I streamed “Hamilton” earlier this month — in fact, on Aug. 6, the day the musical celebrated its 10th birthday — compelled by my partner’s confession of never having seen the smash Broadway show (gasp!).

He later admitted to being surprised by how much he enjoyed it. I found it nearly as exciting, as thrilling as when I first saw the production, from a high balcony seat in the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in October 2017.

Except that this time, I knew all the words to the songs. (To an obnoxious degree.)

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean … .

The way I look at it, you’re either a hard-core fan of the Lin-Manuel Miranda creation, or … you’re wrong.

The proof is in the numbers: the hip-hop musical

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