Hamilton, the musical

The cast album for Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical based on the life of Alexander Hamilton just came out (available on iTunes, spotify, etc.). It's an interesting show-- and a bunch of famous people, from the Obamas to Dick Cheney have attended it. Daryl Morey is a apparently a fan, too.

You can listen to it on NPR's website here:

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/21/440925873/first-listen-cast-recording-hamilton

When Miranda wrote the first song of the play in 2009, he performed it at the White House:

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Just thought those of us who like to talk politics may take an interest in this.

 

A pricing bubble for Hamilton tickets would be so very fitting. I bet Alexander himself would laugh his ass off at this.

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/HamiltonMusical">@HamiltonMusical</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets">@HoustonRockets</a> it's nice to have Washington on our side <a href="http://t.co/Es2lWwE44L">pic.twitter.com/Es2lWwE44L</a></p>&mdash; Daryl Morey (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/647780378070138880">September 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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