Origin Theatrical

Full Length Musical
Drama
120 minutes

Time Period: 18th Century
Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
Cautions: Gun Shots, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
Orchestra Size: Medium

Performance Group:
High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre

Accolades:
Winner! Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2016)
Winner! Eleven Tony Awards including Best Musical (2016)
Winner! Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album (2016)
Winner! Eight Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical (2016)
Winner! Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work (2015)
Winner! Nine Lucille Lortel Awards including Oustanding Musical (2015)
Winner! Seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical (2018)
Winner! Kennedt Center Honors Special Citation (2018)

Hamilton will initially be made available to young performers with a “Teen Edition,” which is currently in the works for an expected 2028 launch.

Hamilton is the epic saga following the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love, and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton has had a profound impact on culture, politics and education. In addition to its 11 Tony Awards, it has won Grammy and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

REVIEWS:

"Yes, it really is that good."
The New York Times

"Spectacular… the best and most important Broadway musical of the past decade."
Wall Street Theatre

"A triumph… riotously entertaining… it never feels like a history lesson, although it surely delivers one."
Hollywood Reporter

"New, fierce, liberating… a show about young rebels grabbing and shaping the future of an unformed country… Hamilton makes us feel the unstoppable, urgent rhythm of a nation being born."
The New York Times

"Ambitious and supremely executed… surely the most entertaining, provocative and moving civics lesson in Broadway history."
Chicago Tribune

"Electrifying… the quintessence of a Broadway musical destined for the record books."
Deadline

"Dazzling… there has been nothing on Broadway in the past 20 years to rival the riveting, exhilarating and haunting Hamilton."
USA Today

Premiere Production:

Hamilton premiered off-Broadway at The Public Theater on February 17, 2015. Directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the production featured Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos Okieriete Onaodowan, Brian d'Arcy James and Jasmine Cephas Jones. On March 3, 2015, Jonathan Groff replaced d’Arcy James in the role of King George III. The production soon transferred to Broadway, opening at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on August 6, 2015. Hamilton made its West End premiere at the Victoria Palace Theatre on December 21, 2017, featuring Jamael Westman as Hamilton and Giles Terera as Burr.

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