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Synopsis

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Pulitzer prize-winning transformation of Ron Chernow's biography, Hamilton, into a hip-hop musical took the world by storm in 2016. At the center of this groundbreaking, multi-award-winning musical is the story of founding father Alexander Hamilton, whose ambition drove him from the position of Caribbean outsider and bastard child to American war hero and George Washington's right-hand man. In the process, Alexander Hamilton powerfully shaped America as we have come to know it -- and gave us all a template for what it means to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and realize the American Dream. This exploration of Hamilton's political mastermind was called "the most exciting and significant musical of the decade." David Brooks of the New York Times declared seeing Hamilton to be "one of the most exhilarating experiences I've had in the theatre." With heart, humor, and respect, Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical breathes vibrant, colorful life into this story of America's founding fathers.

Show Information

Based on the Play/Book/Film
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2015
Genres
Historical/Biographical
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
1776, late 1700s
Cast Size
medium
Orchestra Size
Medium
Dancing
Heavy
Ideal For
Professional Theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Young Adult, Late Teen Characters, Medium Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Alexander Hamilton

Lead

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

Lead

Female

Soprano

Aaron Burr

Lead

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Angelica Schuyler

Lead

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

John Laurens/Philip Hamilton

Supporting

Male

Tenor

George Washington

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Hercules Mulligan/James Madison

Supporting

Male

Tenor, Baritone

Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds

Featured

Female

Mezzo-Soprano

King George

Featured

Male

Tenor

Ensemble

Ensemble

Either Gender

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

Songs

Act One

  • Alexander Hamilton – Full company (except King George)
  • Aaron Burr, Sir – Hamilton, Burr, Laurens, Lafayette, and Mulligan
  • My Shot – Hamilton, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan, Burr and Company
  • The Story of Tonight – Hamilton, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan
  • The Schuyler Sisters – Angelica, Eliza, Peggy, Burr, and Company
  • Farmer Refuted – Seabury and Hamilton
  • You'll Be Back – King George
  • Right Hand Man – Washington, Hamilton, Burr, and Company
  • A Winter's Ball – Burr, Hamilton, Company
  • Helpless – Eliza, Hamilton, Women
  • Satisfied – Angelica, Eliza, Hamilton and Company
  • The Story of Tonight (Reprise) -Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan, Hamilton, Burr
  • Wait For It – Burr and Company
  • Stay Alive – Hamilton, Washington, Lee, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan, Eliza, Angelica, and Company
  • Ten Duel Commandments – Laurens, Hamilton, Lee, Burr, and Company
  • Meet Me Inside – Washington, Hamilton, and Company
  • That Would Be Enough – Eliza and Hamilton
  • Guns and Ships - Lafayette, Burr, Washington, Company
  • History Has Its Eyes on You – Washington and Company
  • Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) – Hamilton, Lafayette, Laurens, Mulligan, Washington, and Company
  • What Comes Next? – King George
  • Dear Theodosia – Burr, Hamilton
  • Non-Stop – Hamilton, Burr, Eliza, Angelica, Washington, and Company

Act Two

  • What'd I Miss – Jefferson, Burr, Madison, Washington, Hamilton and Company
  • Cabinet Battle #1 – Jefferson, Hamilton, Washington, and Madison
  • Take a Break – Eliza, Philip, Hamilton, and Angelica
  • Say No to This – Hamilton, Maria Reynolds, James Reynolds, and Company
  • The Room Where It Happens – Burr, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Company
  • Schuyler Defeated – Philip, Eliza, Hamilton, and Burr
  • Cabinet Battle #2 – Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison
  • Washington on Your Side – Burr, Jefferson, and Madison
  • One Last Time – Washington, Hamilton, and Company
  • I Know Him – King George
  • The Adams Administration – Burr, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Company
  • We Know –Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, and Madison
  • Hurricane – Hamilton and Company
  • The Reynolds Pamphlet - Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, Burr, Angelica, Company
  • Burn – Eliza
  • Blow Us All Away – Philip, Hamilton, Eacker, Dolly, Martha and Company
  • Stay Alive (Reprise) – Philip, Hamilton, Eliza, Doctor, and Company
  • It's Quiet Uptown – Angelica, Hamilton, Eliza, and Company
  • The Election of 1800 – Jefferson, Madison, Burr, Hamilton, and Company
  • Your Obedient Servant – Burr, Hamilton
  • Best of Wives and Best of Women – Eliza, Hamilton
  • The World Was Wide Enough – Burr, Hamilton, and Company
  • Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story – Eliza, Washington, Burr, Jefferson, Madison, Angelica, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan and Company

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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Laura Ware

Laura Ware

StageAgent Editor and former dancing queen in Mamma Mia.