How Did Alexander Hamilton Influence Today

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The musical Hamilton is playing a massive role in our world today. This book and musical about one of the founding fathers of America was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who has worked hard to make American history more interesting and more like society today. Miranda has done several things to present the life of Alexander Hamilton in a way that people have never seen before now.
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born in 1980 to Puerto Rican parents. Miranda’s parents encouraged Miranda and his sister to get involved in music and took them to Broadway musicals when they were able to. Because of the musical influence from his parents, Miranda developed a love for musical theatre and performed in productions while he was in school. He went to school at Hunters College’s elementary and high school. After high school, Miranda attended Wesleyan University and majored in theater. While studying at Wesleyan, Miranda began working on a musical that became the show In the Heights. The show In the Heights won two Tony Awards in 2008.
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The biography inspired him to write a musical about Alexander Hamilton and he began working on it immediately. Miranda first began with The Hamilton Mixtape, a series of songs written about the life of Alexander Hamilton. The first song Miranda wrote was called “Alexander Hamilton,” which he performed for the first time at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word in May of 2009. Miranda continued to work on Hamilton for the next few years and The Hamilton Mixtape gained fame. After the musical was finished, it was performed to sold out audiences at the Public Theater in New York City. The first official Broadway performance of Hamilton was performed on August 6, 2015. Since then, Hamilton has earned numerous awards and is considered as a game changer for American