Sequel to Hamilton the Musical

Hamilton finally has a sequel! Pretty sure it will be bigger than the original.

## Transcript

**Lin**: Hello, I'm Lin-Manuel Miranda.

**Megan**: Oh, we know who you are. Oh, I'm Megan, & this is Stephen.

**Stephen**: We may have passed on investing in *Hamilton*, but with your next musical, we aren't "throwin' away" our... shot.

**Megan**: Our shot.

**Stephen**: Our shot.

**Megan**: Our shot.

**Stephen**: Get it?

**Lin**: *Hamilton*, got it. Look, I know I'm asking for a lot of money, but trust me, you're going to love it. My next great American musical is about President... William Henry Harrison!

**Megan**: "William Henry Harrison"... Oh, the president who died after only 31 days in office of... typhoid?

**Lin**: Yep, that's the one.

**Megan**: Really?

**Stephen**: I-I think if anyone can make these historical figures come to life, it's Lin. Take it away.

**Lin**: Right, right, all right. Let me take you back to Inauguration Day, 1875.

(Rapping)

*How does the ninth president of the United States*

*Get defeated at the ripe age of 68?*

*I had the longest speech spoken to date.*

*Eight thousand four hundred words,*

*It couldn't save my fate,*

*'Cause I'm--*

**Chorus**: (singing) *William Henry Harrison.*

**Lin**: That's right, they call me--

**Chorus**: (singing) *William Henry Harrison.*

**Lin**: Look me up, my name is--

**Chorus**: (singing) *William Henry Harrison.*

**Lin**: I really did exist!

**April**: Me, I voted for him.

**Matthew**: Me, I believed in him.

**Jessica** & **Tori**: We, we've heard of him.

**Typhoid**: And me, I'm the virus that got him.

**All**: (singing) *William Henry Harrison!*

**Lin**: And that's the opening number.

**Megan**: Listen, Lin, I-- That was great, but, um, do you think that maybe it's a problem that most people have never heard of this person?

**Lin**: Few knew the dramatic life story of Alexander Hamilton until I turned into a musical.

**Stephen**: That's right, & even though Hamilton was only president for 31 days, I'm sure he had a fascinating life before his time in office.

**Lin**: He sure did. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War & the War of 1812. In fact, he was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president.

**Megan**: Wow! Okay, okay, good, so he was interesting. We're going to be fine.

**Lin**: But we're going to skip all that. We're going to start with his inauguration.

**Megan**: What?!

**Lin**: Without a coat, our lead rides his white steed on a slightly windy Inauguration Day.

**Tori**: (singing) *Wear a coat!*

**Lin**: He rejects his covered carriage.

**April**: (singing) *Wear a coat.*

**Lin**: Rejects his gloves, thinking he can message.

**Jessica**: (singing) *Wear a coat.*

**Lin**: The chilly air won't get him discouraged.

**Girls**: (singing) *Wear a coat.*

**Lin**: It was cold!

**Megan**: Okay, so I'm sorry, Lin. We're just getting right into it? You wrote a musical about an old man getting sick?

**Lin**: Yes. I do affirm that I will faithfully execute...

**All**: (singing) *One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. The ten symptoms of typhoid. The ten symptoms of typhoid.*

**Chorus**: (singing) *Number one.*

**Lin**: A fever as high as one oh five to six degrees, & yeah, I'm talking Fahrenheit.

**Chorus**: (singing) *Number two.*

**Typhoid**: A headache that is a throbbing sensation, & ouch, you can't ignore the inflammation.

**Chorus**: (singing) *Number three.*

**Lin**: Just general aches & pains. It's achy & painful & yeah, aches & pains.

**Chorus**: (singing) *Number four.*

**Typhoid**: It's weakness with a bit of fatigue. It's similar but different than number three.

**Chorus**: (singing) *Number five.*

**Megan**: Wait, wait, I'm sorry. This just isn't the next *Hamilton*, okay? No one wants to watch a musical about an old man getting sick & dying.

**Stephen**: Hold on! I want to hear how it ends.

**Megan**: I'll tell you how it ends: he gets sick with typhoid & dies!

**Lin**: Look, guys, just sit down, please just hear me out. *William Henry Harrison*, the musical. Perfectly encapsulates the American experience... of typhoid... & hip-hop... Come on.

**Megan**: What else you got?

**Lin**: Awesome, Act 1 finale, guys. Hit it!

**Chorus**: (singing) *He dry coughed till he died. He died in 1875. He dry coughed till he died. What a pathetic way to die. Die, die, die, die.*

**Lin**: Achoo! I'm dying.

**Megan**: Okay, so he dies before the end of the first act? What could possibly happen in Act II?

**Lin**: You know, I'm not sure yet, but I'm thinking just like a very long funeral.

**All**: (singing) *He dry coughed till he... died!*

## Trivia

* There are some errors in the sketch regarding President William Henry Harrison:
	+ According to Lin-Manuel Miranda, President Harrison was an officer in the Revolutionary War. Harrison was born in 1773, which was during the American Revolution.
	+ The musical states that Harrison died in 1875 when, in fact, he died in 1841.
* Ike can be briefly seen as the pianist in the background.