
Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Goodreads best non-fiction book of 2016 From Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda comes a backstage pass to his groundbreaking hit musical Hamilton 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 & helped to found the United States Fusing hip-hop pop R&B & the best traditions of theater this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway reveals the storytelling power of rap & claims the origins of the United States 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 Mc Carter a cultural critic & 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 perfor-mance 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 & veteran Broadway photographer Joan Marcus; exclusive looks at notebooks & emails; interviews with Questlove Stephen Sond-heim leading political commentators & more than 50 people involved with the production; & multiple appearances by Presi-dent Obama himself The book does more than tell the surprising story of how a Broadway musical became an international phenomenon It demonstrates that America has always been renewed by the brash upstarts & brilliant outsiders the men & women who don't throw away their shot