And the guy goes, oh, I'm sorry, I can't understand you. Aaron Burr . And that was the joke, because none of us knew who he was.Leslie redid that commercial, didn't he?
I mean, before this, I was mostly seen as children, which is normal. Aaron Burr . I keep going back to that.
getting pulled over by the cops in Oakland for no reason Leslie omam Jr who won a Tony Award for creating the role of Aaron Burr said that stepping into the shoes of that man and understanding them from that side made the story of America feel like his story in a way that it hadn't before but they were just putting on
So today's guest is a Tony and Grammy award winner and author, director, composer, and, of course, an actor whom you probably best know from originating the role of Aaron Burr in both the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of "Hamilton." You may have also seen him on TV recently in "Smash," "Law & Order," "Gotham," "The Good Wife," and a dozen more, in addition to some amazing film credits, including one of my personal favorites,
And the guy had his mouth full of cookies, and he was supposed to answer a question, who shot Alexander Hamilton? And he goes, Aaron Burr ! And the guy goes, oh, I'm sorry, I can't understand you.
I was taking a course in the history of American foreign policy taught by this amazing professor at Cornell. And I came out of this terrific lecture about Aaron Burr , and I was walking back to my lab. And I could see it down at the end of the street, and I was like, oh my god.
And they were busy forming parties. And they took it seriously enough so Alexander Hamilton was shot by Aaron Burr . That was an example of how seriously they took party differences.
He was then the first Secretary of State. So in the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson-- his running mate is Aaron Burr -- Thomas Jefferson ties his own running mate for the
Every day, I'm like, wait, what did he just say? Yes. Right. Yeah. Personally, I knew I knew about Aaron Burr only from the milk commercial. Yes! There was a commercial?
My goodness. I'm Ryan Alvarado. I'm a principal standby in the Angelica company of "Hamilton." I'm responsible for covering Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr , King George III. Yeah, that's what I do.
And this happened repeatedly throughout the 1800s. And the reason they did that-- actually, the person who was behind all of these machinations that allowed this to happen was the notorious Aaron Burr , who we all love to hate now-- the bad boy of the American founding.
He was then the first Secretary of State. But at the end of the day, Jefferson does beat, again, his own vice presidential nominee, Aaron Burr , and becomes President of the United States.