This concludes our program. I would like for you to join with me in one final applause in recognition for our honoree tonight who brings us great honor with his presence, great honor with his work, and great honor how he helps the next generation of americans. Thank you. [applause] this week on q a, historian ron chernow. Area he talks about hamilton and the consulting work he did on it. Linmanuel miranda based the musical on mr. Chernows biography of Alexander Hamilton. Brian ron chernow, when did hamilton, Alexander Hamilton first get on your radar screen . First get on your radar screen . Ron well, i started writing it back in 1998, brian. It seems rather comical because the reason that i chose to do Alexander Hamilton, aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the founding fathers, was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. People were coming to regard him as a sort of secondtier founding father. Most americans knew he was on the 10 bill, mayb
With him, is in those cases where he felt obliged to use dramatic license, he would always try to incorporate as many authentic elements into the scene as he could even if he had changed something. Brian if you get on the website today, first of all, you cant buy tickets. Theyre sold out for how far are they sold out . Ron sold out as we talked, through january 2017. Brian so all of this year and then january of next year. Ron yeah. Brian but if you get on and get on these resale websites, 1000 might get you a ticket. Ron yeah, i mean and people have been scalping tickets for 1,500 to 2000, 2500 a ticket. They are certainly routinely scalping for 1000 or 1,500 a ticket. Brian what do you think of that . Ron well, you know, its been frustrating for us because we didnt create this show exclusively for Hedge Fund Managers and private equity [laughter] people, and we have been doing what is within our power to try to offset that. For instance, theres a lottery every night, where the entire
Alexander hamilton aside from the fact that it was the most extraordinary personal story among the Founding Fathers was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. People were coming to regard him as a sort of second tier founding father. Most americans knew he was on the 10 bill, maybe that he had died in a duel with aaron burr, but that was about it. It seems comical that i was, felt as if i was lifting him out of obscurity. Now his name is on the marquee of a broadway show. Brian where were you at the time . What were you doing . Ron i just finished writing my biography of john d. Rockefeller, titan, and what happened i had done a series of books about moguls of the gilded age, and i found that when i would go out to give lectures, people in the audience would start shouting out, do vanderbilt next. Do carnegie next, and i really felt that i was becoming terribly stereotyped as this biographer of gilded age tycoons, and i decided that i wanted to switch periods. And so, Alexander Ha
Been a good boy either youre with the 2 of your mind about once a month or so with the help of all that stupid head sit. There for the laws as your wishes are the only. Uses simple be a short lived in the soon will not. To. Solidly pull we. Also that. Trying to come up. With. The question of the. Knowledge so yes this email is out there should. We can call you. To say good ha. Ha just as well be the one not to sure thaller to. Make. You feel the song. Physically couldnt. Stop. A shower without drama and those she may have fallen through to fool all sinners are going on both found the will sit. On the shelf. Coming just to go without a bone marrow. So they may shoot. Somebody or something about. Our. Example or no woman down here in common w. Or. Children you have the. Power to the truth. The whole. All of us home and you know what to a barcode you were free of hong kong. How to say this our poor. Salad from baba she has the whole how and pull them from being a woman who is a bit. Sort
Heard i further towards corporate wall street. She tried to interview her campaign both on the Convention Floor and for the next few months with genuine economic populism of a progressive variety. What should really be a change for her. Just an something from so many conversations weve had with so many delegates there certainly was enthusiasm for putting a Elizabeth Warren on the ticket. Theres no doubt. Sherrod brown as well. Secretary paris as well. A veryas apparently different set of finalists from secretary clinton. We might be just about done. Other any journalists to quickly follow on that. Do you need people to say yes i will accept a data putting the name of the nomination. The question is, do we need the consent from a potential Vice President ial candidate contender before putting the name of two nomination. Greeting the dnc rules, we do need a sign off from that person. In 1968, from the Convention Floor, at that contentious convention, julian bonds name was placed in nomin