--- title: Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own Hamilton-Style Musical description: After recently seeing Hamilton for the second time, Amy Schumer released a clip that shows her performing her own hip-hop musical. canonical: https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-04T17:59:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:21.005Z og:title: Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own Hamilton-Style Musical og:description: Lin-Manuel Miranda is not impressed og:url: https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own Hamilton-Style Musical twitter:description: Lin-Manuel Miranda is not impressed twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own _Hamilton_\-Style Musical > Sponsored content. 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After recently seeing [_Hamilton_](http://time.com/4279296/donald-trump-free-hamilton-tickets-prank/)for the [second time in five months](http://Hamilton for the second time in five months over the weekend, but also left a $1,000 tip for the theater’s bartenders.), [the comedian](http://time.com/4228870/amy-schumer-taylor-swift-thigh-gap-tweet/) released a clip on Monday that shows her performing her own hip-hop musical for none other than creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda. > [](https://twitter.com/Lin%5FManuel/status/716998250801143808) **Read More:** [Watch _Hamilton’s_ Lin-Manuel Miranda Freestyle With President Obama](http://time.com/4258638/hamilton-obama-white-house-lin-manuel-miranda/) In the bit, [Schumer](http://time.com/3818908/amy-schumer-jokes-2015-mtv-movie-awards/) invites Miranda to her studio for a sneak peak of _Betsy Ross_, her _Hamilton_\-inspired Broadway show. However, Miranda is less than impressed with her imitation, which features far too many pop culture references, a cameo by her sister and even an appearance by Questlove. _Inside Amy Schumer_ premieres Thursday, April 21 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/"},"headline":"Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own Hamilton-Style Musical","datePublished":"2016-04-04T17:59:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:21.005Z","description":"Lin-Manuel Miranda is not impressed","url":"https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","broadway","Musicals","TV","Amy Schumer","Hamilton","lin-manuel miranda"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4280875/amy-schumer-hamilton-musical-lin-manuel-miranda/","name":"Watch Amy Schumer Pitch Her Own Hamilton-Style Musical"}}]}] ```