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.
