Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s *Hamilton* is a through-sung portrait of Alexander Hamilton, tracing the Revolution, the early republic, and the private costs of public ambition. Its score is built from hip-hop and adjacent pop forms alongside Broadway craft, and its casting reframes the founding era through contemporary America. The show’s rise through the Public Theater before moving to Broadway helped mark a shift in what New York musical theater could sound like and who it could place at the center. Now playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, it remains a reference point for culture and civic memory.