Lin-Manuel Miranda and the 'Hamilton' Cast on Why the Musical Is Just as Relevant as Ever (Exclusive)
first debuted on Broadway in 2015, it was an immediate hit. Everyone from theater critics to celebrities to politicians -- and yes, President Barack Obama -- quickly fell in love with the groundbreaking biomusical about one of the country’s Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton. What made it stand out at the time was the fact that the rap-sung production featured a cast of Asian, Black and Latinx performers as some of history’s biggest icons, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr as well as creator Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hamilton himself.