thefederalistfreestyle:Playing the Man Who Shot Hamilton (WSJ): WSJ: In “Hamilton,” how
thefederalistfreestyle:Playing the Man Who Shot Hamilton (WSJ): WSJ: In “Hamilton,” how do you play the villain so that he becomes relatable? LO: I have to have the courage to not have the audience on my side for the majority of the show. If I’m willing to not be liked, what we can all gain in the end is so much greater. I have to be willing to let them judge me so that the reveal of his humanity can touch them in the deepest possible way. Do you think it helps his case that he’s also the narrator? I think that’s an ingenious device that our author [Lin-Manuel Miranda] came up with, that he was inspired by with other shows like “Evita” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.”I love that Burr gets to do that. I get to think about this show in so many different ways. There was one point I was playing the show thinking of it as a seance. That we are conjuring his spirit up every night. There are times when I think about “what if I go forward tonight with my whole intention being to make this whole thing turn out in another way?” Do you think history has been unfair to Aaron Burr? I do. Very few people come to this world to be the incarnate of evil. People have families and the things that are important to them, and they make mistakes. And that’s what he did: He made a really big mistake. They both did. That they couldn’t find a way to not end up on those dueling grounds is a tragedy for both of them. -- source link