#267: Charles G. LaPointe // Hamilton's Hair & Wig Designer // Part Two
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In part two, Hamilton hair and wig designer Charles G. LaPointe explains how the looks on stage transformed as the Hamilton family grew, which roles are always wigged and which roles adapt based on who is on stage, what comes next for him as Broadway reopens, why he loves his job, and Charles answers questions from the Patreon Peeps.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamlet Cast. |
| 0:05.1 | Bootsing, cuts in, bussing! |
| 0:18.8 | Hello everyone, welcome back to The Hamlet Cast. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm Jillian, this week we're picking up where we left off in Episode 266 with Charles G. LaPoint. |
| 0:26.2 | He's the hair and wig designer for Hamilton and about 70 other shows. |
| 0:29.7 | If you missed last week, you'll want to pause here and go check that out. |
| 0:32.3 | That's where he talks all about his friendship with costume designer Paul Tazwell, |
| 0:35.6 | which led him to the creative team for In The Heights, and Duh, Hamilton. |
| 0:39.1 | Plus, he tells us what it was like to travel across the world and go through quarantine |
| 0:42.5 | to put up Hamilton in Australia, and he answers your burning questions, |
| 0:45.9 | like why Eliza's hair gets pulled back and act too. |
| 0:48.7 | And lastly, if you haven't heard, Hamilton officially announced it will be returning |
| 0:52.7 | to Broadway September 14th and tickets are now on sale, and not just for Broadway. |
| 0:57.1 | Tour dates are being announced, so the stage lights will be back up soon everywhere. |
| 1:00.7 | You can find ticket links as well as information on the COVID-19 safety protocols at |
| 1:04.7 | hamiltonmusical.com. I'll put them in the show notes too, just in case. |
| 1:07.9 | You know I'll be there, and I hope to see you there too. |
| 1:10.1 | So, all right, let's do this. Here's part two with Chuck LaPoint. |
| 1:20.0 | Lauren is saying, I've heard that for Hamilton, the cabinet wanted the characters to be |
| 1:23.2 | in costume from the neck down, but to appear with contemporary styling for their hair and bases. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes. And she says, is that correct? Yes. And if so, I'm curious how the decision |
| 1:33.3 | to or not to use a wig was made for respective characters. |
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