musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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"Hamilton" is a groundbreaking hip-hop-infused Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda that dramatizes the life and legacy of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton with a diverse cast and contemporary music.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
awardYear 2016 (Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
basedOn Alexander Hamilton (biography by Ron Chernow)
bookWriter Lin-Manuel Miranda
broadwayOpeningDate 2015-08-06
broadwayRunStatus running
broadwayTheatre Richard Rodgers Theatre
castAlbumLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED
castAlbumReleaseDate 2015-09-25
choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler
composer Lin-Manuel Miranda
costumeDesigner Paul Tazewell
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Lin-Manuel Miranda
director Thomas Kail
featuresCharacter Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Angelica Schuyler
Eliza Hamilton
George Washington
James Madison
King George III
Thomas Jefferson
filmDistributor Disney+
filmReleaseDate 2020-07-03
genre biographical musical
hip hop musical
historical musical
sung-through musical
grammyAwardYear 2016 (Best Musical Theater Album)
hasFilmRecording Hamilton (2020 film)
hasTouringProduction United States national tour
hasWestEndProduction Victoria Palace Theatre
inspiredBy Alexander Hamilton (biography by Ron Chernow)
language English
lightingDesigner Howell Binkley
lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda
musicSupervisor Alex Lacamoire
notableFeature hip-hop-influenced score
racially diverse casting
use of rap to convey historical narrative
notableSong Alexander Hamilton
Burn
Helpless
It’s Quiet Uptown
My Shot
Non-Stop
Satisfied
The Room Where It Happens
The Schuyler Sisters
Wait For It
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
You’ll Be Back
orchestrator Alex Lacamoire
originalCastMember Anthony Ramos
Christopher Jackson
Daveed Diggs
Jonathan Groff
Leslie Odom Jr.
Okieriete Onaodowan
Phillipa Soo
Renée Elise Goldsberry
originalLeadActor Lin-Manuel Miranda
portraysEvent American Revolutionary War
duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
writing of The Federalist Papers
portraysTheme ambition
immigration
legacy
political power
premiereCity New York City
premiereDate 2015-02-17
premiereLocation The Public Theater
producer Jeffrey Seller
Jill Furman
Sander Jacobs
The Public Theater
setDesigner David Korins
settingPlace New York City
Philadelphia
Yorktown
settingTimePeriod American Revolutionary era
early United States republic
soundDesigner Nevin Steinberg
subject Alexander Hamilton
tonyNominations 16
tonyWins 11
westEndOpeningYear 2017
wonAward Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Original Score

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Alexander Hamilton
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