How Much Do You Know About Hamilton?

Hamilton is so innovative because it's infused with hip-hop. Both the music and the dance have hip hop rhythms.

The musical is based on the life of Alexander Hamilton. He was the first Secretary of the Treasury in the U.S.

Lin-Manual Miranda created Hamilton from scratch. It took him 6 years to finish.

Hamilton is based off a biography by Ron Chernow. Lin-Manuel thought the story lent itself to hip-hop.

Lin-Manuel also created the award-winning musical In the Heights. It's about growing up in Washington Heights, NYC.

Originally, Lin-Manuel wanted the musical to start as an album. This was done with other musicals like Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Hamilton debuted at number 12 on Billboard's top 200. That was the highest musical ranking since Camelot.

Vice President Mike Pence received a direct message from the actor playing Aaron Burr. "We are the diverse Americans, who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights ..."

The famous duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr is portrayed onstage. Leslie Odom Jr. was the original Burr.

Aaron Burr is the narrator of the story. The famous duel between him and Hamilton took place in Weehawken, NJ.

There is one other musical, 1776, which deals with the story of the Founding Fathers. It focuses on the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

Lin-Manuel was a co-composer on Bring it On, the Musical. He also helped to translate West Side Story into Spanish.

Alexander Hamilton's face is on the $10 bill. There is a push for it to be removed and replaced by a famous woman.

The opening song "Alexander Hamilton" was performed at the White House. Barack Obama and his family were in attendance.

It actually took a whole year to write the first song of the musical. Then it took another year to write the second song!

"My Shot" is Hamilton's anthem in the musical. It was the second song that Miranda wrote, and he took pains to make it perfect.

The Hamilton Mixtape was performed at Lincoln Center in 2012. It was part of the American Songbook series.

Hamilton came to Broadway in August of 2015. It had been playing off Broadway in New York for 8 months.

Hamilton started its run at the Public Theater in New York in January of 2015. It moved to the Richard Rodgers Theater.

Lin-Manuel did a lot of research on Les Miserables. He wanted to study how the musical reintroduced its themes.

The show is sung and rapped through the entire time. They toyed with dialogue in the beginning, but they scrapped it.

King George appears in Hamilton. He has a show-stopping number that Miranda wrote on his honeymoon.

Miranda actually wrote Burr's song "Wait for It" while on the subway. He was going to a friend's birthday party in Brooklyn.

This lyric pays homage to the Pirates of Penzance. There are other lyrics that Miranda uses from other musicals.

Lin-Manuel played Hamilton in the production. He was torn between whether to play Hamilton or Burr.

The casting of Hamilton is incredibly diverse. This is what is known as colorblind casting.

Some lucky audience members got to see #Ham4Ham. Miranda himself would come out and entertain the waiting crowd.

President Barack Obama thought the show was brilliant. He said, “so much so that I’m pretty sure this is the only thing that Dick Cheney and I have agreed on—during my entire political career.”

Hamilton is already on tour across America. There is also a production coming to London.

Hamilton won all three of these prestigious awards. In fact, it won 11 Tonys.

Hamilton was born in the West Indies in 1756. He became George Washington's assistant in 1777.

Lin-Manuel has been working a lot for Disney. He has written songs for Moana and the Little Mermaid live action film.

Yes, they most certainly did. For instance, JLo, Joe Biden, Steven Spielberg, Sting, and even Oprah took a seat!

Hamilton runs for 2 hours and 45 minutes. This includes one 15-minute intermission.

Hamilton began its national tour in San Francisco at the Orpheum Theater. From there, it goes to Los Angeles.