And there's a million things I haven't done.

Just you wait.

Just you wait.

No, that's not the Brian Lairashell theme song.

That, of course, is Alexander Hamilton from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Lynn ManuelManuel Miranda's musical about the founding father,

and since then it has, of course, grown to be a worldwide cultural phenomenon.

Frank DeLilla hosts on stage on New York One and joins us now.

He's out with a new special called Hamilton 10 Years, A Legacy on New York One,

where he revisits the origins of Lynn Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical, how it's

transformed over the past decade and how the musical is a uniquely New York story. Frank,

thanks so much for coming on. Congratulations on this piece. Welcome to WNYC.

Thank you. Thank you for having me. Such a fan. I'm happy to be here.

Thank you. So you spoke with Lynn Manuel about the Hamilton origin story. How did he wind up writing this play?

Well, you know, he was on vacation. He had just finished his hit musical in the Heights to great acclaim, no less,

and goes on vacation, picks up Ron Chernobyl's biography on Alexander Hamilton and just goes through it

and realizes that this is something. This is, this sings.

Alexander Hamilton's story sings.

And originally, you know, it was going to be a concept album.

You know, Lynn was inspired by, he's told me this many times,

inspired by the concept albums of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita,

the way Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice got together and, you know,

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