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When America sings for you

Will they know what you overcame?

Will they know you rewrote the game?

The world will never be the same..." —Full Company, "Alexander Hamilton" "Alexander HamiltonWhen America sings for youWill they know what you overcame?Will they know you rewrote the game?The world will never be the same..."

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Hamilton is a musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Opening in February 2015 at the Public Theater, the show moved to Broadway in the summer of 2015.

The musical follows the life of Alexander Hamilton, the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury. Beginning with his arrival in the United States (after writing his way out of his miserable, impoverished situation in the Caribbean), it tracks his rise to power through The American Revolution and early days of Antebellum America, and his inevitable fall. And it's all told through a blend of hip hop, R&B, pop, and contemporary show tunes, which, like those of Miranda's previous Broadway excursion, will be hard-pressed to leave your head.

Featuring a multi-racial cast, the original Broadway production stars Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, Phillipa Soo as Elizabeth Schuyler, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff as King George III, and Daveed Diggs as Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de La Fayette.

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Inspired by the play, a variety of pop, hip-hop and R&B artists collaborated with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create The Hamilton Mixtape, which was released December 2, 2016, and contains demos, remixes, and covers from Hamilton's soundtrack. One year later, Miranda announced The Hamildrops, a monthly release of Hamilton-related content; the first such "drop" was released December 15, 2017.

Disney released a filmed performance of the original Broadway production on Disney+ on July 3, 2020.

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