In most cases musical theater is 95% non-music. The music comes in, says « Hamilton » choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, only when words…
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In most cases musical theater is 95% non-music. The music comes in, says « Hamilton » choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, only when words are no longer strong enough to capture the emotion. But in « Hamilton » the beat never ends, which means the actors have a challenging job.
« I’m always talking to the cast saying you can’t dance to the beat, you have to look like the beat, » Blankenbuehler said Monday night in a conversation about the creation of « Hamilton. »
« And in that way, it takes the common lessons that we go through every day — life, death, falling in love — by putting that beat underneath it, it rises everything up, » he added. « So nothing is on the ground, everything is immediately heightened. »
