'Hamilton' Is The Very Model Of A Modern Fast-Paced Musical | FiveThirtyEight by Leah Libresco

"Hamilton," the hit Broadway musical biography of Alexander Hamilton, helped its composer, writer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda win a MacArthur fellowship, and many critics seem to think it packs a lot of genius into its more than two hours. Miranda's music is much closer to hip-hop and rap than to the usual Broadway ballads, and he explained, in an interview with Grantland, that it would be impossible to tel…

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