About this Event
The Drama Book Shop presents, in association with Jay Michaels Global Communications, How Hamilton Works, The Music Theory of Lin-Manuel Miranda - A talkback, signing and live podcast recording.
About the book:
When planning YouTube piano covers of songs from the then-new musical "Hamilton," Howard Ho realized that composer Lin-Manuel Miranda had deployed the same sophisticated compositional techniques that Howard had learned to analyze as a musicologist. Over a dozen videos later, Howard's YouTube series on "How Hamilton Works" has received the attention of Miranda himself and "Hamilton" fans everywhere. Howard also found that Miranda innovated new techniques through his skillful adaptation of Hip Hop into the musical theatre form, which became the basis of Howard's YouTube series "How Rap Works in Hamilton." Now you can experience the insights of his video series in this book that acts as both a companion to the hit show as well as a primer on music theory and 21st century musical theatre.
About the author:
Howard Ho is a Chinese-American playwright/composer, YouTuber, and journalist based in New York City. He is a winner of the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival. His plays have been produced at the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s NuWorks Festival, Moving Arts, and Company of Angels. His playwriting has been published by Concord Theatricals, Next Stage Press, and Theatre Now New York and includes the works Reset, End of the Line, and Beethoven’s Third. He has written for Entertainment Weekly, Los Angeles Times, American Theatre magazine, HowlRound, and The Amp. His YouTube channel, Howard Ho Music (youtube.com/HowardHoMusic), focuses on analyzing musical theatre and has over 150,000 subscribers and recognition from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu. He holds degrees in Music History and Communications from UCLA and a Master of Professional Writing from USC.
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Please note that the purchase of How Hamilton Works, The Music Theory of Lin-Manuel Miranda ($19.95) is required for entrance.
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The Drama Book Shop, 266 W 39TH ST, NEW YORK, United States
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