Hamilton, the Show
Extraordinaire! The musical without compare
Details the part Alexander played and how he
And others the foundation laid for our times today
But like Shakespeare past, all in rhyme, with clever twists
Who but Lin might envision a play with the play on words
That hip-hop affords, a tragedy, heroic drama. Comedy in one
With a mad King and a president, both named George?
And a man with whom to reckon, named Aaron Burr, sir.
Like time itself the actors move at rates incredible
Leaps and lunges, large and lucid, spins and plunges
Actors make the story move, speak the line with passion
Bring out the comic laugh with a twist of hand or foot.
Slip on a jacket, at once revolutionary is,
Change the same and then a red-coat be.
Actors convince and carry the story, musical reality;
Founding fathers no matter size, gender or race.
Memorable lines, likely to live over time
Speak for themselves “Immigrants: we get the job done!”
Jefferson, Madison, Franklin appear,
Hamilton himself, and wife Eliza, everyone
Place yourself in the hands of genius, let words and pace
Transform the stage into a slice of history
Deftly led into the past (with subtle allusions to present)
Hamilton deserves its many awards, making its own history.
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