Podcasts Arts Hamlet to Hamilton: Exploring Verse Drama S1 E2: Content Dictates Form

S1 E2: Content Dictates Form

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 4 a.m.

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Why is Hamilton the superior musical to 1776?  What makes Heathers soar, while Mean Girls is just okay?  Why are we talking so much about musicals, when we should be talking about verse?

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Because the question we\'re answering today is: When should we be writing in verse?  Well, we\'ll take our cue from Uncle Stephen Sondheim, who told us quite succinctly:
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\\nCONTENT DICTATES FORM.

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  • Light Spoilers for: A Series of Unfortunate Events, Community, Heathers, Mean Girls, Les Miserables, Hamilton
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  • Featuring verse from: Hamlet (William Shakespeare), Merry Widows of Windsor (Emily C. A. Snyder), Go to Ground (Stuart Spencer)
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