Hamilton: The Revolution

by Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Let’s agree that for the next two and a half hours, this is the most important thing we’ll do in our lives.”

Keep it in mind the next time you go to the theater: Some gifted men and women have built a community in that room, and the immigrant is you.

The best part of directing, Tommy says, is “code-switching,” relating to dozens of different artists in dozens of different ways, finding the specific approach that will unlock each person’s most creative self.

Directing, he believes, isn’t just giving notes to an actor after a scene. It’s the tone you set at every moment: “It’s what you say in a twominute elevator ride.”