Letter from a Reader 2.5.25

Sexism in 'Hamilton', a classic Super Bowl memoir, and a great 10-word pro tip on writing a killer story or screenplay

Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton in 2016 / Wikimedia Commons.

Hamilton made its Broadway debut 10 years ago¹, not long after I left the New York area for the Gulf Coast. I don’t regret moving to a town where you pay $20, tops, to see local actors do Plaza Suite or The Glass Menagerie in a converted Baptist Church, not hundreds to see famous names step out …