Trippin' with the RealTimShady

This week, a nod to the impending patriotic holiday and to today's debut of Hamilton: An American Musical , available for streaming on Disney+. (Mr. Jones and I plan to pop some popcorn and some bubbly and enjoy the full experience later today.) Hamilton  took the world by storm in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical provided an energizing shot to the theater world, combining traditional musical theater sounds with rap, hip-hop, R&B, soul, and pop and featuring a diverse cast reflective of our contemporary world - the America-of-the-moment confronting and retelling the the story of the America-that-was. Hamilton  was (and still is) a theatrical phenomenon, earning accolades pre-Broadway (8 Drama Desk Awards) and on Broadway (11 Tony Awards) and ultimately earning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016. So far, I've missed my chance to see Hamilton  live. (I was to have experienced it back in April, but a pandemic interfered. I'm still hopeful to see it in Atlanta when ...