Product Details
- Audio CD (October 16, 2015)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Atlantic
Editorial Reviews “Hamilton” – which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at ThePublic Theater in NYC – is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy youngimmigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changedAmerica with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut tooshort, he served as George Washington’s chief aide, was the first TreasurySecretary of the United States, a loving husband and father, despised by hisfellow Founding Fathers, and shot to death by Aaron Burr in a legendary duel. The “HAMILTON (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING)” is executive produced byAhmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, founding membersof the Grammy Award winning hip-hop band, The Roots. “HAMILTON” has book,music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin Manuel Miranda,who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, withchoreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations byAlex Lacamoire. “HAMILTON” is inspired by Ron Chernow’s biography “AlexanderHamilton.”