Capstone #4A – Interview 1

Since my topic for capstone is broad, I decided to do two interviews. Right now I am going to tell you about my first interview. My mom’s yoga teacher’s friend, Ariana DeBose, performed in the original cast of Hamilton and helped create the show. Now, she has a leading role in the musical, A Bronx Tale. Since one of my sub questions is, “How will the musical, Hamilton have an impact on future broadway shows?” I thought Ariana DeBose would be a big help because she was in Hamilton, then a Bronx Tale so she might be able to see the impact of Hamilton on A Bronx Tale. Since it would be WAY to hard to meet her in person or to face time her, (because she’s in a Broadway Show!) I chose to email her my questions. My sub questions are:

What other historical figures besides Alexander Hamilton did the musical shed light on?

How did the musical, Hamilton play a role in present day politics ?

How did the musical, Hamilton impact children’s learning  of American History?
How did the musical Hamilton change people’s views of Alexander Hamilton?

How will the musical Hamilton have an impact on future broadway shows?

 

She ended up answering all of my sub questions, which was great! Her answers were clear and very thoughtful! She gave me information I would never have thought of myself or found on a website. Her answers are helping throughout the process in all sorts of different ways! For example, when we had to answer our sub questions, I practically already had them answered and some people are having trouble with that. Ariana DeBose said “I think Hamilton made history fun again! Approaching a historical story, rooted in facts, from the hip hop angle made a new generation sing along and dance while they were learning.” She also said “Hamilton showed Broadway how social media can play a huge part in the shows success.” This is the first interview that I have done and I’m very with how it went. Since she answered all of those questions, it has given me a head start when answering each question! I’m so happy that she got to help me! I hope to see her when she’s performing in A Bronx Tale!

Link to her answers to my sub questions

 

 

3 thoughts on “Capstone #4A – Interview 1

  1. This was also great Abby. I like how in your first paragraph, you talked about Ariana DeBose and her and a little bit about her background on Hamilton. Your text was good but maybe replace” Since it would be WAY to hard to meet her in person or to face time her, (because she’s in a Broadway Show!) I chose to email her my questions” put that you chose to email her instead of adding how she is in a play. Also your link doesn’t work so maybe you can fix that.

  2. I was happy to learn the interview was so helpful. I like the direct quotes you included as examples. I agree with Danielle regarding the usefulness of the link to see the rest of her answers to the interview questions. I think you should consider adding a picture of the actress so that people who have seen the play and/or might see A Bronx Tale on Broadway would be able to identify her.

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