History Trivia / Hamilton

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Happens during 'You'll be Back' on the cast album, when Creator/JonathanGroff slips back into his American accent a few times ("You'll be the one complaining when I am gone...")

* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: As it turns out, Eliza also established the first school in Washington Heights, the setting of Lin-Manuel Miranda's other play, ''Theatre/InTheHeights''.

* ThrowItIN: Jefferson's response to Madison asking "Where have you been?" of "Uh... France?" was ad libbed by Diggs.

* BeamMeUpScotty: This show goes with (and repopularized) the idea that Hamilton aimed at the sky during his duel with Burr. The idea has some genuine following in academic circles since his pre-duel notes imply that he never intended to shoot Burr while Burr did everything he could to kill Hamilton, but there really is no way to know what happened. We do know that both Hamilton and Burr fired their guns once, but the other two men present couldn't see where Hamilton aimed before he was hit, so while it's possible that he fired in the air there's simply no way to know for certain.

* TooSoon: Invoked at the Tony Awards. The performance of "Yorktown" normally has the backup dancers holding rifles to represent the battle, but these were omitted when the song was performed at the Tonys due to the ceremony happening just one night after the Orlando shooting. A sensible gesture [[AllGaysLoveTheater given the circumstances]].

* ReleaseDateChange: In February 2020 Disney announced that they would be releasing a filmed performance of the show (recorded in 2016 with the original Broadway cast) to theaters in October 2021 with a Creator/DisneyPlus release to follow soon after. Three months later the Disney+ release was moved up to July 3 2020.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Happens during 'You'll be Back' on the soundtrack, when Creator/JonathanGroff slips back into his American accent a few times ("You'll be the one complaining when I am gone...")

* TheOtherMarty: The workshop reading had only a handful of the same cast members from the OBC. Among the notable differences: Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar played Burr, Creator/AnikaNoniRose played Angelica, Creator/JoshuaHenry played Mulligan, Madison ''and'' King George, and Javier Muñoz played Laurens/Philip.

* RealitySubtext: Not quite intentional, but Javier Munoz's turn as Hamilton (as Lin's alternate and eventual replacement) is almost certainly colored by the fact that he is HIV+ and had cancer ''during the first year of the show''. "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory" indeed.

* ThoseTwoActors: Christopher Jackson and Javier Munoz also starred in Lin-Manuel Miranda's other Broadway hit ''Theatre/InTheHeights'', along with Miranda himself.

* TheOriginalMarty: The workshop reading had only a handful of the same cast members from the OBC. Among the notable differences: Creator/UtkarshAmbudkar played Burr, Creator/AnikaNoniRose played Angelica, Creator/JoshuaHenry played Mulligan, Madison ''and'' King George, and Javier Muñoz played Laurens/Philip.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/LinManuelMiranda, who went on to become a regular working actor in film and television and a key player in various Creator/{{Disney}} projects.

* MeaningfulReleaseDate: The July 3 Disney+ release date falls on the last Friday before Independence Day in the US.

* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Ron Chernow was initially skeptical about making a musical from Hamilton's life, but changed his mind after meeting with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who stressed that he wanted ''Hamilton'' to be taken seriously by historians and asked Chernow to help him develop the script. [[http://www.newsweek.com/hamilton-biographer-ron-chernow-502295 Chernow said]] his skepticism melted the moment he heard Miranda's first song, and was completely on board afterwards. He's supposedly seen the show dozens of times, always as a paying customer.

** In 2020, Miranda released a CutSong called “I Have This Friend” which was originally the lead-up to the Reynolds Pamphlet before being replaced with “Hurricane,” where Hamilton asks Washington’s advice and is told to just ignore any accusations, only to not listen and publish the Pamphlet.

** The show has also brought much deserved attention to Graham-Windham, which is the current name of the orphanage Eliza Hamilton founded.

** "Diplomacy Happens at Night" was to be a song for Benjamin Franklin, who ended up being cut entirely from the show. His role was cut early on in the show's devlopment, but Miranda finished writing the song anyway, joking that they'll add it back in after his death. How does he write like he's running out of time? The song was retooled as "Ben Franklin's Song" and performed by Music/TheDecemberists, being the first of ''Music/TheHamildrops'' to be released.

** John Laurens, in-universe and in history. [[WordOfGod Lin-Manuel Miranda]] has stated in the libretto that he considers Laurens' potential to be the greatest 'what if' in American history--as Laurens was (possibly/probably) gay, an ardent and outspoken abolitionist, and a favorite of Washington's not unlike Lafayette and Hamilton himself. Lin goes on to state that he has no doubt that Laurens and Hamilton together could have accomplished so much more had Laurens' life not been cut short.

** The companion book is officially the Hamiltome.

** Thomas Jefferson is sometimes semi-affectionately referred to as "T-Jeffs", either for the sake of brevity or because Thomas Jefferson would probably hate that. James Madison is similarly referred to as "J-Mads".
*** And the significantly ''less'' affectionate, "Thomas Jefferson: America's Original Fuckboy".

** This musical has sparked interest in not only Hamilton's life, but that of Aaron Burr, John Laurens, the Marquis de Lafayette, Hercules Mulligan, and the Schuyler sisters, especially among young people.
*** In fact, the show's popularity has been credited with the U.S. Treasury [[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/did-the-broadway-hit-save-hamiltons-spot-on-the-10-bill/ forgoing their plan to replace Hamilton on the $10 bill]].

* CastIncest: Jasmine Cephas-Jones (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds) and Anthony Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton) are dating. Peggy is Philip's aunt.

** Copies of the Chernow biography (the source for the show) now have "Inspiration for the hit musical Hamilton" stickers on them. It's also a common joke in the fandom that reading the biography is shorthand for "I can't afford tickets to Hamilton". Copies of the book have also been sold in the lobby of the theater.

** Hamilton's line "How could I do this?" in "Say No To This" was originally "How could you do this?", until Miranda realized that his recognizing his own guilt was the only way he could retain any sympathy.
** John Laurens, in-universe and in history. [[WordOfGod Lin-Manuel Miranda]] has stated in the libretto that he considers Laurens' potential to be the greatest 'what if' in American history - as Laurens was (possibly/probably) gay, an ardent and outspoken abolitionist, and a favorite of Washington's not unlike Lafayette and Hamilton himself. Lin goes on to state that he has no doubt that Laurens and Hamilton together could have accomplished so much more had Laurens' life not been cut short.