#497: Thomas Kail Returns! // Part One

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamilton</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">'s brilliant director Thomas Kail helps me wrap up the podcast with two thoughtful, insightful, and sweet episodes. Tommy is known as "The Architect" and I'm telling you, the guy lives up to the title and then some. This week T.Kail unpacks a lot of the HamilTen celebrations and how they came to be, including how they landed on the decision to release the Hamilfilm in movie theaters, his profound experience with the original cast reuniting for the Tony Awards, and Leslie Odom Jr.'s reprising Aaron Burr in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamilton</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on Broadway. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tommy also talks a lot about editing the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hamilton</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">film (or as he calls it, his love letter to the original company) and how incredibly moving it was to watch it with them at the famous Delacorte Theater, under a full moon. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, we gush about</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Freestyle Love Supreme</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and the episode ends on a very rare cliffhanger! I don't know if that's ever happened on the pod but I explain why at the end of the episode. It's nothing crazy, it's mostly a timing issue, but here we are!</span></p> <p><em>This episode was recorded in November of 2025 at WTF Media Studios in Manhattan and produced with Natalie Grillo from Any Moment Productions in collaboration with Meghan Miles.</em></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/episode-124-you-simply-must-meet-thomas-thomas-part-one/"> <strong>#124: Thomas Kail // Part One</strong></a></span> <span class="s2"><strong>(2018)</strong></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/episode-125-you-simply-must-meet-thomas-thomas-part-two/"> <strong>#125: Thomas Kail // Part Two</strong></a></span> <span class="s2"><strong>(2018)</strong></span></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/230-jonah-moran-hamilfilm-editor-part-one/"> #230: Jonah Moran // #HamilFilm Editor // Part One</a></strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/231-jonah-moran-hamilfilm-editor-part-two/"> #231: Jonah Moran // #HamilFilm Editor // Part Two</a></strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/232-jonah-moran-hamilfilm-editor-part-three/"> #232: Jonah Moran // #HamilFilm Editor // Part Three</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://freestylelovesupreme.com">Freestyle Love Supreme</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://thehamilcast.com/tag/freestyle-love-supreme/">Freestyle Love Supreme on The Hamilcast</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xE3xA0mxw">Moondrunk - "My Words"</a></strong></p> <p>///</p> <p><a href="https://gillianwithag.com/"><strong>Gillian's Website</strong></a></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thehamilcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hamilcast on TikTok</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thehamilcast/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hamilcast on Instagram</a></strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/TheHamilcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join the Patreon Peeps</a></strong></p>