Alexander Hamilton Research Papers

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Broadway musical Hamilton won 11 awards in Tony Awards 2016 held on June 12 in New York. This news will come as shocking: the man behind the show, Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and main actor, will leave the show and it is confirmed. His last performance with Hamilton will be on July 9, he said to reporters in a breakfast event in New York on Thursday. Miranda has lots of upcoming works to do after he departs the show. The Tony Awards winning star and creator will star in “Mary Poppins Returns” due in Chrismas 2018. In addition, Miranda is providing finishing touches on the music for Disney’s upcoming animated movie Moana, which will release on November. Miranda will also turn the musical In The Heights into a movie. There will be a question …show more content…

Miranda refused to specify actresses and actors who will stay or leave the show, saying he won’t be begrudging both. Hamilton is a Broadway musical performance about Alexander Hamilton, an American Founding Father. The show was based on biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow (published in 2004). Hamilton opened its Off-Broadway debut in February 2015 at The Public Theater and claimed a huge success. Then the show started its Broadway performance in 2015 and became one of the best selling musical performance ever. The show was nominated for 16 categories in Tony Awards 2016 and won 11 of them. Previously, Hamilton also won the 2016 Grammy Award for the Best Musical Theater Album and the 2016 Pullitzer Prize for Drama. Miranda, as the creator of Hamilton, earns royalties of $ 105.000 per week. He also pays part of royalties for Ron Chernow. Moreover, Miranda also gets salaries for his act as Alexander Hamilton. Based on ticket sale, Hamilton is undoubtedly dubbed as the most expensive show. When Hamilton began its Broadway debut in August, it sold $ 27.6 million in pre-sale tickets. While weekly ticket sale generates profit of about $ 1.5