Les Mis taught LMM how to use leitmotifs in a very specific way.
MUSICAL THEATRE MATRIX PART 2:    • How Schmigadoon Works (Musical Theatr...  

0:00 Intro
0:35 Leitmotifs in Les Miz
1:45 Contrafacta in Les Miz
3:40 Operatic Lens
4:43 In the Heights Leitmotifs
6:49 Radio Lens Leitmotifs
9:14 Musical Theatre Matrix

References in the video

New Yorker - All About the Hamiltons
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

Les Misérables - 10th Anniversary Concert
   • Les Miserables 10th anniversary conce...  

Nickelodeon - Side Hustle
   • Most Musical Moments from Side Hustle...  

Joseph P. Swain - The Broadway Musical
https://bookshop.org/books/the-broadw...

Les Misérables - 2012 film (Universal)
   • Les Misérables  

THINKER - Lin-Manuel Miranda interview
   • Les Mis Inspires Creator of In The He...  

In the Heights - 2021 film (Warner Bros.)
   • In the Heights  

In the Heights: Finding Home - 2021 book
https://bookshop.org/books/in-the-hei...

Apple TV - Dickinson
https://tv.apple.com/us/show/dickinso...

Vox - Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed late-night radio
   • Quiet Storm: How 1970s R&B changed la...  

Do the Right Thing - 1989 film
   • Do the Right Thing  

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