.

When is Marc going to finish this musical??

Pls review “Satisfied” version by Emmy Raver-Lampman

Review who lives , who dies as well 🥰

Still waiting for the rest of the Hamilton songs 😪

Watch the show Song Exploder on Netflix. The episode with LMM about how he wrote Wait For It is AMAZING.

Now he needs to react to in the heights.

If you like Daveed watch the "schuyler sisters" hamilton lottery bit that they did outside the theatre

Okay, this is relevant to this song, just not the performance... If anyone has listened to "Found Tonight", I think that we can agree it has a perfect balance between songs and just downright sounds great!

I just think it's hilarious (and a bit foreshadowing) how Hamilton just says "Okay" to her being married like it's not a big deal.

The fun thing is that they mention the tomcat, and then go "that's true", when it actually isn't. She didn't name hers after him, she just called him one.

There's arguably a hint of motivation in that song on Burrs side. Hamilton tells him to pursue the woman he loves, he does, and later loses her. That then triggers the motivation to shoot hamilton because "he won't make an orphan of my daughter".

can you please do a reaction of "NON-STOP"? It is such a complex number, with so many layers and reprisals, I would love to watch you break it down and give your opinion. Thank you

Lets be honest: The Way Laurens (Anthony) looks at Hamilton (Lin) at the first Part is the Way hiw You Look at the whole Hamilton-Cast 😉 And it's totally understandable

I really hope you react to the Les Miserables 10th anniversary, 'Master of the House' and maybe even compare to the movie version? I think the stage has so much more character to it all while the movie version is boring and they seem to be half asleep XD

When Laurens (of course Anthony) says, “Raise a glass to the four of us.” it's a slight historical inaccuracy. Cause this song was set in 1777, Hamilton hasn't met Lafayette and Laurens yet. And another inaccuracy is when Laurens says, “There’s hope for our ass, after all!” Lafayette, Laurens, and Mulligan were already married by the time Alex got married. Mulligan in 1773, Lafayette in 1774, and Laurens in 1776. But besides the historical inaccuracies, it's still a very awesome musical. AND I understand entirely that the musical is not wholly accurate; Lin even said it (I think). You guys really need to stop twisting my words and putting them in my mouth.

I am still waiting for Who Lives who dies who tells your story MDP

I completely agree with you about Lin’s method when in distress, it doesn’t feel genuine and often distracts me from being in the moment I love him and mad respect and he shines with the raps etc but when he does that it makes me nuts and a little disappointed. Just wanted to say I have the same reaction as you to that and agree.

Okay so here's an eternal question - "Story of Tonight or "Drink with me?" in the category of best tragic bro song? 🤔

You HAVE to do Guns and Ships pllleewase

What about Lauren's farewell? Does that count?

Wow … I always heard that line, “to the newly not poor of us” as him having more access to a wife who he could have sex with lol 😂

"shooler?"

Where's Lauren's interlude???

Okay, lol idk if you’ll see this, but Schuyler is not pronounced Shooler, it’s pronounced Skylar. I also do not mean to be rude, just thought I should let you know.

I really still want to go to see the musical live. But I am too scared that I am so used to the voices of Leslie and Daveed that it will make it less enjoyable. Like Lin, I can miss. I like his version but Leslie is so iconically good. irreplaceable. Greetings from the Netherlands!

Would love if you reacted to Leslie Odom, Jr. live with the San Francisco Symphony singing 'Sarah' (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kFxA4OjN6z0.html) OR him performing Minnie the Moocher (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DEMxy6Pd-J8.html) just because I feel both performances show the complete other side of the coin to his voice - the POWER in it that I feel not even Hamilton did justice to

Anthony's look to Lin...Laurens said #gayrights

Pardon, did he just pronounce Schuyler as Shoo-ler???

That would be awesome if you would react on new Bo Burnham special - Inside

With Lin's performance of Hamilton I feel like defaulting to the same emotional tactic makes sense.. we watch the show we can tell that Alexander is a narcissistic made by the things that happened to him as a kid... So he wouldnt be able to feel the same emotions as others.. in a lot of ways its reactionary to be able to convey the minute feelings he would feel compared to the higher feelings others would find easy. hes had to watch and relearn how to have feelings... and a default reaction that would be felt as appropriate for how others are reacting .. now that being said how he reacts after Philips death is more of that "pretend" feelings actually breaking away for him to really feel again... Thats my take on it anyways.

Marc, love your channel, but Mrs. Washington never referred to Hamilton as a Tomcat nor did she name her cat after Hamilton. Both these narratives have been debunked by historians. Furthermore, the reference was not made until well after both of their deaths in 1860. It's a popular myth that has been perpetuated over the centuries by story tellers.

im sorry, the shoeler family?

I absolutely agree with you on how Lin Manuel Miranda sings or makes up for his lack of singing ability in trying to convey emotion. It takes me out of the moment a bit everytime he does it. He is brilliant in what he does in terms of his talent in writing composing and so on, it's just when he tries to do that, I tend to be put off it and how often he falls to it to get his point across.

I think it's common for people trying to defend their favorite performers who are unqualified singers in musicals by calling "acting!" You explored all those nuances in your Les Mis videos perfectly. The thing is, I don't think LMM is a particularly gifted actor, either.