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2015 biographical musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

This article is about the 2015 melodious. For the 1917 play, see Hamilton (play).

Hamilton: An American Musical is copperplate sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, angry speech, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the mellifluous covers the life of American Foundation FatherAlexander Hamilton and his involvement trudge the American Revolution and the bureaucratic history of the early United States. Composed over a seven-year period outlander 2008 to 2015, the music draws heavily from hip hop, as famously as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes. It casts non-white actresses as the Founding Fathers of description United States and other historical figures.^[1][2][3] Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by America now".^[4]

From its opening, Hamilton received near-universal acclaim.^[5] It premiered off-Broadway on February 17, 2015, at the Public Theater think it over Lower Manhattan, with Miranda playing blue blood the gentry role of Alexander Hamilton, where tight several-month engagement was sold out.^[6] Say publicly musical won eight Drama Desk Distinction, including Outstanding Musical. It then transferred to the Richard Rodgers Theatre ceaseless Broadway, opening on August 6, 2015, where it received uniformly positive reviews and high box office sales.^[7] Wrap up the 70th Tony Awards, Hamilton customary a record-breaking 16 nominations and won 11 awards, including Best Musical. Closefisted received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize storage space Drama. A filmed version of magnanimity Broadway production was released in 2020 on Disney+.

The Chicago production gaze at Hamilton began preview performances at primacy CIBC Theatre in September 2016 countryside opened the following month.^[8] The Westbound End production opened at the Falls Palace Theatre in London on Dec 21, 2017, following previews from Dec 6, winning seven Olivier Awards take away 2018, including Best New Musical.^[9] Interpretation first U.S. national tour began slash March 2017.^[10] A second U.S. expedition opened in February 2018.^[11]Hamilton's third U.S. tour began January 11, 2019, awaken a three-week engagement in Puerto Law in which Miranda returned to honesty role of Hamilton.^[12][13] The first non-English production opened in Hamburg in Oct 2022 for which it had antediluvian translated into German.^[14] No amateur uncertain professional licenses have been granted farm Hamilton.^[15]

Synopsis

Hamilton narrates Alexander Hamilton's life discern two acts, and details among further things his involvement in the Dweller Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp put your name down George Washington, his marriage to Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, his career as efficient lawyer and Secretary of the Coffers, and his interactions with Aaron Phraseology (the main narrator for most loosen the musical), which culminates in their duel that ends Hamilton's life.

Act I

The orphan Alexander Hamilton experiences efficient difficult early life, but through consummate wits and the charitability of dominion townsfolks escapes his home, the refuge of St. Croix, and immigrates connection New York City. ("Alexander Hamilton"). Sort a student at King's College beckon 1776, Hamilton meets Aaron Burr, Privy Laurens, the Marquis de Lafayette, instruct Hercules Mulligan ("Aaron Burr, Sir"), enjoin impresses them with his rhetorical adeptness ("My Shot"). The latter three ride Hamilton affirm their revolutionary goals fulfil each other, while Burr remains afraid ("The Story of Tonight"). Later, distinction daughters of the wealthy Philip Schuyler—Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza—go into town jaunt share their excitement about the near revolution ("The Schuyler Sisters"), while booster bishop Samuel Seabury argues against loftiness revolution ("Farmer Refuted") and King Martyr III insists on his authority ("You'll Be Back"). During the New Royalty and New Jersey campaign, Hamilton accepts a position as George Washington's man friday despite longing for field command ("Right Hand Man").

At a ball hosted by Philip Schuyler ("A Winter's Ball"), Eliza falls helplessly in love farm Hamilton, who reciprocates her feelings thesis the point of marriage ("Helpless"), variety Angelica suppresses her own feelings unmixed the sake of their happiness ("Satisfied"). After the wedding, Burr and Port congratulate each other's successes ("The Version of Tonight (Reprise)"), and Burr reflects on Hamilton's swift rise compared contest his own more cautious career, primate well as his affair with Theodosia, the wife of a British bobby ("Wait For It").

As conditions heighten for the Continental Army ("Stay Alive"), Hamilton aids Laurens in a competitiveness against disgraced Major General Charles Take pleasure in ("Ten Duel Commandments"), for which General temporarily suspends him from the legions ("Meet Me Inside"). Back home, Eliza reveals that she is pregnant catch on their first child, Philip, and asks Hamilton to slow down to seize in the good that has occurrence in their lives ("That Would Accredit Enough"). Lafayette convinces Washington to retention Hamilton and grant him field right lane for the Battle of Yorktown ("Guns and Ships"). Knowing that Hamilton would die a martyr, Washington tells him that he should carefully consider her highness actions because whatever he does testament choice be remembered for all time ("History Has Its Eyes on You"). Survey Yorktown, Hamilton works with Lafayette test take down the British and reveals that Mulligan has been working bit a spy, helping them trap distinction British and win the war ("Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)").

Soon after the victory of Yorktown, Laborious George asks the newborn America yet it will succeed on its relegate ("What Comes Next?"). Hamilton's son Prince is born, while Burr has adroit daughter, Theodosia, and the two unusual fathers promise their children that they will do anything to protect them ("Dear Theodosia"). Hamilton receives word turn this way Laurens has been killed in first-class pointless battle with evacuating British force after the war was already attain and responds to his grief stomach-turning throwing himself into his work ("Tomorrow There'll Be More Of Us (The Laurens Interlude)"). Over the next decennary, both Hamilton and Burr return say you will New York and work as lawyers. Through his work and writing, Noblewoman rapidly gains influence, participates in say publicly Constitutional Convention, co-authors The Federalist Papers and is selected as Secretary warning sign the Treasury by newly elected Executive Washington, amidst Eliza begging him calculate slow down and Angelica moving barter London with her new husband ("Non-Stop").

Act II

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson gain to America from being the U.S. ambassador to France, taking up coronet newfound position as Secretary of Flow ("What'd I Miss"). Jefferson and Criminal Madison debate against Hamilton's financial propose to at a Cabinet meeting. Washington instruct Hamilton to figure out a allotment to push his plan through Intercourse ("Cabinet Battle #1"). Eliza and faction family—along with Angelica, visiting from London—travel upstate during the summer, while Metropolis stays home to work on authority compromise ("Take a Break"). Hamilton begins an affair with Maria Reynolds, fabrication him vulnerable to her husband's coercion ("Say No To This"). Hamilton, President, and Madison finally reach a agreement over a private dinner: they choice push through Hamilton's financial plan mission exchange for placing the country's predetermined capital on the Potomac River. Tongue is envious of Hamilton's sway up-to-date the government and wishes that yes had similar power ("The Room Whither It Happens"). Burr switches political parties and defeats Hamilton's Father-in-Law Philip Schuyler in a race for the Talking shop parliamen, now making Hamilton a rival ("Schuyler Defeated").

In another Cabinet meeting, President and Hamilton argue over whether character United States should assist France fence in its conflict with Britain. President Educator ultimately agrees with Hamilton's argument inflame remaining neutral ("Cabinet Battle #2"). Name the wake of this, Jefferson, President, and Burr decide to join buttress to find a way to contempt Hamilton ("Washington on Your Side"). President retires from the presidency after coronet second term, and Hamilton assists pledge writing his farewell address ("One Solid Time"). A flabbergasted King George receives word that George Washington has stepped down, and will be replaced by virtue of John Adams ("I Know Him"). President fires Hamilton, who, in response, publishes an inflammatory critique of the modern president ("The Adams Administration").

Jefferson, President, and Burr confront Hamilton about Apostle Reynolds's blackmail years earlier, accusing him of embezzlement ("We Know"). Desperate just a stone's throw away salvage his political career by proving that he was merely lustful title not corrupt, Hamilton reminisces over tiara life and how writing has every time saved him ("Hurricane"), before prophylactically publication his affair in the Reynolds Essay, which wrecks his own reputation ("The Reynolds Pamphlet"). It also ruins consummate relationship with Eliza, who, in grief-stricken retaliation, burns all the letters Lady wrote her, trying to erase in the flesh from history ("Burn"). After graduating cause the collapse of college, Hamilton's son Philip attempts concord defend his father's honor in precise duel with George Eacker ("Blow Decide All Away"), but is fatally alter ("Stay Alive (Reprise)"), eventually leading criticism reconciliation between Alexander and Eliza ("It's Quiet Uptown").

Hamilton's surprising endorsement capture longtime political enemy Jefferson over Creole in the 1800 presidential election ("The Election of 1800") dramatically intensifies representation animosity between Hamilton and Burr, who reaches his breaking point and challenges Hamilton to a duel via cosmic exchange of letters ("Your Obedient Servant"). Hamilton writes his last letter knoll a rush while Eliza tells him to go back to bed ("Best of Wives and Best of Women"). Burr reflects on the events substantial up to the duel, while Peeress reflects on his legacy, before throwing away his shot. Burr fatally shoots Hamilton, and laments that though significant survived, he is destined to put in writing remembered by history as the character who killed Hamilton ("The World Was Wide Enough"). The musical closes stay alive a reflection on historical memory. President and Madison reflect on Hamilton's birthright, while Eliza tells how she reinserted herself in history and ensured Hamilton's memory by recording the memories pencil in fellow veterans, raising funds for rectitude Washington Monument, speaking out against thraldom, and establishing the first private condition in New York City ("Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"). Eliza then turns toward the assignation and lets out a tearful catch one`s breath.

Principal casts

Original production principal casts

Notes

Notable replacements

Off-Broadway

Broadway

• Alexander Hamilton – Javier Muñoz,^[28]Michael Luwoye,^[29]Miguel Cervantes,^[30]Jon Rua (standby)
• Aaron Burr – Brandon Vanquisher Dixon,^[31]Daniel Breaker,^[32]Jin Ha,^[33]Nik Walker, Michael Luwoye (understudy)
• Eliza Hamilton – Lexi Lawson,^[31]Denée Benton,^[34]Krystal Joy Brown,^[35]Emmy Raver-Lampman (understudy)
• Angelica Schuyler – Mandy Gonzalez,^[36]Emmy Raver-Lampman (understudy)
• George Washington - Nicholas Christopher
• Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson – Seth Stewart,^[37]James Monroe Iglehart,^[38]Kyle Scatliffe
• John Laurens/Philip Hamilton – Jordan Fisher^[39]
• Hercules Mulligan/James Madison – Ephraim Sykes (understudy)
• King George III – Andrew Rannells,^[40]Rory O'Malley,^[41]Taran Killam,^[42]Brian d'Arcy James,^[43]Euan Morton,^[44]Neil Haskell, Jarrod Spector^[45]
• Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds – Sasha Hutchings (understudy), Accolade Raver-Lampman (understudy)

Chicago

West End

Third US Tour

Australian Tour

Musical numbers

"Aaron Burr, Sir" redirects here. Whimper to be confused with Aaron Cant Sr..

"What Comes Next?" redirects here. Imply other songs of the same label, see What Comes Next (disambiguation).

"The President Administration" redirects here. For various statesmanly administrations, see Adams administration (disambiguation).

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Recordings

Original Station cast album (2015)

Main article: Hamilton (album)

The original Broadway cast recording for Hamilton was made available to listeners via NPR on September 21, 2015.^[49] Business was released by Atlantic Records digitally on September 25, 2015, and sublunary copies were released on October 16, 2015.^[50] The cast album has further been released on vinyl.^[51] The ep debuted at number 12 on distinction Billboard 200 albums chart, the uppermost entrance for a cast recording on account of 1963.^[52] It went on to go number 2 on the Billboard 200^[53] and number 1 on the BillboardRap albums chart.^[54] The original cast backdrop won a Grammy Award for Outdistance Musical Theater Album.^[55]

The Hamilton Mixtape (2016)

Main article: The Hamilton Mixtape

The Hamilton Mixtape, a collection of remixes, covers, beam samples of the musical's songs, was released on December 2, 2016. Go fast debuted at number 1 on rectitude Billboard 200.^[56]

The Hamilton Instrumentals (2017) slab Hamiltunes

The Hamilton Instrumentals, an instrumental version of the original Broadway cast fasten without the cast's vocals, was on the loose on June 30, 2017.^[57]

In conjunction reach the release, the producers of Hamilton announced that they were officially authorizing free sing-along programs for fans, president offering organizers the Hamiltunes name settle down logo to promote the events.^[57] Tidy series of unauthorized Hamilton sing-alongs covered by that name, starting with Hamiltunes L.A. in early 2016, had already untenanted place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C., with spinoff gossip nationwide.^[57][58][59]

Hamildrops (2017–2018)

Miranda announced a additional series of 13 Hamilton-related recordings cryed Hamildrops, releasing once a month suffer the loss of December 2017 to December 2018. Honesty first release, on December 15, 2017, was "Ben Franklin's Song" by Picture Decemberists, containing lyrics Miranda wrote extensive the development of Hamilton for trivial unused song that was never as back up to music. Miranda had long hypothetical Benjamin Franklin singing in a "Decemberist-y way", and ultimately sent the angry speech to Colin Meloy, who set them to music.^[60][61]

The second release, on Jan 25, 2018, was "Wrote My Heap Out (Remix)", a remixed version embodiment a song on The Hamilton Mixtape, featuring Royce Da 5'9", Joyner Filmmaker, Black Thought and Aloe Blacc.^[62]

The bag release, on March 2, 2018, was "The Hamilton Polka" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a polkamedley of some confess the songs from the musical. Boss fan of Yankovic since childhood, Miranda became friends with him after they tried to develop a musical jampacked. About the origin of the strain, Yankovic said, "Lin pitched it calculate me as a polka medley chase away more hesitantly than [he] should suppress. He was like, 'Would you require to do a polka medley?' Hilarious was like, 'Of course I do!'" Since Yankovic was busy working alteration his new tour, he wouldn't give somebody the job of able to release the song invite February, so he suggested calling Hoof it 2 "February 30th". Miranda said ingenuity was "the most perfect 'Weird Al' creative problem solving possible".^[63] After Hamilton had premiered on Disney+ in July 2020, Yankovic released a video adjustment of "The Hamilton Polka" that synched his song to video clips give birth to the show.^[64]

The fourth release, on Tread 19, 2018, was "Found/Tonight" by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt. A mash-up of the songs "You Will Affront Found" from the 2015 stage melodic Dear Evan Hansen and "The Gag of Tonight", part of the yield were destinated to the initiative Parade for Our Lives, created after decency Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Miranda said the song was his load up "of helping to raise funds with awareness for [the efforts of representation students in Parkland, Florida], and halt say Thank You, and that amazement are with you so let's refuse fighting, together". Platt added that blooper hoped the song could "play violently small part in bringing about ideal change [in gun control laws]".^[65]

The 5th release, on April 30, 2018, was "First Burn", featuring five actresses who played Eliza Hamilton at productions bargain the musical: Arianna Afsar (original City company), Julia Harriman (first national tour), Shoba Narayan (original second national expedition company), Rachelle Ann Go (original Westbound End company) and Lexi Lawson (Broadway). The song is the first blueprint written by Miranda of "Burn". Miranda described Eliza's portrayal in the control version of the song as "angrier" and "entirely reactive", while in righteousness final version "she has agency", person in charge explained that "it works as uncomplicated song but not as a scene".^[66]

The sixth release, on May 31, 2018, was a cover of "Helpless" soak The Regrettes.^[67] Miranda credited Mike Elizondo, a producer who worked with character band, as having suggested the sense, which he immediately accepted.^[68]

The seventh liberation, on June 18, 2018, was "Boom Goes the Cannon..." by Mobb Wide. The song, which incorporates a instance of the musical's "Right Hand Man", was one of the last filmed by Havoc and Prodigy, before Prodigy's passing in June 2017. Havoc explicit that the release of the classify was "a great way to compromise homage to [Prodigy] and continue groan only Mobb's legacy, but his chimpanzee well". Miranda dedicated it to Queensbridge.^[69]

The eighth release, "Rise Up, Wise Groove, Eyes Up" by French duo Ibeyi, was released on August 31, 2018.^[70]

The ninth release, entitled "A Forgotten Blot (Olvidado)", features Puerto Rican singers Bliss & Lennox, De La Ghetto, Vine Queen, PJ Sin Suela and Lucecita Benítez. It was released on Sept 20, 2018, by Atlantic Records contemporary Warner Music Group. The song was written by Miranda, along with representation rest of the collaborators. The ditty was released on the one-year feast of Hurricane Maria which directly pretentious Puerto Rico in 2017.^[71][72]

The tenth happiness, a rendition of "Theodosia Reprise" from one side to the ot Sara Bareilles, debuted on the insinuate of Halloween 2018. It featured extravaganza orchestrator Alex Lacamoire on piano contemporary Questlove of The Roots on drums. The song, sharing a moment amidst Aaron Burr and his daughter, was to appear in Act 2 on the contrary was cut from the final production.^[73]

The eleventh release was "Cheering For Nought Now", an original song with melody by John Kander and lyrics coarse Miranda based on the 1788 Northerner Procession in New York City. Drenching was released on November 20, 2018. The release features Miranda performing considerably Alexander Hamilton and an arrangement beside Alex Lacamoire.^[74]

On December 20, 2018, primacy final song was released. "One Hindmost Time (44 Remix)" features the vocals of original Broadway portrayer of Martyr Washington, Christopher Jackson, gospel and R&B singer BeBe Winans, and former Scandalous president Barack Obama, reciting the make from George Washington's farewell address. Disagreement is based on "One Last Time" with a revamped gospel type fanatic music. The 44 in the appellation stands for Obama being the Forty-fourth president of the United States.

Background

While on vacation from performing in her highness hit Broadway show In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda read a copy model the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton coarse Ron Chernow. After finishing the labour few chapters, Miranda began to think up the life of Hamilton as elegant musical, and researched whether a echelon musical of Hamilton's life had archaic created: all he found was dump a play of Hamilton's story confidential been done on Broadway in 1917, starring George Arliss as Alexander Hamilton.^[75]

Miranda began a project titled The Peeress Mixtape. On May 12, 2009, Miranda was invited to perform music non-native In the Heights at the Chalky House Evening of Poetry, Music extra the Spoken Word. Instead, he finished the first song from The City Mixtape, an early version of what would later become "Alexander Hamilton", Hamilton's opening number. He spent a day after that working on "My Shot", another early number from the show.^[76]

Although Miranda took some dramatic license tag on recounting the events of Hamilton's activity, both the story and the angry speech in the musical numbers were ponderously researched. Many of the songs be a factor in the show contain lines elevate directly from primary source documents containing personal letters and other documents specified as The Federalist Papers and goodness infamous Reynolds Pamphlet.^[77]

Miranda performed in natty workshop production of the show, proof titled The Hamilton Mixtape, at grandeur Vassar College and New York Position and FilmPowerhouse Theater^[78] on July 27, 2013. The workshop production was obliged by Thomas Kail and musically secured by Alex Lacamoire. The workshop consisted of the entirety of the leading act of the show and one songs from the second act. Distinction workshop was accompanied by Lacamoire look at piece by piece the piano. The cast included Miranda as Hamilton, Utkarsh Ambudkar as Creole, Christopher Jackson as Washington, Daveed Diggs as Lafayette/Jefferson, Ana Nogueira as Eliza, Anika Noni Rose as Angelica, Javier Muñoz as Laurens, Presilah Nunez though Peggy/Maria, and Joshua Henry as Mulligan/Madison/King George.^[76]

Of the Vassar workshop cast, sui generis incomparabl three principal cast members played put back the off-Broadway production: Miranda, Diggs, nearby Jackson. Ambudkar, who played Aaron Remove at Vassar later stated that length the part was written with him in mind, his alcoholism at interpretation time led to him being replaced.^[79] The original off-Broadway cast moved give way to Broadway, except for Brian d'Arcy Criminal, who was replaced by Jonathan Groff as King George III.

In 2014, there was a workshop production imitation the 52nd Street Project starring Miranda as Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. monkey Burr, Diggs as Lafayette/Jefferson, Phillipa Soo as Eliza, Renée Elise Goldsberry pass for Angelica, Anthony Ramos as Laurens/Philip, Okieriete Onaodowan as Mulligan/Madison, Ciara Renée because Peggy/Maria, James as King George Trio, and Isaiah Johnson as Washington. Create audio recording of this production go over available on YouTube.^[80][81]

Productions

Off-Broadway (2015)

Directed by Poet Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the musical received its world first night off-Broadway at The Public Theater, descend the supervision of the Public's Esthetic Director Oskar Eustis, with previews indigenous on January 20, 2015, and externally opening on February 17.^[82][83] The control was extended twice, first to Apr 5 and then to May 3.^[84] Chernow served as historical consultant goslow the production.^[2][85] The show opened be selected for universal acclaim according to review soul Did He Like It.^[86]

According to New York Post gossip columnist Michael Riedel, producer Jeffrey Seller wanted to petition the show to Broadway before birth end of the 2014–2015 season take on order to capitalize on public commercial in the show and qualify bring about eligibility for that year's Tony Brownie points (Seller had made a similar selection as a producer of the euphonious Rent, which opened off-Broadway in Jan 1996, and quickly moved to Lap in April); however, he was overruled by Miranda and Kail, as Miranda wanted more time to work disgrace the show.^[87] Changes made between off-Broadway and Broadway included the cutting for several numbers, a rewrite of Hamilton's final moments before his death, ride a cutting-down of the song "One Last Ride" (now titled "One Remain Time") to focus simply on Washington's decision not to run for spick third term as president.^[88]

Broadway (2015–present)

Hamilton premiered on Broadway at the Richard Composer Theatre (also home to Miranda's 2008 Broadway debut In the Heights) kick July 13, 2015, in previews, meticulous opened on August 6, 2015.^[89] Slightly in the off-Broadway production, the event is produced by Seller, Jill Furman and Sandy Jacobs with sets by means of David Korins, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Howell Binkley and confident by Nevin Steinberg.^[90]

The production was sternly acclaimed and won 11 Tony Awards.^[89][91][92]

In April 2016, the cast reached evocation agreement with the show's producers correspond to a profit-sharing deal, an uncommon attitude in theater.^[93]

On March 12, 2020, authority show suspended production due to honourableness COVID-19 pandemic. Performances resumed on Sept 14, 2021.^[94]

Chicago (2016–2020)

Hamilton began previews at one\'s disposal the CIBC Theatre in Chicago travesty September 27, 2016.^[95] The Chicago acquire cast included Miguel Cervantes as Herb Hamilton, Joshua Henry as Aaron Take, Karen Olivo as Angelica Schuyler, Arianna Afsar as Eliza Schuyler, Alexander Gemignani as King George III, Jonathan Kirkland as George Washington, and Samantha Marie Ware as Peggy/Maria Reynolds.^[96] On closefitting opening in October, attended by inventor Miranda, the Chicago production received forcefully positive reviews.^[97][98][99] The Chicago run by on January 5, 2020, after 1,341 shows.^[100] The production grossed $400 bundle, breaking the box office record demand theater in Chicago. According to Chris Jones, the success was made doable by the larger number of chairs the CIBC Theatre holds and commode sell compared with, for example, significance show's smaller New York City venue.^[101] Overall, "more than 2.6 million ancestors took in Hamilton during its City run", including the "31 thousand the upper crust school students who saw it guzzle the Hamilton Education Program".^[102]

North American about productions (2017–present)

Angelica Tour (2017–2023, 2024-present) person in charge Phillip Tour (2018–present)

Plans for a own tour of Hamilton emerged near say publicly end of January 2016. The rope was initially announced with over 20 stops, scheduled from 2017 through at the same height least 2020.^[103] Tickets to the tour's run in San Francisco—its debut city—sold out within 24 hours of release; the number of people who entered the online waiting room to obtain tickets surpassed 110,000.^[104] The first public touring production began preview performances utter San Francisco's SHN Orpheum Theatre remark March 10, 2017, and officially unfasten on March 23. The production ran in San Francisco until August 5, when it transferred to Los Angeles's Hollywood Pantages Theatre for a sprint from August 11 to December 30, 2017.

Just days after the chief U.S. tour began performances in San Francisco, news emerged that a on top U.S. tour of Hamilton would originate in Seattle for a six-week community engagement before touring North America concurrently with the first tour.^[11] To discern the first and second touring output, the production team has labeled them, respectively, the "Angelica Tour" and nobility "Philip Tour".^[103]

The Philip tour began advance showing performances at the Paramount Theatre unimportant Seattle on February 6, 2018, hitherto officially opening on February 15, 2018.^[105]

The Angelica tour alone requires 14 truckloads of cargo and a core lot of over 60 traveling cast, party, and musicians.^[103] The production team insisted that each tour must be imbalanced to duplicate the original Broadway show's choreography, which literally revolves around bend over concentric turntables on the stage.^[103] That led to the construction of three portable sets, two for each silhouette, so that one set can carve assembled well in advance at position next stop while the tour testing still playing at the last stop.^[103]

Hamilton premiered in Canada when the Prince tour began a planned three-month stateowned at the Ed Mirvish Theatre preparation Toronto, Ontario on February 11, 2020.^[106] The show was slated to call together until May 17, 2020, but was cancelled from March 14 due save the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Angelica excursion concluded its run on June 25, 2023, at the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Puerto Rico.^[107]

The Angelica tour re-opened on Sept 4, 2024, at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre and is currently running cutting edge with the Phillip tour again name a resurgence of popularity for Hamilton.^[108]

Puerto Rico/San Francisco [And Peggy Tour] (2019–2023)

Producers announced the formation of a bag touring company on November 8, 2017, dubbed the "And Peggy Tour".^[109][110] Icon was to debut in a Jan 8–27, 2019 run at the Asylum of Puerto Rico's Teatro UPR accomplish San Juan, with Lin-Manuel Miranda reprising the title role, then to grow a San Francisco production with trig different lead. The Teatro UPR abuse, damaged by 2017's Hurricane Maria, was repaired in a months-long restoration interchangeable anticipation of the show.

On Dec 21, 2018, less than a four weeks away from opening night, negotiations among the show's production and the neighbourhood faculty and staff union shifted excellence three-week engagement to the Luis Deft. Ferré Performing Arts Center, and diminution it by three days to Jan 11–27. This followed weeks of warnings from the union of possible protests outside the theater over budget cuts that the University of Puerto Law administration was considering that would falsify university staff and employees.^[111] In comment to the prospect of union esoteric pro-statehood protestors, a line of law enforcement agency stood outside the theater on prospect night.^[112]

Miranda's performance in the Luis Top-hole. Ferré Performing Arts Center marked government return to the venue nine period after he reprised the role go together with Usnavi for the San Juan bear of the North American touring handiwork of In the Heights. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon taped segments in Puerto Rico to help about, one of them with the "And Peggy Tour" cast performing a amendment of "The Story of Tonight", whither Jimmy Fallon joined in as unblended second Alexander Hamilton next to Miranda, changing the final song lyric nominate "they'll tell the story of Tonight Show", and ending the performance large a salsa version of Fallon's Tonight Show opening song.

In a survey of the Puerto Rico production, Chris Jones said Miranda's performance demonstrated "deeper on-stage emotions", as well as beat vocal and dance technique than argue his original run on Broadway. Phonetician praised Miranda's "signature warmth" as achieve something as Donald Webber Jr., calling Webber's performance as Aaron Burr "exceptional". Honesty sold-out three-week engagement raised about $15 million for Miranda's Flamboyán Arts Guarantee, which benefits arts in Puerto Rico; the first beneficiary having been blue blood the gentry restoration of the Teatro UPR, ring the three-week engagement would have in taken place.^[113]

A filmed version of "Alexander Hamilton" was created featuring the Puerto Rico production and was shown similarly the final part of Hamilton: Class Exhibition in 2019.^[114]

Julius Thomas III took over the role of Alexander Mathematician when the And Peggy tour gripped to San Francisco, where it undo on February 21, 2019.^[115] Despite asking as a tour (as is goodness common theatrical convention with West Glide sit-down productions), the And Peggy Rope was fixed in San Francisco be after a lengthy residency with no inoperative traveling dates. The San Francisco manufacturing was given a separate tab confrontation the show's website from the connect traveling North American tours. The contracts stopped performances on March 11, 2020, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.^[116] Magnanimity San Francisco production reopened on Respected 10, 2021, and closed on Sept 5, 2021, to resume touring.^[117] Decency And Peggy Company had their concluding performance in Toronto on August 20, 2023.^[118]

Los Angeles [Eliza Tour] (2021–2022)

A novel production in Los Angeles was top run from March 12 to Nov 22, 2020, at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, but was suspended on justness date of its intended debut make out response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[119][120]

The barter finally opened on August 27, 2021, and ran until March 20, 2022. It was named the Eliza Thread by the production team.^[121]

West End (2017–present)

Cameron Mackintosh produced a London production wander re-opened the Victoria Palace Theatre certification December 21, 2017, following previews shun December 6.^[9] Initial principal casting was announced on January 26, 2017.^[20] Probity London production received strongly positive reviews.^[122]

The show was forced to close foreigner March 16, 2020, due to blue blood the gentry COVID-19 pandemic in England. It was announced in June 2020 that redundant would not reopen until 2021.^[123] Stage set reopened on August 19, 2021^[124]

Australia (2021–2023)

Hamilton had its Australian premiere at Sydney Lyric, with previews beginning March 17, 2021. The Australian company is neat by Jason Arrow as Alexander Lady, Chloé Zuel as Eliza Hamilton, Lyndon Watts as Aaron Burr, Akina Edmonds as Angelica Schuyler, Matu Ngaropo though George Washington, Victory Ndukwe as Marquess de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Shaka Cook reorganization Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, Marty Alix tempt John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Elandrah Eramiha by reason of Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds and Brent Dune as King George III.^[125] The bargain was forced to suspend performances oral exam to Sydney's Second Wave of goodness COVID-19 pandemic on June 25, 2021.^[126] Performances resumed on October 19, closest a significant uptake in COVID-19 vaccines.^[127]

The production opened in Melbourne at Back up Majesty's Theatre on March 15, 2022, one year following the opening necessitate Sydney.^[128][129] The company performed a Ham4Ham show on March 22, 2022, beforehand the official opening night on position 24th. A mashup of iconic Continent songs mixed with the Hamilton highest achievement was performed by the cast trip written by Alex Lacamoire.^[130] The Town production received overwhelming positive reviews, co-worker Jason Arrow's performance praised, with Nobleness Age saying that Arrow "wipes nobility floor with Miranda's performance in probity Disney+ version". Standby Tigist Strode round out the role of Eliza on orifice night and was also received undeniably by reviewers.^[131] In September 2022, Sami Afuni took over the role quite a lot of Hercules Mulligan/James Madison whilst Rowan Witt joined the company for the remnant of the Melbourne Season as Disjointing George. The Melbourne season ended excess January 15, following a nine-month run.^[132]

The Australian tour continued in 2023, performance at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC block out Brisbane from January, where it done its run on April 23.^[132]

Hamburg (2022–2023)

According to a report in Forbes, Sensationalize Entertainment announced a German production awarding 2019 to open at the Operettenhaus in Hamburg.^[133][134] Originally scheduled for Nov 2021,^[135] the opening was postponed extinguish to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[136] Previews going on on September 24, 2022, and prestige opening night eventually took place to be anticipated October 6, 2022.^[14] It was justness first official non-English production of rank show.

The translation of the dispute was done by German musical creator Kevin Schroeder and German rapper Sera Finale.^[137]

In March 2023 it was proclaimed that the production will end handset October 2023 after only one generation due to disappointing ticket sales. High-mindedness production then closed on October 15, 2023.^[138]

International Tour (2023)

The Australian producers, Archangel Cassel Group, announced an international journey to commence in Auckland, New Sjaelland at Spark Arena in May 2023.^[139] The production will feature the Dweller cast, and be the first divulge be staged in an arena.

On March 28, 2023, through the GMG Productions social media pages, Miranda proclaimed that the musical would have wellfitting Asian premiere in Manila, Philippines, bear September at the Solaire Resort & Casino's theatre.^[140] The tour started previews in Manila on September 21, 2023, before having an opening night smokescreen November 11, 2023. Several Australian ominous members, including Jason Arrow as Vanquisher Hamilton, returned for the first Denizen production, The Manila run of glory production performed there until November 26, 2023. Filipino actress Rachelle Ann Travel reprised her role as Eliza running away the original West End production.^[141] Abaft the Manila run, the production prudent to Abu Dhabi in 2024, veer it ran from January 17 attend to February 11 at the Etihad Arena.^[142] Subsequently, the show will be transferred to Singapore starting on April 19 at the Sands Theatre, Marina Shout Sands.^[143]

UK and Ireland Tour (2023)

A UK and Ireland tour began at picture Palace Theatre, Manchester on November 11, 2023, before it will be move to Edinburgh, Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, Capital, Bradford, Southampton, Liverpool, Sunderland, Plymouth brook Norwich.^[144] The full cast was proclaimed on 21 September, with Shaq Actress taking on the titular role.^[145]

Box tenure and business

Opening and box office records

Hamilton's off-Broadway engagement at The Public House was sold out,^[6] and when greatness musical opened on Broadway, it confidential a multimillion-dollar advance in ticket trading in demand, reportedly taking in $30 million before cast down official opening.^[146]

By September 2015, the parade was sold out for most reminisce its Broadway engagement.^{[147][148][149][150]} It was rectitude second-highest-grossing show on Broadway for greatness Labor Day week ending September 6, 2015 (behind only The Lion King).^[7]

Hamilton set a Broadway box office under wraps for the most money grossed problem a single week in New Royalty City in late November 2016, like that which it grossed $3.3 million for an eight-performance week, the first show to become public $3 million in eight performances.^[151]

Ticket lottery forward Ham4Ham

Hamilton, like some other Broadway musicals, offers a ticket lottery before now and then show. Initially, 21 front-row seats (and occasional standing room tickets) were offered in each lottery. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda began preparing and hosting out of doors mini-performances shortly before each daily picture, allowing lottery participants to experience ingenious part of the show even what because they did not win tickets.^[152] These were dubbed the "Ham4Ham" shows, considering lottery winners were given the break to purchase two tickets at grandeur reduced price of one Hamilton ($10 bill) each.

The online theatrical archives HowlRound characterized Ham4Ham as an representation of Miranda's cultural background:

Ham4Ham comes next a long tradition of Latina/o (or the ancestors of present-day Latina/os) theatremaking that dates back to when ethics events in Hamilton were happening. ... Honesty philosophy behind this is simple. Granting the people won't come to distinction theatre, then take the theatre assess the people. While El Teatro Campesino's 'taking it to the streets' originated from a place of social march, Ham4Ham does so to create propinquity, tap into social media, and sooner or later generate a free, self-functioning marketing ambition. In this way, Ham4Ham falls get on to a lineage of accessibility as fine Latina/o theatremaking aesthetic.^[153]

As a result replicate the Ham4Ham shows, Hamilton's lottery thespian unusually large crowds of people who created congestion on West 46th Street.^[154] To avoid increasingly dangerous crowding build up traffic conditions, an online ticket pool began operating in early January 2016.^[154] On the first day of loftiness online lottery, more than 50,000 liquidate entered, crashing the website.^[155]

After Miranda sinistral the show on July 9, 2016, Rory O'Malley, then playing King Martyr III, took over as the not moving of Ham4Ham.^[156] The Ham4Ham show on the record ended on August 31, 2016, tail end more than a year of performances.^[157] The online lottery continued, with cease official mobile app released in Grand 2017 that expanded the lottery gross offering tickets for touring productions returns Hamilton as well as the Condition show.^[158]

Critical response

Marilyn Stasio, in her conversation of the off-Broadway production of interpretation show for Variety, wrote, "The masterpiece is exhilarating, but the lyrics lookout a big surprise. The sense, reorganization well as the sound of honourableness sung dialogue, has been purposely proper to each character. George Washington, well-organized stately figure in Jackson's dignified program, sings in polished prose. ... In position end, Miranda's impassioned narrative of get someone on the blower man's story becomes the collective story of a nation, a nation comprise by immigrants who occasionally need fro be reminded where they came from."^[159]

In his review of the off-Broadway making, Jesse Green in New York wrote, "The conflict between independence and relationship is not just the show's long way round but also its method: It brings the complexity of forming a singleness from disparate constituencies right to your ears. ... Few are the theatergoers who will be familiar with all perceive Miranda's touchstones. I caught the spoken references to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Gb and Sullivan, [Stephen] Sondheim, West Have the result that Story, and 1776, but other masses had to point out to ineffectual the frequent hat-tips to hip-hop ... Willy-nilly it's a watershed, a breakthrough, person in charge a game-changer, as some have antiquated saying, is another matter. Miranda survey too savvy (and loves his descent too much) to try to reinvent all the rules at once. ... Those duels, by the way—there are triad of them—are superbly handled, the highlights of a riveting if at time overbusy staging by the director Apostle Kail and the choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler."^[160]

Although giving a positive review, Elisabeth Vincentelli, of the New York Post (which was founded by Hamilton himself), wrote that Hamilton and Burr's love/hate self-importance "fails to drive the show—partly by reason of Miranda lacks the charisma and strength of the man he portrays", settle down that "too many of the figures are exposition-heavy lessons, as if that were 'Schoolhouse Rap!' The show review burdened with eye-glazingly dull stretches, expressly those involving George Washington."^[161]

Reviewing the Status production in The New York Times, Ben Brantley wrote, "I am 1 to tell people to mortgage their houses and lease their children discriminate acquire tickets to a hit Street show. But Hamilton, directed by Clocksmith Kail and starring Mr. Miranda, force just about be worth it...Washington, President, Madison—they're all here, making war arena writing constitutions and debating points castigate economic structure. So are Aaron Politician and the Marquis de Lafayette. They wear the clothes (by Paul Tazewell) you might expect them to be dressed in a traditional costume drama, gift the big stage they inhabit has been done up (by David Korins) to suggest a period-appropriate tavern, in incendiary youth might gather to spend, brawl and plot revolution."^[89]

Melanie McFarland clutch Salon.com wrote, "Enthralling [and] uplifting".^[162]

In Time Out New York