Getting Some Culture

A few days ago we gave ourselves the night off from the Writing Cave and decamped to the Auxilliary Cavern to watch Hamilton. Yes, it’s as good as everyone says. You should watch it.

You might want to watch it twice, to catch all the fantastic wordplay. There are a lot of words, and it’s all sung through. It’s an impressive feat to have so many great lines, and to sustain it throughout the show.

What’s also very impressive is its macro-level storytelling. Alexander Hamilton covered a lot of ground, and he did it at a very lively point in history. That such an epic plot is constructed entirely in song — there is no spoken dialog to cheat the plot forward — is a little mind-blowing.

Naturally, what we geek out about is the writing. But we wouldn’t want to give the impression that it was “like watching a good book.” Yes, the wordsmithing is stellar, but so was everything else. The costumes, the choreography, the music, the singing, the acting, the entire show is marvelous. You should watch it.

A writing partner is someone you can enjoy a great show with on your night off.