Hamilton: Quick Facts

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Facts

Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize (2016) • Tony Awards (2016)

Photos and Videos

Marquee outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway with illuminated signs reading Hamilton above and Richard Rodgers below.

Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Hamilton perform onstage in Revolutionary War-era costumes, with dramatic lighting and a brick set behind them.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, dressed in a blue Revolutionary War-style coat, performs as Alexander Hamilton with cast members of "Hamilton" on stage at the Tony Awards.

Debunking common myths about Alexander Hamilton

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Topics

West Side Story The Threepenny Opera