One of the greatest honors Miranda can feel proud of is how the Broadway musical is making people feel. “I think the music that you listen to between the ages of 13 and 20 is the music that means to the most to you for the rest of your life,” Miranda told Entertainment Weekly. The musical is influenced by the music he listened in the 90’s, such as Biggie and DMX.
This is what makes the musical so unique, as well as how well the story is told. Jim Cullen, a teacher from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in the Bronx is adding “Hamilton” to his 11th grader’s U.S. history syllabus. Cullen designed an entire course centered on Hamilton. He saw the excitement of students when they went to see the musical, so this fall he will be teaching Hamilton: A Musical Inquiry. It’s always great to see young people feel excited about learning in such a unique way.
“There’s going to be kids who see this show, [and] this will be their first Broadway show. That’s just what musicals are going to look like for them. Of course it’s a cast full of actors of color. Of course it’s music that uses hip-hop and contemporary music but also tells a story. That’s just going to be their default experience of what a musical is. That just blows my mind,” says Miranda to Newsweek.
