630. On Broadway, Nobody Knows Nothing

The people who make theater exist in a sort of parallel universe. From inside this universe, it can seem vast. There are so many projects, the work itself is so immersive, and let's be honest, there is a lot of gossip to keep up with. But in reality, Theater is a tiny universe.

When you compare it to all the other flashier forms of entertainment, like TV and film, live music and sports, video gaming, the theater universe looks like a distant and dimming star. And yet, believers still. believe and every now and then someone takes a shot that is so unlikely, so audacious, and if that shot lands, it rejuvenates the whole enterprise and makes the larger world take notice. In other words, this tiny universe really can produce one singular sensation. I'll start from a personal note.

My son had been on vacation and he came back and we're 15 blocks apart so usually comes for breakfast and says well my next show it's Hamilton and I'm like the secretary of the treasury of the United States States of America is that, yes, I just read this amazing and as I'm reading it. This is the Ron Chernow biography of Hamilton. Of Hamilton, correct.

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