Explaining Hamilton' the musicalWhat do you think of when you hear the name Alexander Hamilton?Do...Pauley, Lauren
The musical is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, a holiday-read turned light-bulb moment which first captivated the show’s creator in 2008. Tell me more about the creator The man responsible for this smash-hit, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is something of a...
Miranda began working on "Hamilton" in 2009. He wasinspired to write a hip-hop musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton after readingthe 2004 biography "Alexander Hamilton" by historian Ron Chernow. ... "It was, he thought, a hip-hop story, an immigrant's story." ...
Vice President Aaron Burr (1756-1836) is well-known as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, but he lived for another 32 years after that and had quite an eventful life. Bettmann/Getty Images/HowStuffWorks If you've seen the musical "Hamilton," you know Aaron Burr, who ser...
Five Years and 100-Plus Stories: What It’s Like Covering ‘Hamilton’ From the very beginning, it was clear the musical was going to be a big news story. I’ve been reporting on it, from the East Village to San Juan, eve...
➼ Nerding Out With Hamilton Musical Director, Alex Lacamoire Aladdin 🍭Running time: 2:30 with intermissionNew Amsterdam Theatre (214 W. 42nd St.)Opened March 20, 2014. For Aladdin, Disney’s team built on the take-no-chances, take-no-prisoners lessons of its Broadway predecessors...
Introducing the cast ofHamiltonat the Tony Awards, President Barack Obama referred to the award-winning musical not only as “a smash hit, but a civics lesson our kids can’t get enough of ... where rap is the language of revolution, and hip-hop its urgent soundtrack.” ...
He’s just finished his project, and he is more experienced. W: Great. Keep me updated. (Text 9) W: Good evening. Welcome to Around The Globe with Susan Davidson. Our guest today is Charlie Hamilton, a photographer who spent a month and a half in the Amazon. He’s going to share...
Visionary writer/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda’s white-hot historical musical that redefined Broadway. Told through a score of musical theatre, hip-hop, jazz, and R&B, the Pulitzer Prize-winning show has also scooped up Tony, Olivier, and Grammy awards. (hamiltonmusical.com) The cast of ...
Hamilton, the 2015 musical on the subject ofAlexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Treasury secretary, did the country a valuable service. It staked out a key story of America's founding as belonging to the whole nation, not just a select group. The overwhelming success of the production—creat...