Hamilton at Richard Rodgers Theatre

This fall, Hamilton will be running in Richard Rodgers Theatre, the highly praised entertainment venue of New York as well as the No.1 possible theatre for this world-wide phenomenon performance. The critically acclaimed and multi-award winning performance goes on to tell its spectacular story from place to place all over the globe.

Making its start off Broadway in 2015, Hamilton was not instantly the Broadway play that it is today. Lin-Manuel Miranda has spoken publicly about its inspiration, starting as a concept album in 2009, with Miranda saying that he was “thrilled that the White House called me tonight, because I’m actually working on a hip-hop album. It's a concept album about the life of someone I think embodies hip-hop: treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton.” That one single performance gained praise and a well-earned standing ovation from the audience at the time, including former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and directly led to Miranda’s creation of the Hamilton musical we know now.

Due to his previous experience in musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda has also drawn influences from other successful theater pieces such as Les Misérables, which holds to a common theme that tells the story of a struggle, and triumphing that struggle, instead of the usual musical theatre biases that tend to be very positive and happy. Hamilton is no different, being about the struggle of an orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean who rose to power and became the first U.S. Treasury Secretary. With the utmost respect to its source material, the Musical shows us both sides of Alexander Hamilton’s rise to power, by not only offering us a peek into his personal life and struggle, but also his influence and effect in being able to significantly shape America during his lifetime.

With its story, the Musical continues to display its importance in American culture and even on the international stage, confronting themes and topics that are deeply relevant not only to the Country, but also around the world. Even the use of musical styles of hip hop, jazz, and R&B as the productions score has cemented its place in pop culture, making it one of the most exciting hit New York musicals today.