The notion of America’s founding fathers as proto-rappers is not far-fetched. The show depicts Hamilton as a revolutionary rebel and volatile genius whose hopes for the presidency were dashed by one of America’s first sex scandals, an extramarital affair. His fatal duel with Burr echoes the kind of verbal and territorial skirmishes that preceded the deaths of Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur.

I’m going to say the idea is actually pretty far-fetched, but I still want to see the show.

The play is The Hamilton Mixtape and the theater review is here.

Follows closely on the Broadway heels of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson–a rock opera–which was also excellent.