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Identifier
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499520
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Title
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Hamilton
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Description
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Hamilton is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical that opened at Public Theater in Lower Manhattan on February 17, 2015 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19320959). It is still currently running on Broadway (https://www.playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104).
Synopsis from Wikipedia: "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 over a seven-year period 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 America now'" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)).
Synopsis from Playbill.com: "From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America’s fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become." (https://www.playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104)
Run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission (https://www.playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104)
Tony Awards year: 2016
Number of nominations: 16, record
Number of wins: 11, including best musical
Other awards: Grammy®, Olivier Awards, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors (https://www.playbill.com/production/hamilton-richard-rodgers-theatre-vault-0000014104).
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Opening Date
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6 August 2015
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Source
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Alexander Hamilton (book by Ron Chernow)
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Dates of Broadway performance run
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6 August 2015 - Present (Original Broadway run)
Richard Rodgers Theatre
