3rd #Hamilton viewing. Tryna keep my eyes off the main chars in each scene and watch the background.

Watch Burr during the "Not Throwing Away My Shot" number. Hamilton insults him and sings his own praises. Burr, in the corner, watches everyone get more and more hyped like "are you fucking kidding me"

The soldiers in "Right Hand Man" put their uniforms on and line up only after Hamilton gets involved.

When Hamilton kisses Angelica's hand in the flashback, little lights flick on and the background folks gasp and stand on tiptoe. The whole set reflects her internal thrill while she holds still.

Satisfied is my fav song in Hamilton. As a romantic, it was so hilarious to see Angelica's internal monologue all about her crush while the world zooms past her. She dances with Washington himself, but she can't stop thinking about Ham. Eliza is the only one to distract her.

When Angelica sings about how she would elevate Hamilton's status, he physically rises through a line of soldiers. We've all been singing the words & music for years, the incredible choreography and set is what this viewing is about!

Just ICYMI in Story of Tonight (Reprise), Mulligan comes up behind Burr and

The ensemble must love getting a breather on Wait For It. They barely move the entire time.
The only big movements in the first ~80% are when Burr thinks of #Hamilton . The rivalry gets his ghosts on their feet.

The first appearance of The Bullet gave me CHILLS. You don't get that from a soundtrack!
Here's a great thread on Ariana Debose portraying the forces of death: https://twitter.com/OptimusPayne/status/1279536830552182784

Hamilton's opening letter "I have never seen the general so despondent..." in Stay Alive is addressed to Eliza. You can see her reading it on the balcony. But all the romance from his previous letters are gone now that they're married. She looks disappointed and worried.

In fact, she has a whole mini-scene up there. She's staged directly above Hamilton, literally in the back of his mind. Angelica comes on and they hug. Then Eliza exits, but not before giving the song its name with a ghostly call: "Stayyy aliiiiive".

The Ten Duel Commandments is a really good time to take a peep at the background dancers. All 3 Schuyler sisters among them. The moves are awesome, esp hands on "8".

Everyone is on stage for the rules. Everyone knows about duels. But they all exit before the shot is fired.

In his livetweet the other day, LMM noted that when Washington and Hamilton fight after the duel, they're "talking past each other". Washington walks behind or in front of Hamilton 3 times during the conversation.

Eliza's first costume change into her maternity gown! The neckline is made more modest with sheer fabric and y'all better believe those laces are in the front now! No elastic in 1700s, so her corset is probably expandable.

Eliza's arc is full of narrative agency, because she's the reason we have this story:
"Let me be a part of the narrative."
"I'm erasing myself from the narrative."
"I'm put myself back in the narrative."

Then, Lafayette's big number!
In an interview with Colbert, Daveed Diggs said that the Marquis goes from being barely able to speak English (his first line is fully French) to delivering the fastest rap in the show.

Oh! Eliza's maternity dress changed, no more modesty scarf.

America promised France to stand with them.
Hamilton promised Lafayette "we'll be with you."

We've been breaking American promises since before we were a country.

Washington is on the balcony during all of Yorktown, viewing Lafayette with a spyglass, motioning orders, and swinging that sword all OVER the damn place.

The "Not yet" response to Laurens wondering about "Black & white soldiers wonder if this really means freedom". Hearing the soundtrack, I dug this line. But seeing Washington on the balcony when he says it makes it seem more...threatening. Reminds, he owned slaves at this time.

Eliza's got a shawl now. This is turning into the Soo costume watch thread. I guess this denotes she was closer to giving birth or already had?

End of Yorktown, the cast does the World Turned Upside Down "furniture flying" move that returns in Hurricane.

It's fucking awesome.

When they set the stuff down, almost everyone stands on something. Even on the rails of the balcony. The world turned upside down, but we came out on top. #Hamilton

King George's "I'm so blue" light cue is so hilarious. I wonder who came up with it! General shoutout to the lightshow, which backs up the narrative from moment 1.

Also while we're on ol' Georgie, my bro and I always pictured a kickline during his first number and were a little disappointed! But it fits the caricature of Brits being stuck up and stiff, Americans being dynamic.

Noticing the chair-acters in Theodosia. The chairs get fancier thruout. Early on, they are plain wooden colonial spoke chairs. Then Hamilton writes in a slightly nicer plain one. Post-war, Burr & Hamm harmonize in ornate identical chairs. Later, in Obedient Servant, they differ.

As Hamilton sings to Phillip, Eliza is back in her non-maternity gown but still has the neckline modesty gauze.

When Eliza reads Laurens' father's letter to Hamilton, we see Lafayette and Mulligan reading the same letter on the balcony.

The last time all four characters are on stage together.

We just had two quick and subtle costume changes for Ham & Burr. During Theodosia, the characters' colors (green and purple) are re-established in vests. Now we add jackets. Burr's jacket is a more subtle blue, cuz he keeps his cards...close to the vest.

While Hamilton is going on and on and on in Non-Stop, the ensemble actually put their heads in their hands, echoing Burr's frustration!

As Hamilton proposes his own form of government, everyone but Burr yells "What?! WHAT?!" The folks on the balcony hang dead over the railing in exasperation.

I love this moment when Hamilton visits Burr at home in the middle of the night. First off the set hasn't moved, but the lighting makes this area suddenly look like an open door (similar to when Burr entered the stage in the very first scene).

Second, I love that Burr is who Hamilton goes to. Laurens is dead and maybe no other friends are in the same professional arena or league as Ham. He needs help. He goes to Burr with that vulnerability. Burr misses the opportunity.

Throughout the show, Hamilton does impressions of the other characters. He does Lafayette at the beginning of Yorktown. Now, he does a quick Burr, echoing the "Talk less" hand gestures while delivering compliments.

Hamilton asks Burr, "What are you waiting for? What do you stall for?" Burr looks back inside his house and gestures to someone inside (presumably one or the other Theodosia).

Hamilton only prioritizes his family when it's too late.
Burr's is always his #1.

Great costume change for Angelica. Now that she's married, her neckline now also goes to her actual neck. She also has a great blazer, denoting that she tends to push the limits of femininity for the time.

I love that while the entire cast sings about Hamilton's prolific writing, he writes on a tilted, off-balance, baseless table. Visually, diagonals like this are a) expressions of instability and energy b) rare in this show.

Eliza, Angelica, AND Burr are watching from the shadows when Washington appoints Hamilton to the Treasury.

They become his voices of doubt.
Eliza "Isn't this [family] enough?"
Angelica (on a diagonal stair) "He will never be satisfied."
They circle him, grab both of his arms, and he pulls away.

During this EPIC set moment, when Washington sings "History has its eyes on you!" and everyone else sings praises, Burr crosses diagonally all the way from upstage-right berating "Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?"

Hamilton's eyes are on Burr's voice of doubt.

When he physically resists Eliza, Angelica, and Burr, he emphasizes,

"I am not throwing away MY shot."
This motto motivated an impoverished revolutionary. Now it spurs an overly ambitious politician.

He climbs the stairs as the ensemble sings "Hamilton just you wait."

Intermission shoutout to the pretty little hourglass animation!

As Act 2 starts, Hamilton takes a sheet of paper from The Bullet, crosses the whole stage like a busy lil bee and climbs the stairs back up to Washington.

Everybody else has...gloves? They put them on and become Jefferson's servants.

Burr starts holding a pair in his hands, and gives them to the empty-handed Bullet. Gloves are off *eyebrow waggle*.

Ooh also worth noting that Jefferson's servants are all wearing black collars, probably denoting enslavement.

That means this whole number he's dancing around in front of his slaves.

Oooooof and when Jefferson sings about meeting lots of different ladies, the collared women bow down around him. You know, cuz he was a rapist.

Get him, Hamilton choreographer.

When Jefferson asks "Sally" to open the letter from Washington, it's The Bullet again, playing Sally Hemings (an enslaved woman who mothered 6 kids by him). She pats her hair, boobs, and ass. When he asks her to open the letter, she opens her legs.

Kind of a malinche portrayal..

James Madison is noted in the play as having written some of the Federalist Papers as well as the Bill of Rights. Good dude, right? Now when he says "Hamilton's plan is nothing less than government control," we see him as an enemy in Ham's perspective. Things are going bad.

Oof. Final pose of What'd I Miss?
You missed that slavery is bad, my dude.

As Cabinet Battle #1 starts, Burr enters the balcony briefly, takes the arm of a woman, escorts her out, then returns to watch from the rafters.

Watch Washington while the others rap. He's having a great time.

Hamilton impression of Jefferson, just a smidge less subtle than the others have been.

Ooh, when Hamilton calls out Jefferson's slavery, Washington suddenly looks uncomfortable too, even embarrassed!

A seated ensemble member does body rolls when Hamilton accuses Jefferson of "getting high with the French".

Hamilton shows his gutter-side with the "shoe fits" line, and many of the seated members, who had been on his side, stand up, throw up their arms, and leave. Whoops!