Hamilton an American Musical on Tour USA National
Hamilton winner of 11 Tony’s Awards to Tour USA starting in March 2017 at the San Francisco Orpheum Theatre. Hamilton also opening another production at the PrivateBank Theatre Chicago begins September 27, 2016 more details as they become available.
Hamilton is a musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The show, inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow, achieved both critical acclaim and box office success.
The musical made its Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater in February 2015, where its engagement was sold out.The show transferred to Broadway in August 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. On Broadway, it received enthusiastic critical acclaim and unprecedented advance box office sales. Nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, the production ultimately won 11, including Best Musical, and is also the recipient of the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The prior off-Broadway production of Hamilton won the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical as well as seven other Drama Desk Awards out of 14 total nominated categories.
Tour Details
SAN FRANCISCO, CA MAR 10 – AUG 5, 2017 SHN ORPHEUM
LOS ANGELES, CA AUG 11 – DEC 30, 2017 HOLLYWOOD PANTAGES THEATREGET
WASHINGTON, DC MID-JUNE THROUGH MID-SEPTEMBER, 2018 KENNEDY CENTER OPERA HOUSE
ATLANTA, GA 2017-2018 SEASON
BOSTON, MA 2017-2018 SEASON
CHARLOTTE, NC 2017-2018 SEASON
CLEVELAND, OH 2017-2018 SEASON
COSTA MESA, CA 2017-2018 SEASON
DENVER, CO 2017-2018 SEASON
DES MOINES, IA 2017-2018 SEASON
HOUSTON, TX 2017-2018 SEASON
LAS VEGAS, NV 2017-2018 SEASON
PORTLAND, OR 2017-2018 SEASON
SALT LAKE CITY, UT 2017-2018 SEASON
SAN DIEGO, CA 2017-2018 SEASON
SEATTLE, WA 2017-2018 SEASON
ST. LOUIS, MO 2017-2018 SEASON
TEMPE, AZ 2017-2018 SEASON
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 2018-2019 SEASON
Tony Awards
Best New Musical – WINNER
Best Book of a Musical – Lin-Manuel Miranda WINNER
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Leslie Odom, Jr. WINNER
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical – Phillipa Soo
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Daveed Diggs WINNER
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Jonathan Groff
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical – Christopher Jackson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Renée Elise Goldsberry WINNER
Best Scenic Design of a Musical – David Korins
Best Costume Design of a Musical – Paul Tazewell WINNER
Best Lighting Design of a Musical – Howell Binkley WINNER
Best Direction of a Musical – Thomas Kail WINNER
Best Choreography – Andy Blankenbuehler WINNER
Best Orchestrations – Alex Lacamoire WINNER
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda born January 16, 1980 is an American actor, composer, rapper and writer, best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammys, an Emmy, a MacArthur “Genius” Award, and three Tony awards, among others.
Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2008. Miranda’s written work for the show earned him numerous accolades, including the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score and the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. Miranda’s performance in the show’s lead role of Usnavi also earned him a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and the show won Best Musical.
Miranda is currently performing on Broadway in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton, a musical for which he wrote the book, music and lyrics—and which earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album. Miranda received the 2016 Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for his work in the role. Hamilton was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, of which it won 11, including Best Musical. Miranda also won the Tony Award for Best Original Score and Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton and earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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