Hamilton: A Muppet Musical

It's time to play the music

It's time to light the lights

It's time to meet the Muppets...

The Pre-show video consists of 7 clips that cut from the above Hamilton Muppets logo to the clips below:

Clip #1

Kermit, Scooter, and Joe from legal sit in the audience while Lin Manuel Miranda walks on stage. He greets Kermit and says that he’s a big fan and tells him that he is auditioning for the part of Alexander Hamilton. He starts with the lyrics, “My name is Alexander Hamilton,” when Kermit abruptly stops him and says that he isn’t a good fit for the production.

Clip #2

Miss Piggy walks onto the stage and says that she’s auditioning for the parts of both Eliza and Angelica. She also says that if there’s room, she would also like to play Peggy. “Geez, Piggy. I’d hate for you to find out this way but...we’ve already found our Angelica.” Kermit says as Denise, Miss Piggy’s romantic rival, walks onto stage. Kermit offers Piggy the role of Eliza as she walks offstage angrily.

Clip #3

Fozzie Bear walks onstage. “Fozzie! We’re in the middle of casting for the show, what do you need?” Kermit says. “I just have a few questions about my character,” Fozzie says, “can we change his name?” Kermit explains to Fozzie that Thomas Jefferson was a real person and that his name can’t be changed. Fozzie asks if he can wear his fart shoes and Kermit says no.

Clip #4

Fozzie and Kermit consult Crazy Harry, the shows pyro-technician, and make sure that all the cannons are fake. “I wouldn’t want to replicate what happened in last year’s production of Annie.” says Kermit as a clip plays of Miss Piggy getting blown through a wall while singing “Tomorrow” from Annie. “I don’t even know why we HAD cannons for that show”. Fozzie says.

Clip #5

Kermit is currently in the middle of auditions for the role of George Washington. Currently, the Muppet News Anchor is auditioning but won’t stop putting “This just in:” in front of all of his lines. For example, “This just in: We are outgunned, outmanned-“. It seems like no Muppets fit the role of America’s first President. “If only there was someone who was passionate about the role,” says Kermit as Sam the Eagle starts visibly pretending to cough in order to catch Kermit’s attention. “Geez Sam. You may want to see a doctor about that cough,” Kermit says. “I’ll do it! I’ll play American hero, George Washington!” he exclaims.

Clip #6

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew approaches Kermit wearing his King George costume as wells as a giant device on his head designed to look like a crown. The device contains exposed wires and antennas pointing out of it from every direction. “What you’re looking at here is the Crown 2000 courtesy of Muppet Labs.” Honeydew exclaims as Beeker stands behind him. “Well, erm...what does it do?” Kermit asks. “The Crown 2000 projects my voice across the entire theater so everyone can hear!” he says. “That’s actually not that bad of an idea,” Kermit remarks”. Honeydew presses a button and the screeching sound of radio static alarms Kermit as he exclaims “Turn it off!”

Clip #7

Kermit and the cast are getting in their places as it’s time for guests to be let into the theater. The entire cast is getting in their places for the opening number when Rowlf the dog, who is dressed in a sparkly pink dress, prances backstage humming the song, “Popular”. He sees the cast in their costumes and says “I thought we were doing Wicked.”

Cast list

A strong Muppets cast is necessary for the show. While some "smaller" Muppets may have been given larger roles. How well they fit and how funny their position is was given priority over popularity.

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• Alexander Hamilton - Kermit The Frog​

• Aaron Burr - Gonzo​

• George Washington - Sam Eagle​

• Eliza Schuyler - Miss Piggy​

• Angelica Schuyler - Denise​

• Peggy Schuyler - Camilla the Chicken​

• John Laurens - Rizzo​

• Marquis de Lafayette - Swedish Chef​

• Hercules Mulligan - Uncle Deadly​

• Thomas Jefferson - Fozzie​

• James Madison- Bobo​

• Charles Lee - Sweetums​

• Samuel Seabury - Beaker​

• King George III - Dr. Bunsen Honeydew​

• Hamilton's Doctor - Julius Strangepork​

• Philip Schuyler - Link Hogthrob​

Song list

One of the trickiest parts was nailing down the song list. Because the show is almost 3 hours long sung in its entirety, cutting songs means changing aspects of the story. Because of that, two key characters (and their storylines) are cut from the show in Maria Reynolds (not really Disney appropriate) and Philip Hamilton (while important to the show, cutting him gave us more time). These cuts, along with shortened versions of some of the other songs give us a runtime of approximately an hour which lines up with some of Disney's other longer shows.​

• Alexander Hamilton​

• Aaron Burr, Sir​

• My Shot​

• The Story of Tonight​

• The Schuyler Sisters​

• Farmer Refuted​

• You’ll Be Back​

• Right Hand Man​

• A Winter’s Ball​

• Helpless​

• Satisfied​

• The Story of Tonight (reprised)​

• Wait For It​

• Stay Alive​

• Guns and Ships​

• Yorktown​

• Non-Stop​

• What’d I Miss​

• The Room Where It Happens​

• One Last Time​

• The Election of 1800​

• Your Obedient Servant​

• The World Was Wide Enough​

• Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story​

General show dynamic

No Muppets production would be complete without some zany Muppets fun. Below are just some of the examples that could be witnessed during the show!

Statler and Waldorf Commentary:

•As the show is starting, Statler says “This show brought in quite a crowd.” to which Waldorf responds, “They probably took a page out of our book and came in for the Air Conditioning!”

•After Kermit performs “My Shot”, Waldorf says “I missed my shot to leave 10 minutes ago.”

•After “Guns and Ships”, Waldorf asks “Did you understand any of that?” to which Statler replies “I stopped understanding after the first song and just went along with it.”

•Statler and Waldorf fall asleep during the emotional conclusion to “One Last Time” and wake up as the song ends. They then take Jefferson and Madison’s lines at the start of “The Election of 1800”, being “Can we get back to politics?” “Please?”

Typical Muppet Antics:

•During Satisfied, Miss Piggy makes an effort to sabotage Denise. At first, she purposely bumps into her and steals her lines (to Kermit’s dismay). Kermit draws the line as Piggy picks up an anvil to drop on Denise during the final part of the song.

•As Fozzie Bear walks down some stairs during “What’d I Miss”, he is visibly wearing his fart shoes.

•During “The World was Wide Enough”, Gonzo attempt to shoot a fake cannon at Kermit only to discover that the cannon is real after Kermit is blown through the wall.

•At the end of “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”, Kermit rises from the back of the theater and gasps (replacing Eliza’s gasp).

•After the cast has taken their final bows, Sam the Eagle steps forward and proclaims “Before you all leave, I would like to take a few hours to acknowledge the several historical inaccuracies in the show. Starting with-“ as the curtains closes and Sam yells that he wasn’t finished.

•During “What’d I Miss”, the line “I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this” is replaced by “I went into hibernation and came back to this”​