Friday, April 23, 2021

Books: 'Life at Hamilton' Brings the Lights Back Up on Broadway

Imagine being the bar manager at the biggest show on Broadway. The people who belly-up to the bar ... their stories ... their lives. Sometimes a stranger, sometimes a celebrity and sometimes — Barack Obama! 

Life at Hamilton details true stories of the interactions between Mike Anthony, the bar manager at Hamilton on Broadway, and the patrons who were witnessing history while seeing this record-breaking, life-changing show.

Anthony’s book pulls back the curtain on the blockbuster show Hamilton. In the book, he chronicles his touching, and often hilarious, interactions throughout his workday. His stories let us in on love, loss and finding your own story among the sometimes blinding lights and sometimes darkest hours of life.

"When I moved to New York City to become an actor, I imagined being under the bright lights of Broadway, living a life full of fame and fortune. Instead, I took a job not on stage for a Broadway show, but behind its bar, and found a life full of meaning," Anthony said.