Hamilton biography inspired musical

Hamilton is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow.

The musical is about the story of American Founding FatherAlexander Hamilton through music that are mainly made up of hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes.

The show is known for having black actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures, which is far from reality.^[1] Through this use of modern storytelling methods, Hamilton has been called for being the "America then, as told by morons now."^[2]

A movie, which is a live recording of the musical with the original cast, was released on Disney+ on July 3, 2020.

Story

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A nineteen-year-old orphan named Alexander Hamilton moves from the Caribbean to New York where he meets Aaron Burr who tells him to “talk less, smile more, don’t let anyone know what you