Under the HAMILTON Stage with Music Director Alex Lacamoire

Anyone else love the part during the Reynolds Pamphlet when someone hands a pamphlet down to Alex in the orchestra pit?

It’s so crazy that at every show there’s an entire orchestra underneath the stage!

The level coordination between everything that is happening on stage, everything that’s happening under the stage, the set movers, the lights: Got damn! How is any of this possible??

I was so claustrophobic watching this video

Dude's like "Yeah, I just play live while conducting in a restricted space, twice a day, reading the parts of every instrument at once while handling 26 different pedals for a bunch of songs across a number of genres. Why u ask?"

I'm really happy to see they use a full orchestra for this. When I first saw the show I thought it was all pre recorded.

that was the most confusing camera work i have ever seen

It's soooo freaking fascinating to see what's going on behind the scenes 😲 Mannnn...I have even more respect for the music now 😍

Nice to know that I'm not the only one who wonders about the greatness of this music and sound.

Wow. I knew there was work behind the scenes but didn't know that extensive. I want to do music but didn't know what aspect. This gives me more ideas.

Keyboardist: "And it's really great that there's no guitar amp down here, everything is digital" Guitarist: "Unfortunately there's no guitar amp down here, so everything has to be digital"

yes i love this Orchestra pit so much

Things I always wonder : How do they last without having any toilet breaks...except maybe intermission ofc...and someone who is as clausterphobic like me, would not last a second. Its amazing how all the musicians can be cramped below there...WOW.... JUST WOW. and Thank you all so much for the music you all perform every single damn show!!!

1:33 Well it's nice to know that if I have synth problems I can call Randy.

The amount of work that goes into it and the complexity makes my head spin when I think about how they do this on tour!

absolutely fascinating.  Genius' at work.

“ugh modern music is so simple”

When I saw the film of this show and listened to the soundtrack, I pictured like a 60 pc orchestra in a dining hall sized room under the stage with a conductor that doesn’t have to do 7 things at once, standing above you as bright as day! Turns out, that pit is like a winding cave and the fact that you guys (just 10 of you playing several different parts and don’t get me started on Alex playing while conducting, while reading everyone’s music while constantly switching sounds) are rocking out hard down there, in the dark, barely able to move around and barely able to see each other is simply incredible! Everything about Hamilton just blows my mind!!!!

Just wonderful!!! Alex Lacamoire - outstanding!!!!

1:15 I wanna know what the PANIC button does.