It could have been excruciating: a historical epic told through rap and show tunes. But Lin-Manuel Miranda's show became a sensation and its million-selling cast album is a triumph in its own rightYou don't have to have an implacable loathing for musicals to find Hamilton " or indeed the very concept of hip-hop-based musical theatre " a slightly troubling concept, at least on paper. You just have to have a working kn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AM on December 1, 2017