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A list of all of the wonderful things Lin-Manuel Miranda has done for Hamilton fans since writing Hamilton (which was really the only thing he had to do)

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  • Made sure Hamilton – a show that is sold out until April 2017, with tickets being resold for over US$ 1000 – had a lottery with 21 first row tickets for US$ 10 in every single performance. 
  • Made sure the Hamilton cast album was recorded in the most powerful way possible, in a way that is not standard or cheap for theater cast albums, because he grew up listening to cast albums – not seeing every show! – and he wanted listeners to have the best experience possible. 
  • Made the Hamilton cast album available for streaming for free at NPR a week before its release. 
  • Made the album available on Spotify, a relatively easy access platform (you can listen for free with ads), and not only in the US (I can’t confirm whether it’s available worldwide, I do know for sure it’s available in Brazil when a lot of other cast albums aren’t).
  • Created a partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and others that will allow 20,000 New York high school students to see Hamilton and have the history integrated with their class curriculum. 
  • Organizes #Ham4Ham shows twice a week since the previews on Broadway, with wonderful performances from the show’s cast, the cast of other shows, guests and celebrities. 
  • Let’s just pause for a second. He cowrote a number about the 8 Hamilton kids, guys. For #Ham4Ham. Dude won an actual genius grant for his writing and he took the time to write about Alexander and Eliza’s other 7 children and put it up on Youtube for us. 
  • Continues to organize digital #Ham4Ham shows, making them even more interesting and getting even more high-profile guests. 
  • Seriously, just think about it: Hamilton literally has all of the publicity it could get. Tickets couldn’t be sold at a faster rate if they wanted to. And yet Lin-Manuel Miranda – who performs a show a day most days, just finished cowriting a book, is writing songs for a Disney movie, has a one-year-old son – takes the time to come up with 2 videos and record them every week because he appreciates us.
  • Is making sure Hamilton will tour nationally in the US and open on the West End in London. 
  • Allowed the Grammys to air the opening number live. Again, Hamilton does not need this kind of publicity to sell tickets. He also made a wonderful heart-felt speech and that wasn’t even his first Grammy.
  • Has expressed the desire to film Hamilton (But please be realistic and realize that even if they do intend to film it, it would never happen within the first year of the show opening on Broadway).  
  • Cowrote #Hamiltome, a book about the making of Hamilton, that aims to enrich our experience with the play even if we don’t get the opportunity to see it live. 
  • Collaborated with RadicalMedia to make a documentary about the making of Hamilton that will air on PBS.
  • Tweets constantly and is on tumblr. He checks out our posts and our fanarts. He comments on them. He BAHAHHAHHAs our jokes. He answers questions on Twitter whenever he has the time. 
  • Basically, he does many things that I am sure are out of enjoyment but that again: he really doesn’t have to do. He does it mainly to make sure we feel included – we the fans, whether we’ll be able to see Hamilton on Broadway or not, whether we’re musical theater kids or hip hop kids or just people who just found this album on Spotify and loved it. He does it because he wants us to feel included in his life’s work even when that means more work for him and basically no return other than fan appreciation. 
  • Just a daily reminder so we can celebrate and thank him always.