Let me forget worries for tonight as my love for theater overcomes me.
Prior to checking in at Solaire, I attended a presscon in Makati as I was chasing a cross-border story.
But because I was chasing a story, my sister and I were late checking in at the hotel. At least we were able to catch a beautiful sunset before tackling my story inside our room.
And the owner of Solaire (well the corp comm team of the company) gave me a belated birthday gift that was sent to our room. I barely had time to relax and savor the view because I was in a pressure cooker; we needed to publish the story tonight.
I was a walking anxiety the entire night. During the show’s break, I was frantically emailing my editor about a number of queries.
When the show ended, I was still messaging the night editor. 🫠
And now, the musical Hamilton:
It has lived up to the hype.
It’s so good. 🥰 Imagine, the birth of the United States of America in rap. Yes, rap. Alexander Hamilton in appropriate period clothes rapping about the Constitution of the United States. Thomas Jefferson dancing his silly dance when Hamilton endorsed his run for presidency. Angelica Schuyler singing and rapping beautifully. War in the form of a hip-hop dance. All of this framed through the lens of an immigrant. USA was built on the backs of immigrants; only the colors of their skins changed throughout the centuries until today. 👏👏👏👏
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s libretto is brilliant, beyond words and the Pulitzer Award is enough proof that Miranda is a genius. Now you put the music onto the words, then you are guaranteed a Tony sweep. Which it did, winning 11 awards out of 16 nominations.
I miss theater. Watching and being onstage.
Good thing when I booked the tickets way back in March or April (can’t remember), I decided to book the November run because I thought the weather would be dreadful in August-October and I would be driving through torrential rains and epic floods because that’s the southweast monsoon season. It turns out it was a very good decision as well because I was in no way in the right disposition at that time (Aug-Sept) to watch a musical while my daughter was flip-flopping between TB and cancer.
It’s wise to follow your gut feel.