It is 45 minutes. Tonights program is the room where it happened, hamilton jumelctions to the morris mansion. As many of you know it is the oldest house in manhattan. Strongy does it have a connection to Alexander Hamilton , but also to George Washington, aaron burr. We are fortunate to have carol ward the executive director of the mansion is our god tonight. She has been there for eight years. She is an art historian who is an expert bringing contemporary art and to this setting. Her book about this mansion is available or sailed down stairs and she will be signing her book downstairs after the program. She will be available for your russians at the time. Please welcome carol ward. Thank you. I wanted to thank the Historical Society and cap me for inviting me. This is a topic that can fill a room. There are cocktails being served the somewhere. I am glad that you are here in the room with me. We are going to talk a little bit about the history behind the musical as it relates to the m
Of a show he had done from a couple of good friends and we went up in 2002 to see his senior thesis. He walked around the corner. Not my finest hour. It was pretty good. Senior thesis, not so much. Walked around the corner and i promptly dropped something showing my swap this immediately. He dropped his soda. He saw me dropping a soda and rubbing into the carpet and a, im going to change her life. I might have just said hello. The first time we sat down to talk was to talk about that. Charactersis a great but should be in more of the show. Washington heights should be the first song. This guy is going to make my show a lot better. He is after the same thing i am. Demo versiond this and i had two years to wait to meet him. Charlie what was the buzz about this one . Bold. In doing things the way they should be done. Charlie sort of like Alexander Hamilton . If only i had known. He was the freshman that was in the played the senior debt. He was the guy writing the show and producing it hi
When i first saw lin, i had heard about this early version of a show he had done from a couple of good friends and we went up in 2002 to see his senior thesis. He walked around the corner. Not my finest hour. It was pretty good. Senior thesis, not so much. Lin walked around the corner and i promptly dropped something showing my sloppiness nesspiness suave immediately. He dropped his soda. He saw me dropping a soda and rubbing it into the carpet and like, im going to change your life. I might have just said hello. The first time we sat down to was to talk about the heights. He said he is a great characters but should be in more of the show. Washington heights should be the first song. And i realized this guy is going to make my show a lot better. He is after the same thing i am. I had heard this demo version in 2000 and i had two years to think about what i was going to say when i met him. Charlie what was the buzz about this one . Bold. Not interested in doing things the way they shoul
About time you got here. Daveed i love it here. Charlie tell me how you ended up in hamilton. Linid so i have known and our director, tommy, for a long time. Through a group called freestyle love so supreme. Concerts thatrap involved a lot of sketch comedy elements. So i have been part of this group because i met another Founding Member of the group because we were both call this called to substitute teach the same class in the bay area. This clerical error, i ended up in a group with lin. We were performing at the super bowl in 2012, i think, whenever it was in new orleans, maybe 2013. Tommy was directing that event. After it was over, he told to me is writing a, lin rap musical about alexander hamilton. I said it was a terrible idea. He asked if i would come to a reading at vassar. I had no money, i would do anything you ask me to do right now if there is a check at attached to it. He sent me the script. He sent me the script as it was thus far, the first act and some scattered songs
Im never warmer. I prefer cigar. Did you do the thing . That through an island southwest, that thing. That was an embellishment of dr. Watson. If i ever write a story myself, it will be to correct the millions of misconceptions created by his imagination. Murder. I did not know your stories. I decided to write one before i die. What are the odds you would know to men that worked on that . I didnt actually know him. We are about to start an investigation. How could you tell . It is usually about once right. The man changed yesterday. A drop will more than surprise you. I demand you produce it. Voila. Now we must find it. A convincing set of circumstances giving the given the intention to murder your husband. Charlie i am pleased to have ian mckellen back at this table. I have interviewed you for a number of years. You look fantastic. Whatever it is youre doing, continue to do it. If acting is the secret, continue to act. Ian we both work and we both like working. Charlie it is good for