Does Hamilton the musical portray Aaron Burr fairly?

Dramatically Yes. Both Burr and Hamilton are flawed individuals with redeeming traits. Hamilton is too hot headed, Burr is too ingenuine but conversely both are ambitious and both care deeply for their children. Burr isn't depicted just as a bad guy, he's a fully formed character. read more

Aaron Burr and Hamilton’s friendship was possibly close to the friendship in the musical. Yes, I believe the musical did portray Burr quite fairly, the fact how he went from acquaintance to the antagonist in the musical was a good way of showing his behaviour in Act 2. read more

Played with a sly intensity and feline physicality by Leslie Odom Jr, the long-maligned Burr comes to life as Hamilton’s frustrated frenemy and “the damn fool who shot him.” Burr is the narrator and foil to Hamilton, who was his contemporary and oft-time partner in the events that shaped the founding of our country. read more

Burr and his wife Theodosia educated their daughter as they might have a son: She could read and write by the age of 3, then mastered French, Italian, Latin, Greek, mathematics, history and geography. The idea that women were the intellectual equals of men was a radical one, and Hamilton attacked Burr for supporting it. read more