Hamilton : the revolution

I've listened to the Hamilton soundtrack like a thousand times (okay, not nearly that many). Someday I will get to see it performed live. I love this show, even though I've never seen it. Seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda's notes on the lyrics, and his hand-written journals, and photos of the performance, and hearing the cast stories about the creation and evolution and production of this hip-hop musical - it all nearly brought me to tears a few times. It's just so great. Way to go, Hamiltome.

I simultaneously listened to the audiobook and paged through the library's print copy. The text of the book is good in audio format (narrated by Mariska Hargitay), but there's a lot of material that you can't get the full experience by listening to the audio, particularly in regard to the lyric notes; Lin reads off his notes, but if you're not looking at the song lyrics while he does, you're not going to know what he's talking about.