The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Emily Roney is back! She goes IN on what it’s like to not only dress Mandy Gonzalez, but to also work as her Right Hand Man aka Personal Assistant. We talk #FearlessSquad, the strength of the women playing the Schuyler Sisters, and Emily gives amazing life advice on finding your passion and achieving your goals. And! We talk more about backstage at Hamilton, including stories about Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs, and Renee Elise Goldsberry winning the 2016 Tony Award for playing Angelica.

Emily Roney is the dresser for all three Schuyler Sisters (#AndMaria!) for Hamilton on Broadway and get ready for a mind explosion! Emily is fantastic and we talk about so many things including how The Public Theater changed her life and how Renee Elise Goldsberry sealed her fate. But let’s really get down to it: YES she explains the colors of those dresses and she gives us a verbal look book of the Schuyler Sisters. Get excited!

Welcome to Eddy Lee’s 2nd episode, in which the tangents are plentiful and we’re lucky if we finish a single story we start. Still, Eddy Lee is the best and this episode is nonnSTOP. He performs both James Reynolds and Samuel Seabury, talks about the lack of Asian representation in the media and the arts, and tells the amazing story of meeting a Vietnamese-American #Hamilkid wherein Eddy realized he was a role model. Plus! We talk Pokémon and the Universe’s role in Eddy being cast in Hamilton on Broa

Remember when Eddy Lee called our recording a therapy session during last episode’s Hamilton House Party? Yeah, this episode proves that almost immediately. In the first part of our hang, Eddy – a swing in Hamilton on Broadway – opens up about how he almost became a doctor and how at first his mother didn’t approve of dancing as a career choice. Don’t worry, all is well now, but his story is definitely one that may sound familiar to other aspiring artists out there.

In honor of my 100th episode I threw a #HamiltonHouseParty with some of my friends from Hamilton on Broadway: Lexi Lawson, Jevon McFerrin, Eddy Lee, Lauren Boyd, Anna-Lee Craig, and Emily Roney. Michael Paul Smith joins me as we host this fun, scrappy, and rowdy recording. Thank you so much for taking this journey with me for my first 100 episodes – I’m just getting started! Stick around to the end to hear from some past alums of The Hamilcast who wanted to send some love for this milestone.

Listener favorites Ashley Graffeo, Kelly Warne, and Carrie-Rachel Dean join me for my 99th episode and a walk down memory lane, talking Hamilton, the podcast, and Broadway in general. It’s the Schuyler Sisters meets the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!

Relax, have a drink with me… and Chris Jackson! The rain didn’t let up and neither did my guest of honor. In his second episode, CJack wastes no time getting super real. This moving conversation focuses a lot on his son CJ, who is on the autism spectrum, and prepare to learn and feel a lot of things, you guys. We also talk about his amazing family and what it’s like being on the CBS show “Bull.”

Ladies & Gentlemen! Chris Jackson coulda been anywhere in the world tonight, but he’s here with me in New York City. Are you ready for Part One of our conversation?! CJack gets real about some of his bad behavior during the early days of In The Heights, his experience being part of the original Broadway Company of Hamilton, and the moment he thought he chose the wrong career path. We go in on those #TequilaThoughts, with a torrential downpour as our soundtrack.

Carvens Lissaint (Washington, Burr, Lafayette/Jefferson in Hamilton on Broadway) is back! This week, Carvens goes in on the backlash he received after having a poem go viral, the logistical differences between Washington and Burr, the beginnings of his Black Velvet persona, and the importance of being authentic.

Carvens Lissaint is an excellent human and an award-winning poet. Carvens talks about how In The Heights changed his life (Lin came out during intermission during In The Heights to chat with him - which would NEVER happen now), his experience growing up in Harlem with Haitian parents, and how he literally had a Hamilton in his bank account before he booked Hamilton on Broadway.

Anna-Lee Craig is back again this week and if you don't think she's the coolest, just you wait until you listen to this episode: ALC talks about being a badass lady in a field that has traditionally been dominated by men. We also talk about the hardest Hamilton tracks to mix, and how the cast and crew are Hamilton super fans - just like us!

Get ready to become OBSESSED with Anna-Lee Craig, one of Hamilton Broadway's team of groundbreaking sound experts. Anna-Lee's official title is A2/Assistant Sound, but I've also added Badass Lady because she is awesome. Having been with Hamilton since The Public, Anna-Lee knows how to make each and every performance sound its best. I mean, she came up with a special microphone design the crew calls the ALC Special. Does it get any cooler than that? Lezgo!

Our last week of #Lintoberfest starts out with some exciting news courtesy of Alex Lacamoire and Tommy Kail from all the way across the sea... and it is BANANAS! In Part Two of the B-Sides, Mike and I share more cut audio with Lin-Manuel Miranda, take questions from the Patreon Peeps, and reflect on the insanity of the last few weeks. 

Welcome to The Lin B-Sides! Mike is joining me as I play cut audio from #Lintoberfest and give you behind the scenes commentary about what it was like recording with Lin-Manuel Miranda. And guess what? We have so many details to share with you that there will be TWO B-Sides, meaning you'll have FIVE Lin-Manuel Miranda episodes. Enjoy!

Lin-Manuel Miranda is back for another round and #Lintoberfest Part Three is our most emotional episode yet; Lin goes IN on "It's Quiet Uptown" as well as his thoughts on legacies and what he says is truly beautiful. But don't worry, there's balance! We also talk King George III, Moana, if and when the audience is allowed to sing along during parts of Hamilton, and Lin gives advice to writers and creative people. Stay tuned for the Lin B-Sides next week!