I have been an avid musical theater nerd for over six years. In this time I have seen the theatre community and even the regular public become entranced in a show, even obsessed at times. This has been taken to new heights with a little show called Hamilton.

For those living under a rock, Hamilton is a hip-hop musical of the life and trials of founding father Alexander Hamilton as he comes to an America on verge of revolution, fights and helps win independence, and eventually his untimely death at the hands of Aaron Burr.

Putting a story about revolution to hip-hop which is what Lin Manuel-Miranda (the playwright, composer, and the originally casted Hamilton) calls the "Music of revolution;" was a genius idea, it gives distinction form other shows that mirror this topic [such as: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson & 1776]. Not to mention having colorblind casting is a huge deal for Broadway, which isn't called "The Great White Way" for nothing, and it lead to, for the first ever time in 70 years of the Tony Awards, there being actors of color winning all the acting categories for musicals.

This show became the most buzzed about ticket on Broadway, and every night is at capacity, with tickets selling out in a matter of minutes. Even after the infamous interaction with Mike Pence, on which I will go no further into after saying that the company was not rude in any aspect of the word, it was just a great misunderstanding, ticket sales are still going insanely strong, having made one three million dollars over Thanksgiving break despite the call to boycott the show after the Vice President-Elect's visit to the show and President-Elect Trump's twitter rant over the show's disrespect to Pence.

With the release of the Hamilton Mixtape, which was a mixtape that has been a passion project for Miranda that includes music stars like Drake, SIA, and even Jimmy Fallon and The Roots. However, with the release of the mixtape it seems as if Miranda is using the new music in order to keep Hamilton relevant in an ever changing market.

Broadway is an interesting business to be in considering that one bad week can shut you down; that is a reality that many shows have seen thanks to Hamilton's superstar status. After Hamilton swept at the Tony Awards, something I personally believe it didn't deserve, multiple shows shut down. These were shows were incredible but didn't get their chance to grow because Hamilton was overshadowing all of these shows. So, now that new shows are coming in and are getting all of the attention, Hamilton needed something to stay in the news and to stay relevant in the public eye, thus the mixtape.

This isn't me saying that the mixtape isn't good, because it is and it is very refreshing to see all these new takes on these songs (especially "Say Yes to This" which is the infamous affair between Mariah Reynolds and Hamilton told from her point of view). This is me saying that maybe it's best if Hamilton cools it's jets and lets other shows get a chance. If this doesn't happen, well, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to the Lyric Theatre soon.