![]() ![]() Indeed, the only thing “Hamilton” could really be dinged for is a bit of hero worship toward Hamilton, the man. ![]() There has simply never been anything like it on Broadway. ![]() To list its many achievements would take the length of the Ron Chernow biography that inspired it, but in summary: it is the origin story of Founding Father and first Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton it combines hip-hop and rap with traditional Broadway balladry in dizzying fashion its brilliant creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has been awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant and the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, and is predicted to win the Pulitzer and sweep the Tonys in 2016 (the Hamiltonys, as has been spoken). You’ve probably heard of the hit musical “Hamilton,” unless you’ve been living back in the eighteenth century in which it’s set. ![]()
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