#476: Jonathan Dinklage // Hamilton Broadway's Concertmaster // Part Two
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
After a quick detour talking about the magic of Rush, Jonathan Dinklage is back for round two and we’re diving into his Hamilton story. After participating in that reading he almost didn’t go to, Jonny says it was all over for him. He knew Hamilton was phenomenal and now he gets to be a part of it. From working with Alex Lacamoire to perfect the material, to getting the now legendary group of musicians together, Jonny is still not over how awesome it is that he gets to do this for a living.
This week, Jonny talks about why the Hamilton arrangements are so perfect, what it was like playing with legends like Barbra Streisand and Lady Gaga, and explains why karaoke is just the best, especially when Paul Rudd is involved.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage in Stages, Lynn Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamelcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Boots and cuts. |
| 0:06.0 | Boots and cuts. |
| 0:07.0 | Goose and cut. |
| 0:08.0 | Ha ha ha ha ha ha. |
| 0:09.0 | Jani. |
| 0:10.0 | Jani is Hamilton Broadway's Concedurembergast. Hey friends, welcome back to the Hamillcast. I'm Jillian, and today I'm wrapping up with the one |
| 0:21.9 | and only Jonathan Dinklage. Johnny is Hamilton Broadway's concertmaster, which is a super fancy way of |
| 0:26.9 | saying that he's the first violinist in the pit, and he's the direct liaison between the musicians |
| 0:30.5 | and the conductor. He tries to downplay it, and yes, the term concert master has a lot of weight to |
| 0:34.9 | it. It's from the 1870s, so yeah. But it's a very important role. |
| 0:39.0 | In addition to Hamilton, Johnny's a world-class musician, arranger, composer, and producer. |
| 0:43.2 | He's worked on Broadway for over 30 years, both in the pit and on original cast recordings. |
| 0:46.8 | He has about a zillion film and TV credits, and he's played all over the world with legendary |
| 0:51.3 | musicians, including, and most importantly, Rush. |
| 0:54.4 | We talk about Rush a lot on this podcast because musicians absolutely love this band. |
| 0:58.7 | Johnny explains why in his first episode, and it's actually pretty simple. |
| 1:01.6 | They're like a music school. |
| 1:02.8 | They write cool, complicated songs that are like 10 minutes long. |
| 1:05.9 | They play them flawlessly, and they also happen to be some of the nicest guys in the world. |
| 1:10.1 | Johnny knows that because he got to tour with Rush, and it really cannot be overstated how incredible that was for him. |
| 1:15.6 | I mean, can you imagine it? To be such a die-hard fan for so long, like your whole life, spending hours rocking out to this band, fantasizing about being on stage with them, and then one day, there you are, on tour with your idols, actually living out your dream. It's just the absolute coolest thing. And hey, shout out to Paul Rudd |
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