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Hamilton, 2015

Opened 2015

3,500 performances

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Original

Broadway

11 Tony Awards

Hamilton
Elvert Barnes

Of the productions that opened in the 2010s, this had the 3rd longest run.

Other stagings of Hamilton 1 more

2017
Victoria Palace TheatreLondon Original

Who was in it151 named

Sasha Hutchings as Ensemble
Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury
Emmy Raver Lampman as Ensemble
Jon Rua as Charles Lee
Austin Smith as Ensemble
Seth Stewart as Ensemble
Betsy Struxness as Ensemble
David Guzman as John Laurens
Lencia Kebede as Angelica Schuyler
Wallace Smith as Hercules Mulligan
Jonathan Butler Duplessis as Ensemble
Lauren Celentano as Ensemble
Daniel Gaymon as Ensemble
Dharon Jones as George Eacker
Ashley Merritt as Ensemble
Rixey Terry as Charles Lee
Christian Thompson as Philip Schuyler
Jisel Soleil Ayon
Ruben J Carbajal
Miguel Cervantes
Nicholas Christopher
Bryan Terrell Clark
Brandon Victor Dixon
Julia Estrada
Mandy Gonzalez
Jacob Guzman
Jin Ha
Marja Harmon
Jennie Harney-Fleming
James Monroe Iglehart
Brian D Arcy James as King George III
Jimmie Jj Jeter
Elizabeth Judd
Carvens Lissaint
Michael Luwoye
Euan Morton
Rory O'Malley
Stephanie Jae Park
Yana Perrault
Andrew Rannells
Kyle Scatliffe
Stephanie Umoh
Edred Utomi
Ryan Vasquez
Nik Walker
Daniel Yearwood
Deejay Young
Reanne Acasio as Ensemble
Aaron J Albano
Gerald Avery
Giuseppe Bausilio
Raymond Baynard
Erin Clemons
Eean S Cochran
Phil Colgan
Marc Delacruz
Karli Dinardo
John Michael Fiumara
Lili Froehlich
Lexi Garcia
Shonica Gooden
Deon Te Goodman
Sasha Hollinger
Sabrina Imamura
Sean Harrison Jones
Malik Shabazz Kitchen
Tyler Mckenzie
Justice Moore
Preston Mui
Jj Niemann
Eliza Ohman
Nick Sanchez
Avery Sobczak
Terrance Spencer
Raven Thomas
Rickey Tripp
Kamille Upshaw
Kamille Upshaw Darrington
Tanairi Sade Vazquez
Daniel J Watts
Ricardo A Zayas
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
Anthony Ramos as John Laurens
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler
Amina Faye as Peggy Schuyler
Marcus John as Alexander Hamilton
Lauren Mariasoosay as Eliza Hamilton
Simon Longnight as Marquis de Lafayette
Jennifer Geller as Ensemble
Cyndal Gilmore as Ensemble
Neil Haskell as Samuel Seabury
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler
Javier Muñoz as Alexander Hamilton
Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble
Ron Chernow as Inspired by the book <i>Alexander Hamilton</i> by
Thomas Kail as Director
Andy Blankenbuehler as Choreography
David Korins as Scenic Design
Paul Tazewell as Costume Design
Howell Binkley as Lighting Design
Nevin Steinberg as Sound Design
Charles G. LaPointe as Hair and Wig Design
Patrick Vassel as Associate Director
Stephanie Klemons as Associate Choreographer
Rod Lemmond as Associate Scenic Designer
Angela Kahler as Associate Costume Designer
Ryan O'Gara as Associate Lighting Designer
Jason Crystal as Associate Sound Designer
Liz Printz as Associate Wig & Hair Designer
Amanda Stephens as Assistant Scenic Designer
Shawn McCulloch as Assistant Costume Designer
Jennifer Raskopf as Assistant Costume Designer
Amanda Zieve as Assistant Lighting Designer
Voltaire Wade-Greene as Assistant Dance Captain
Alex Lacamoire as Arrangements
J. Philip Bassett as Production Stage Manager
Scott Rowen as Stage Manager
Deanna Weiner as Assistant Stage Manager
Hudson Theatrical Associates as Technical Supervision
Telsey + Company as Casting
Bethany Knox as Casting
Baseline Theatrical as General Management
Andy Jones as General Management
Brig Berney as Company Manager
Kaitlin Fine as Assistant Company Manager
Sam Rudy Media Relations as General Press Representative
Sam Rudy as Press Representative
Shane Marshall Brown as Press Representative
Joan Marcus as Production Photographer
Jeffrey Seller as Producer
Sander Jacobs as Producer
Jill Furman as Producer
The Public Theater as Producer

Creative team

Director
Thomas Kail
Choreographer
Andy Blankenbuehler

Tony Awards 11 from 16 nominations

Best Musical
Won

Recordings 6 released while this run was on

2015
Hamilton: An American Musical
Hamilton: An American Musical Atlantic, released September 25, 2015
DZ
2015
Hamilton: An American Musical Atlantic 551093-2, released September 25, 2015
United States
2015
Hamilton: An American Musical Hamilton Uptown Limited Liability Company, released September 25, 2015
Worldwide
2015
Hamilton: An American Musical Atlantic 551093-2, released October 16, 2015
United States
2016
Hamilton: An American Musical Atlantic 7567-86684-3, released January 29, 2016
Europe
2016
Hamilton: An American Musical Atlantic 552918-1, released April 15, 2016
United States

5 more exist for other runs of this show: see Hamilton for all of them.

Around this production

Hamilton: An American Musical, known colloquially as Hamilton, is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the musical covers the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his involvement in the American Revolution and the political history of the early United States. Composed from 2008 to 2015, the music draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes. It casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers of the United States and other historical figures. Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by Amer…

'The room where it happened,' he snarls. Beneath the red, white, and blue bunting is a green-eyed monster.

The Book of Broadway Musical Debates Disputes and Peter Filichia Rowman Littlefi, p. 11

In 2016, Hamilton set the melody of its opening number to rap lyrics about Sweeney Todd, played by Lin-Manuel Miranda himself. The show’s bonnet was a Revolutionary War tricolor bisected by a generous triangular slice of brown pie (which presumably did not come from a little priest).

The Book of Broadway Musical Debates Disputes and Peter Filichia Rowman Littlefi, p. 137

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