Take a Break

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"Take a Break" is a song from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton that highlights the personal and emotional tensions in Alexander Hamilton’s family life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Take a Break canonical 1
Take a Break (Interlude) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ⓘ
associatedWork Hamilton (Original Broadway Production) ⓘ
linked to: Hamilton (musical)
characterFeatured Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
Angelica Schuyler ⓘ
Eliza Hamilton ⓘ
Philip Hamilton ⓘ
composer Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent Angelica writing to Alexander from London ⓘ
Eliza inviting Alexander to go upstate for the summer ⓘ
Philip Hamilton reciting a French poem for Alexander ⓘ
emotionalTone bittersweet ⓘ
tense ⓘ
featuresMusicalElement counterpoint between Angelica and Eliza ⓘ
melodic motif reprised from earlier songs in Hamilton ⓘ
rap verses by Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
firstPerformance Off-Broadway production of Hamilton at The Public Theater ⓘ
followedBy Say No to This ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
includedIn Broadway production of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
medium cast recording ⓘ
stage performance ⓘ
narrativeFunction foreshadows Hamilton’s personal and marital problems ⓘ
shows conflict between Alexander Hamilton’s work and family life ⓘ
partOf Hamilton (musical) ⓘ
performer Anthony Ramos ⓘ
Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
Phillipa Soo ⓘ
Renée Elise Goldsberry ⓘ
positionInMusical Act 1 ⓘ
precededBy That Would Be Enough (in narrative chronology of Hamilton’s family life) ⓘ
publisher Atlantic Records (cast album) ⓘ
setting New York ⓘ
theme emotional distance ⓘ
family tension ⓘ
marital strain ⓘ
work–life balance ⓘ
vocalFor soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ
workBasedOn historical life of Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
yearOfCastAlbumRelease 2015 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Angelica Schuyler → hasSong → Take a Break ⓘ
The Hamilton Mixtape → hasPart → Take a Break (Interlude) ⓘ
linked to: Take a Break