“Hamilton’s” Grammy-winning original cast album has sold 1.5 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.
Hamilton
He’s been tucked inside your wallet all along. The “$10 Founding Father,” that is — the inspiration for the Broadway-and-beyond musical phenomenon “Hamilton,” which opens a monthlong Smith Center run Tuesday night.
Haven’t seen “Hamilton”? Don’t have tickets? Check out these facts you can drop into any conversation about the musical to help you sound like an expert.
The Tony-winning, Pulitzer-winning, Grammy-winning musical “Hamilton” is a multivenue phenomenon.
Between “Of Thee I Sing” and “Hamilton,” multiple musicals have given U.S. history and politics the song-and-dance treatment.
“Alexander Hamilton,” historian and author Ron Chernow’s biography of the Founding Father, was published in April 2004.
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