Film Review: Hamilton the Musical Increased Diversity on Broadway ...

Film Review: Hamilton the Musical Increased Diversity on Broadway
BY REAGAN GOLDBERG, BLOGGER
Hamilton fanatics no longer have to “Wait For It,”to visit a city near them as the Broadway hit has finally been released on Disney+ and has already taken social media by storm.
The most common trend across all social media platforms is people complaining about how Hamilton isn’t historically accurate and how it doesn’t accurately portray the founding fathers. On the contrary, many people are praising Hamilton for its incredibly diverse cast.
Hamilton uniquely portrays the founding fathers through actors from a variety of different cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and has been a frontrunner in increasing diversity on Broadway.
The 2015-16 Broadway season was the most diverse group up until that point, and was also the same season Hamilton made its Broadway debut. Hamilton has helped with increasing diversity on Broadway stages and not enough people recognize that. Lin-Manuel Miranda has helped with Broadway diversity and it is time that people start appreciating and recognizing that. Broadway still has a long way to go to increase diversity, however, it is a step in the right direction.
Miranda has also gone as far as to respond to tweets regarding the liberties taken by saying, “All the criticisms are valid. The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldn’t get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hour musical. Did my best. It’s all fair game.”
Yes, Hamilton contains historical inaccuracies, but it has also encouraged people to do more research and learn more about the history of our founding fathers.
Overall, Hamilton has done wonders for the Broadway community. It has given recognition to people of color and has helped improve diversity on some of the oldest stages in New York. Hamilton has truly revolutionized Broadway and will be an example for other playwrights for years to come.