You've seen me relaxed for the first time and for the first interview
that I've done. Honestly it's been incredible
23 shows in a little bit more than 2 weeks
And the island's reception has been incredible
not only during the performances, but all over the island
all the people that support us, it's been incredible
I was surprised by the cast, I didn't know that they all
had puerto rican flags hidden in their costumes
I took one out every night, but they surprised me the last show
I started crying like crazy
That was a really special moment
I had a "boricuazo" (a slip into spanglish) during the last show
which was without fault, but with fault
There's a moment in the show where
Burr is telling the audience that Hamilton...
that Hamilton likes women
And my line is "That's true"
but last night, it was
And I said "Hay true"
So I slipped into spanish there
during the last performance of the show
Everyone's so happy, this has honestly been a marathon
you know, it's not common to do 9 shows a week
but I wanted to do as much as possible
in our time here in Puerto Rico
And the spirit of adventure that these actors have
you know, to start a tour like this
They're gonna be a little spoiled. Now they go on to San Francisco but it's not gonna be like this
The whole month has been a dream
To have good news in the newspaper, for a little bit, for Puerto Rico
To give almost 15 million dollars to arts fund in Puerto Rico
which was the challenge we had
and to be able to support artists from the island
This is for artists, art groups, museums, the theater
and being a part of that, and support that for the next chapter
of arts in Puerto Rico, that's the most special.
No, the work always continues
This has been 2 years of planning, for this month
so to accomplish that, it feels great,
I will celebrate that for a moment
and then we keep going to see...
And the work continues, I keep working with the Hispanic Federation
to make profits for the island's recovery
we're working with coffee growers and farms
That project continues, I call it the 'Coffee Avengers'
we have Nespresso, Starbucks and other companies
to help coffee farms in Puerto Rico because they're so important,
they're puerto rico's treasure
And we continue working
As an artist, I'll always want to bring my art to Puerto Rico
And that was the drive for it at first,
to bring Hamilton to Puerto Rico
And after Maria it was "okay, how can we help Puerto Rico"
in various ways
But that will always be the drive for me, because...
What comes out of me as an artist,
I'll always want to bring it to the island
And find ways to help while I'm here.
