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Jul 25, 2020 · It fulfills the overarching theme of the work: none of us are in charge of our own legacies, or of how we will be remembered. And just before the curtain falls on the second act, the play ends ...
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Jul 7, 2020 · Eliza Hamilton (formerly Schuyler) gasps at the very end of Hamilton's last song, "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story", but what does the moment mean? While much of Hamilton's plot focuses on the rivalry between its titular character, Alexander Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda), and his political rival Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.), it's the lead character's wife Eliza who provides the ...
- Senior Editor-Movie & TV Features
Jul 11, 2020 · Eliza Hamilton’s (Phillipa Soo) somber scream over the body of her son. And that tear-filled, guttural gasp from Eliza that closes the entire show. Over the years — and especially in the days ...
- ashley.lee@latimes.com
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Jul 11, 2020 · Instead, the man behind the moment encourages more interpretations because as he puts it, "The Gasp is The Gasp is The Gasp. I love all the interpretations." Right before Hamilton made it's way to ...
- agarrity@hearst.com
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Jul 9, 2020 · The real Eliza Schuyler died at the old age of 97, and outlived the musical's other characters. Never remarrying, Eliza raised a brood of seven children as a single mother, while grieving the losses of her husband and eldest son, Philip who both died in duels. Theory Number Two: Eliza gasps because she sees the audience.
- Elena Nicolaou
- 5 min
Jul 6, 2020 · The reason that Hamilton writes like he is running out of time is that he worries that he will not have done enough before death comes knocking at his door. In the final scene, we see Eliza worrying about the same thing. Even after all her work- for the Washington Monument, against slavery, and establishing the first private orphanage in New ...
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Aug 3, 2020 · Hamilton doesn't want to throw away his shot, but ends up losing it in the duel with Burr, for instance. In the first line of Eliza's solo "Helpless," she sings about wanting to avoid the ...
