Alexander Hamilton: The Oldest And Hottest Show On Broadway

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Hamilton it the newest and hottest show on Broadway. It tells the story of American founding father, right hand man to George Washington, and first U.S Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. The show has been seen by everyone, from Beyonce and Jay Z to Barack Obama. Tickets are practically impossible to get. One of the most innovative things about this show that make history interesting is that the music is more hip-hop than musical theatre. The genius behind Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, is similar to the title character in many ways. And although the first secretary of the Treasury lived centuries before any of us we can still connect his life to our own, especially Miranda’s. Alexander Hamilton was “ the illegitimate son of a Scots

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