This week’s #Ham4Ham featured Lin-Manuel Miranda teaching cast members how to say goodbye: The live show began with a singalong of “Happy Trails” to send off two departing Hamilton family members: Jon Rua, one of Miranda’s understudies, and assistant company manager and “Ham4Ham mistress” Kaitlin Fine, who will be joining the show’s Chicago production. (Miranda led the singalong, but it’s musical director Alex Lacamoire gleefully playing the melodica we can’t take our eyes off of.)
Next, Robert Smigel brought out his canine puppet, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, to roast Miranda, who will soon be leaving Hamilton himself in what the comedian declared a “Mirexit.” Addressing the crowd, Triumph took shots at the near-impossibility of getting a $10 ticket: “You have about as much chance of winning the lottery as [Miranda, who is Puerto Rican] has of staying in the country after Trump wins.” He then went on to serenade the Hamilton creator about his future prospects—all to the tune of “You’ll Be Back.”
