Trust us – you want to be in the room where this happens. Broadway’s newest breakout hit is Hamilton, and rightfully so. The rap retelling of Alexander Hamilton’s life story lives up to all its hype with its sharp-as-a-tack lyrics, entrancing acting and killer beats. American history has never been more enthralling than when told from the perspective of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beat-spitting Hamilton, who does everything from spar in raps with Thomas Jefferson over economic reforms to serenade his newly born son with poignant and emotional lyrics.

There’s a little something for everyone in Hamilton. The almost three hour performance is chock full of romance, infidelity, humor, violence, politics, and passion, all told by an extremely diverse and talented cast who do not look exactly like the historical figures they are portraying.

“This is the story of America then, told by America now,” said Miranda in an interview with CBS News.  

And ironically, never has a musical felt so relevant to our lives today. Though set in the late eighteenth, early nineteenth centuries, the verses sang by Hamilton and his fellow patriots could seemingly be inserted into today’s modern vernacular without strain. There are particular lines which seem to speak to some very specific struggles of today, with many jokes cracked about immigration and partisan policy. The music is great, and will leave you head-bopping long after you have left the theater, but Miranda’s witty lyrics are the true stars of Hamilton. They are profound and thought-provoking, funny and devastating, all at once.

“Winning was easy, young man. Government is harder,” utters Hamilton’s George Washington after a particularly intense rap battle. What an applicable phrase to today’s political climate. Hamilton is full of little nuggets of wisdom like that, that will leave you excited, impressed, but most of all, thoughtful.