#403: Charles Simmons 2.0 // George Washington: Germany and UK/Ireland // Part One
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Charles Simmons is back on the podcast for the first time since October 2022, when he was in rehearsals as the original George Washington in the German production of Hamilton. Go listen to those episodes to learn about how a guy originally from Kansas City ended up in Germany for most of his life and then booked Hamilton with no formal training. It's truly, truly fascinating.
After a successful run in Hamburg, Charles is currently reprising the role of George Washington in the new UK and Ireland tour. Charles was in rehearsals when he first came on the podcast so there was a lot about the German production that we didn't get to discuss but now we can! From the translation and lyric changes, to the incredibly enthusiastic fans, to a very rare concert version of Hamilton, to learning the show in two languages, we talk about it all.
#339: Charles Simmons // G.Wash in Hamilton Germany // Part One
#340: Charles Simmons // G.Wash in Hamilton Germany // Part Two
Complete Ham4Ham Hamburg and the last applause of final show Hamilton das Musical Germany
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast. |
| 0:05.1 | Butts and cuts and, and boots and... Hello everyone welcome back to the hamelcast I'm Jillian and today I am here once again with my friend Charles |
| 0:25.3 | Simmons hey Charles hello everybody how's it going welcome back to the show |
| 0:30.1 | thank you glad to be back. Greetings from Manchester, UK. |
| 0:34.0 | I know I can't believe it. |
| 0:37.0 | So you were the original George Washington and the Hamburg Company. |
| 0:40.0 | Yes. |
| 0:41.0 | You're currently George Washington in the new the UK Ireland tour. Exactly. Yep. I am the I am the first principal cast member to perform the show in two languages. The first one ever was a gentleman |
| 0:56.6 | named Joshua Rivera who was in one of the touring companies in America and then he came to |
| 1:01.5 | Germany to perform with us when our run started but he was he was the assistant |
| 1:06.6 | assistant dance captain and a swing but I am the first principal cast member, the first main cast member to do it in two languages. |
| 1:16.5 | That is incredible. Congratulations. |
| 1:18.5 | Thank you very much. It's awesome. It's exciting to be part of that, to be a part of that history in that way. That's it's very cool |
| 1:25.3 | Right because last time we spoke you were still in rehearsals when you came on the podcast |
| 1:29.5 | Right, so there wasn't that much about the German production that we were allowed to talk about necessarily, but now we can. |
| 1:37.0 | So that's exciting and so now we get to talk about also like what your week has been like, your Premier Week just that transition so I want to dive into all of this I know you have |
| 1:46.2 | like even your last week alone could be like a whole podcast series I'm sure |
| 1:49.6 | yeah parties in the rehearsals yeah it, it's been a crazy ride, definitely. |
| 1:54.9 | So just in case, can we do like a little recap, |
| 1:57.5 | sort of like your truncated life story and Hamilton story, |
| 2:00.3 | and then we can get into like your Germany experience in London like the floor is yours so we're ready to go well for those of your |
| 2:07.2 | listeners who didn't know I was as you said the first in involved in the first foreign language production of Hamilton, which was in Hamburg, Germany. |
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