#376: Tamar Greene // Hamilton Broadway's George Washington // Part Two #376: Tamar Greene // Hamilton Broadway's George Washington // Part Two
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Tamar Greene (Hamilton Broadway's George Washington) talks about checking in with yourself to reassess and possibly change course, which can actually be very rejuvenating. In fact, that's what led him to musical theatre, from auditioning in stairwells to going out on tour and eventually landing on Broadway. Remember the guy who didn't think he could sing or make it professionally as a musician? Seems like a lifetime ago.
And of course, we dive into his long history with Hamilton. He went from knowing nothing about the show and turning down tickets to see it, to winning the lottery and falling in love with it, then passing on a callback after years of auditions, to finally stepping into the role of Washington in Chicago and making the transition to Broadway. So get ready, because this week you're gonna hear about how Tamar made his way to acting on stage, something that has yet to come up in his long list of interests and career choices.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilkast. |
| 0:18.7 | Hey friends, I'm Jillian and welcome back to The Hamilkast. |
| 0:20.9 | You're listening to the second episode with Tamara Green, who's currently playing George |
| 0:24.0 | Washington and Hamilton on Broadway. Tomorrow was first on the podcast back in 2019 |
| 0:27.9 | when I saw Hamilton and Chicago and threw a big party recording with the cast. |
| 0:31.3 | Those are episodes 181 through 185 if you're interested. |
| 0:34.2 | That party was so much fun, but it's hard to do a deep dive with someone in those recordings, |
| 0:37.9 | so it's always nice to be able to sit down one-on-one and really get into it. |
| 0:41.0 | Tamara's mother was a singer and pianist who ended up retiring as a nurse. |
| 0:44.0 | His father was a DJ and promoter, focusing on Jamaican artists. |
| 0:47.2 | He owned a record store, was always throwing parties and events in the community. |
| 0:50.4 | Tamara was one of 10 kids, and they all had to learn an instrument. |
| 0:53.1 | He chose the piano because, as he says, it was easy to hide behind. |
| 0:56.4 | And while yes, he's definitely a classical pianist first, but people around him kept |
| 1:00.0 | encouraging him to sing, and he fought them every step of the way. |
| 1:03.1 | But even as he was studying for his BA in computer information systems, which he has, |
| 1:06.8 | by the way, he found himself wandering the halls in the music department. |
| 1:09.7 | Always drawn to this life he didn't even know how to live. |
| 1:12.2 | Is it even possible to do a music professionally? |
| 1:14.5 | What does that look like? What does that even mean? |
| 1:16.6 | Anyway, that was all last week. |
| 1:18.1 | Now you're going to hear about how Tamara made his way to acting on stage, |
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