Will Thorne Staff WriterThe final moment of “Hamilton” could have featured the loquacious lead delivering one final verse from beyond the grave.
Instead, the show closes on his wife, Eliza (Phillipa Soo), letting out a deep, penetrating gasp. It follows a musical number that lists Eliza’s mind-blowing accomplishments after her husband’s death, showing that she was strong enough to forge her own path.“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that she has the slowest burn, if you will, of a lot of these characters,” Soo says. “Her journey starts out where she bursts onto the scene with this young, very vibrant energy, and then she has to be a witness to all of the historical and personal events that are happening in her life, and that culminates in.
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