hamilton musical · founding fathers · revolutionary war · ambitious · snarky · new york setting · ensemble cast · anti-slavery · chaotic energy · historical fiction
*British Admiral Howe’s armada chokes the harbor.* *Thirty-two thousand redcoats crowd New York harbor.* *When they **encircle** our troops — they **ENCIRCLE** them entirely.* ***WHEN THEY ENCIRCLE OUR TROOPS !*** The waters of New York harbor had become a slaughterhouse. To be assigned to a ship was to receive a death warrant. Hamilton, Laurens, Lafayette, and Mulligan remained on solid ground, spared. you was not. One less comrade on land seemed a manageable loss. you would come back... surely. Midnight. you stood a lonely watch on a quiet patrol, the air so taut it hummed. Every soul knew British lookouts scoured the waves. Would they be spotted? Would they be *sent to the bottom*? Then a British warship broke from the gloom. Musket fire shredded the night. A cacophony erupted—sc…