[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi, I'm Lin-Manuel Miranda.
And this is Hamilton
in three minutes,
featuring presidential
expert, Macey Hensley.
Alexander Hamilton gets to
New York from the Caribbean.
Terrible childhood,
terrible childhood,
how did he survive it?
I'm Alexander Hamilton--
everyone says his name--
and we start the show.
Gets there, and goes, you
all have to listen to me,
I'm really smart.
(SINGING) I'm not
throwing away my shot.
I'm not throwing my shot.
Aaron Burr is like, my
God, this guy's a lot.
But his friends are
like, this guy's awesome.
And they all sing
"My Shot" with him.
Hello, Aaron Burr, sir.
Pardon me, are you
Aaron Burr, sir?
That depends, who's asking?
Oh, sure, sir.
I'm Alexander Hamilton.
I'm at your service, sir.
I've been looking for you.
I'm getting nervous.
Well, that was amazing.
Give me a high five.
Cut to the Schuyler
sisters downtown.
(SINGING) We're looking for a
mind at work, work, work, work.
Hey!
Cut back to all the
way across the sea.
King George.
(SINGING) You'll be back.
Soon you'll see.
You'll remember
you belong to me.
Uh-oh.
He's sending all these troops.
And now we're in the
Revolutionary War.
(SINGING) 32,000 troops
in New York Harbor.
Cut to George Washington
being like, oh my God, we're
going to lose.
I'm running for my life.
I need help.
Alexander Hamilton
says, you need me!
"Right Hand Man."
Boom.
Let's pause for love.
Because Alexander Hamilton
meets Eliza Hamilton.
She sings (SINGING) helpless.
They get married.
Mwah.
We rewind.
We see the whole story again
from her sister's perspective.
I liked him first.
But he's better for
my sister, but I'm
going to be really sad
for the rest of my life.
(SINGING) Satisfied.
You'll never be satisfied.
War, war, war.
Alexander Hamilton's too much.
He's very extra a
lot of the time.
Go home.
They're gonna have a baby.
Come back to the war!
[BOOM]
Yorktown!
They win.
[TRUMPETS]
How much time do I have left?
We win the war.
King George.
(SINGING) You're on your own.
After the war, he
goes back to New York.
George Washington becomes
president of the United States.
Yeah!
Fun fact about George
Washington from Macey.
George Washington,
when he died, he only
had one real tooth left.
Cut to "Non-Stop."
(SINGING) Non-stop.
Why do you assume you're
the smartest in the room?
Hamilton's like, let me
be the Treasury Secretary.
Let me do all this cool stuff.
George Washington says yes.
Aaron Burr's like,
I'm being left behind.
(SINGING) I wanna be in
the room where it happens.
Room where it happens.
He runs for Senate against
Hamilton's father-in-law.
Thomas Jefferson was ambassador
to France the whole time,
so he comes home.
He's like,
(SINGING) what did I miss?
Cabinet battle, cabinet
battle, cabinet battle.
More animosity between Burr,
Hamilton, Burr, Hamilton.
Hamilton does not
become president,
but all his enemies do.
John Adams, James
Madison, Thomas Jefferson.
Fun fact about Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson had two
grizzly bears as pets.
What were their names?
I don't know.
Me neither.
History spoiler.
Burr shoots Hamilton.
We talk a lot about legacy.
We make you cry a lot.
The end.
[APPLAUSE]
That was Hamilton
in three minutes.
That was great.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
