"Hamilton" just received 16 Tony nominations, but it's a big deal for more reasons than that. Here is a quick look at why this new musical is important to know.

Over the summer, a filmed version of Hamilton: An American Musical was released on Disney+. When the show originally opened on Broadway on January 20, 2015, the musical quickly became a hit with the ...

Hamilton’s work in fighting slavery was far more extensive than the musical details, and his various illnesses — he survived yellow fever — don’t rate a mention.

“A hero and a scholar, the ten-dollar founding father without a father:” the opening lyrics of Hamilton, the new rap-based musical phenomenon penned by Lin Manuel-Miranda. The famed, young Broadway ...

Everything about the experience of seeing Hamilton, the smash-hit musical, is crowded. There’s a crowd outside the theater when you arrive, there are interminable lines for merchandise and the ...

Lacamoire, who previously collaborated with Miranda on In the Heights (as well as Bring It On: The Musical), became Hamilton‘s musical director, arranging every song from Miranda’s home demos ...

Five years after its first Broadway run, Hamilton was released on Disney+. Here are all 46 songs in the soundtrack ranked from worst to best.

That said, “Hamilton” is still having a cultural moment, on par with any great cult TV show or crowd-pleasing film. Why that is, and the how of it happening, is fascinating.