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The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

#349: Obioma Ugoala // London's Original George Washington // Part One

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Obioma Ugoala, London's OG George Washington, visits The Hamilcast to talk about his journey with Hamilton, using the time you have to put your all into a role, creating a legacy, taking another look at history through activism, art, and using stories to change the minds of both the audience and the industry.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manual Miranda and you're listening to The Hamilkast.

0:05.2

Bootsing, cuts and buzzing.

0:18.5

Hello everyone, welcome back to The Hamilkast. I'm Jillian and today I'm joined virtually

0:24.8

by Obyama Yugola. Hi. Hey, hey, how are we doing? Can you tell me your pronouns please?

0:29.2

Yes, sorry, he, him. Great, thank you. Oby, thank you so much for coming. Listeners,

0:34.4

you remember Oby from the big London party that I threw? You're the original George Washington

0:39.5

and the West End among a zillion other things? Hi. Hey, how are we doing? Yeah, I felt really bad.

0:44.2

I had to, you came over to London, saving, you know, saving across some London and I had to run off.

0:50.8

It was on, I think it was a two-show day and I was across town at the theatre road, Jury Lane,

0:57.2

doing Christophe in Frozen, which is still running in London and so I was, yeah, I was there

1:04.6

and I'd done the matinee and the guys had said, oh, we're doing Hamilkast today, who's coming,

1:10.6

and then I'm where I saw where it was. I was like, I can, I can make that just for, you know,

1:16.8

for a minute. So I did and we sort of got into it and then I and then I had to sort of run away

1:22.1

and go do an evening show. But I missed out on the, on the cocktail. You had, you guys had

1:26.0

they like a fancy cocktail and I couldn't even enjoy that. I just can't believe you're apologizing

1:31.5

for making the time to come and hang out in between shows. No, but it was, because it was rushed.

1:37.6

Right, but it was so, it really like, I was getting like the WhatsApp and I was like, wait,

1:42.3

oh, like what? I thought it was a long shot that you would come at all to begin with.

1:47.3

I was like, I'm sure this is not possible, but you know, I invited everyone past and present

1:53.3

at like every buddy. And so I was just like, I was like, oh my god, I'm getting your, I was like,

1:58.8

it's happening. We're here. Like, come and then the phone rang and I wanted to keep that in,

2:02.3

because those party recordings, I love just everyone like the listeners just being able to feel

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