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Hamilton: 10 Shots

Hamilton

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Immigrant orphan Alexander Hamilton arrives in New York City during the American Revolution and rises from poverty to become George Washington's right-hand man, the nation's first Treasury Secretary, and a towering political figure. His relentless ambition fuels both his extraordinary achievements and his spectacular downfall, as political rivalries, a devastating affair, and his inability to stay silent lead to his…

Opened
2015
Performances
3,500
Type
Musical
Era
Contemporary
Music: Lin-Manuel MirandaLyrics: Lin-Manuel MirandaBook: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Productions1 on Broadway

2015 Richard Rodgers Theatre Original. · Thomas Kail 3,500 performances · 11 Tony wins

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature23 passages

Miranda made Broadway history with Hamilton in 2015. It was nominated for sixteen Tony Awards in 2016 and won eleven. book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p500

Sondheim had high praise for Miranda as Hamilton ensured his status as the musical theater savant of the next generation: The show, Sondheim said in a New York Times overview, “is a breakthrough, but it doesn’t exactly introduce a new era. Nothing introduces an era. What it does is empower people to think differently.… book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p501

“Hamilton,” and a revival of “Disraeli” with Mrs. Arliss and Jeanne Eagles supporting him. book:a-pictorial-history-of-the-american-theatre-1860-1985-blum#p165

Inside the Broadway industry, Broadway Bodies are the extremely physically fit, especially able bodies that seem to announce, \"I just left Wicked for Hamilton and I squeezed in some cardio and lifting, a voice lesson, and a healthy meal between the matinee and the evening show.\" book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p19

Hamilton (2015) and Waitress (2016), showing AEA’s growing awareness of multiple forms of difference. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p25

Hamilton had its own in 2016 over a casting breakdown requesting “non-​white” performers, though of course no corresponding outcries were made during decades of all-​white Broadway casts. book:broadway-bodies-ryan-donovan-2023#p26

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