Hamilton
Shows · Hamilton
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
Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 2016.
Productions2 on Broadway
| 2015 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Original. · Thomas Kail | 3,500 performances · 11 Tony wins |
| 2017 | Victoria Palace Theatre Original. December 21, 2017 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 11 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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23 passages naming Hamilton, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
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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