#404: Charles Simmons 2.0 // George Washington: Germany and UK/Ireland // Part Two
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Charles Simmons 2.0! Charles is currently George Washington on the UK/Ireland tour and previously originated the role in Hamburg, Germany.
This week, Charles talks more about joining his new company including how the amazing cast and crew helped make his transition super easy, all the craziness leading up to opening night, and adjusting to life in the UK. Plus, he talks about his all time favorite Hamilton moment, and Charles does a deep dive on some of the lyrics he thinks might actually hit harder in German than they do in English. Remember: Charles is a self-proclaimed Hamilton superfan, so he spares no detail.
#339: Charles Simmons // G.Wash in Hamilton Germany // Part One
#340: Charles Simmons // G.Wash in Hamilton Germany // Part Two
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamelcast. |
| 0:05.5 | Butts and cuts and, poots and... Hello hello hello hello |
| 0:19.5 | welcome back to the Hamelcast I'm Jillian and this is the second half of my latest chat with |
| 0:23.6 | Charles Simmons. Charles and I first spoke back in October of 2022 when he was in rehearsals |
| 0:28.3 | as the original G-Wash in the German production of Hamilton. Those are episodes 339 and 340. I highly recommend |
| 0:34.4 | checking them out if you want to learn about how a guy originally from Kansas City |
| 0:37.8 | ended up in Germany for most of his life and then booked Hamilton with no formal |
| 0:41.1 | training. And come on who doesn't want to hear that story? |
| 0:43.2 | Anyway after a successful run in Hamburg Charles is currently reprising George |
| 0:47.4 | Washington in the UK and Ireland tour. Charles was in rehearsals when he first |
| 0:51.0 | came on the podcast so there was a lot about the |
| 0:52.6 | German production we couldn't discuss but now we can and we started last week from |
| 0:56.8 | the translation and lyric changes to the incredibly enthusiastic fans to a very |
| 1:01.1 | rare concept version of Hamilton we talk about all of it. |
| 1:04.0 | Last week's episode ended with Charles talking about his transition from the German company to his new tour, |
| 1:08.7 | which also means having to learn the show in English all over again. |
| 1:11.6 | And while Charles is fluent in both languages, there's a whole muscle memory thing happening that he has to deal with. |
| 1:16.0 | And not all the lyrics are the same. So yeah, it's a whole thing. |
| 1:20.0 | All right, let's get into it. Here's the second half of my most recent conversation with veteran George Washington and self-proclaimed Hamilton super-fan, Charles Simmons. |
| 1:27.0 | You had emailed me in August about what was happening and we were trying to find a time and |
| 1:38.7 | then we had a time a couple weeks ago and then we realized that it was right smack in the middle of maybe the busiest week. |
| 1:46.0 | It could have been. |
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