A backstage pass to the groundbreaking hit musical Hamilton winner of the 2016 Pulitzer
Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards including Best Musical including the award-winning
libretto behind-the-scenes photos and interviews and exclusive footnotes from
composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda now streaming on Disney+ with the original cast.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject the
poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British defended the Constitution and helped to
found the United States. Fusing hip-hop pop R&B and the best traditions of theater this
once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway reveals the storytelling power of rap
and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. Hamilton: The Revolution gives
readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions from the only two writers able to provide
it. Miranda along with Jeremy McCarter a cultural critic and theater artist who was involved
in the project from its earliest stages -- "since before this was even a show " according to
Miranda -- traces its development from an improbable performance at the White House to its
landmark opening night on Broadway six years later. In addition Miranda has written more than
200 funny revealing footnotes for his award-winning libretto the full text of which is
published here. Their account features photos by the renowned Frank Ockenfels and veteran
Broadway photographer Joan Marcus exclusive looks at notebooks and emails interviews with
Questlove Stephen Sondheim leading political commentators and more than 50 people involved
with the production and multiple appearances by President Obama himself. The book does more
than tell the surprising story of how a Broadway musical became a national phenomenon: It
demonstrates that America has always been renewed by the brash upstarts and brilliant outsiders
the men and women who don't throw away their shot.
