#380: Jason Arrow // Alexander Hamilton: Australia, New Zealand, Manila // Part Three
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week, Jason Arrow wraps up his three episode series. In his first two episodes, Jason told us about his life story thus far: he was born in South Africa, moved to Western Australia when he was about five years old, and first did theater as a teenager.
His Hamilton story starts in 2019, and it's been so fun to hear about Jason's adventures with the show. He talked about the energy from the audience, especially during a time when the Australian production of Hamilton was the only one in the world happening. We laughed about the fun moments he's been able to find on stage and he reflected on what it was like for Lin-Manuel Miranda to see the Australian company for the very first time in 2023.
As we wrap up our conversation, we talk about Rage Against the Machine, the importance of First Nations actors on stage (and particularly in Hamilton), why Jason chose psychology books over a history lesson, and we compare Mario Kart preferences. But first, this episode starts with Jason talking more about his personal take on Alexander including how and why it changes and evolves.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilkast. |
| 0:05.1 | Bootsing, cut, sin, bussing! |
| 0:18.4 | Hello everyone, welcome back to The Hamilkast. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Jillian, and this is my third episode with Jason Arrow. |
| 0:23.5 | Jason and I spoke back in April of this year, 2023, and a lot has happened since then. |
| 0:27.9 | When we recorded, Jason had just finished the Australian run of Hamilton and had a few weeks |
| 0:31.8 | off before the company went to New Zealand for a limited run. |
| 0:34.4 | And starting in September, Jason will be playing Hamilton in the show's Asian premiere in Manila |
| 0:38.7 | in the Philippines. In his first two episodes, Jason told us his life story thus far. |
| 0:43.1 | He was born in South Africa, moved to Western Australia when he was about five years old, |
| 0:46.8 | and did theater as a teenager. Acting started as a hobby, but after some time studying film and |
| 0:51.1 | television theory, he realized he belonged in front of the camera. As far as his Hamilton story is |
| 0:55.2 | concerned, he started out auditioning for Aaron Burr, and then, of course, a few other characters |
| 0:59.2 | were thrown into the mix. It was going really well, and then March 2020 came along and put an end |
| 1:04.1 | to a lot of things, including the upcoming bootcams for potential cast members. So, like many of us, |
| 1:09.2 | the business of Hamilton moved to Zoom. Jason had virtual auditions, remote work sessions, |
| 1:14.3 | and won very important conversation with the creative team about the complicated head space of |
| 1:18.4 | Alexander Hamilton. It was so fun to hear about Jason's adventures with the show. He talked a lot |
| 1:23.0 | about the energy from the audience, especially during a time when the Australian production of Hamilton |
| 1:27.2 | was the only one in the world happening. We laughed about the fun moments he's been able to find |
| 1:30.9 | on stage, and he reflected on what it was like for Lin-Manuel Miranda to finally see the Australian |
| 1:35.4 | company for the very first time in 2023. So as we wrap up our conversation, we talk about |
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