Review: 'Hamilton' Lives Up To The Hip-Hop Hype While Challenging The Status Quo
The cross-pollination of the culture of hip-hop and the Broadway musical has always been dangerous territory where artists rarely venture. The result has often been campy and embarrassingly cheesy like when the gang from Saved by the Bell put on a rap version of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” or just mediocre like MTV’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera from 2001 (sorry, Beyonce). Enter Lin-Manue…