Hamilton: An American Musical

Since Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical took to the stage in early 2015, it has been an undeniable hit and has generated a wealth of public commentary. This page provides a listing of articles and media coverage related to various aspects of the musical's development, casting, themes, analysis, interpretation, and more. See your librarian (a true Hamil-fan!) for more recommendations.

• Drama Critic's Circle Award 2015
• MacArthur Fellows: Lin-Manuel Miranda
• Playbill Hamilton Wins 2016 Pulitzer Prize; Miranda Reacts
• Hamilton Tony Awards Performance

  Performed without guns to honor victims of the Pulse nightclub shootings in Orlando.
• National Archives Foundation 2016 Records of Achievement Awards
• Hamilton performs “America” - Gypsy of the Year 2016

• Cosmopolitan: Get That Life: How I Became a Tony-Award Winning Star of Hamilton
• Genius: A Conversation With ‘Hamilton’ Maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda
• GQ: How to Maintain Your Chill When You're Starring in Hamilton
• The New Yorker: The Women of 'Hamilton'
• NPR: Being Aaron Burr
• NY Times: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Creator and Star of ‘Hamilton,’ Grew Up on Hip-Hop and Show Tunes
• Observer: Founding Father: ‘Hamilton’ Star Daveed Diggs on Being in the Room Where It Happens
• Rolling Stone: 'Hamilton': Meet the Man Behind Broadway's Hip-Hop Masterpiece
• Rolling Stone: 'Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Rolling Stone Interview
• Vulture: Brian d’Arcy James, Jonathan Groff, and Andrew Rannells on Playing Hamilton Fan Favorite King George III
• Vulture: In the Room Where It Happens, Eight Shows a Week
• Vulture: Javier Muñoz on What It’s Like to Play Alexander Hamilton When Lin-Manuel Miranda Isn’t
• Lin-Manuel Miranda's Commencement Speech at UPenn

• AHA Today: On Hamilton and Learning to Think Historically
• The Atlantic: How Lin-Manuel Miranda Shapes History
• The Atlantic: Founders Chic
• In Custodia Legis: So, you’ve been challenged to a duel. What are the rules?
• The New Yorker: "Hamilton" and the Books Hamilton Held
• The New Yorker: 'Hamilton' and the Hip-Hop Case for Progressive Heroism
• NY Times: Rapping a Revolution
• NY Times: ‘Hamilton’ and History: Are They in Sync?
• NY Times: ‘Hamilton’ Puts Politics Onstage and Politicians in Attendance
• Fusion: Lin-Manuel Miranda rewrote a ‘Hamilton’ rap in honor of Hillary
• NY Times: ‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy.
• NY Times: ‘Hamilton’ Cast’s Appeal to Pence Ignites Showdown With Trump
• Playbill: Hamilton Cast Reacts to Trump’s Tweets, “Leading With Love”
• Playbill: Mike Pence Enjoyed Hamilton; Was Not Offended by the Cast
• NY Times Opinion: What ‘Hamilton’ Forgets About Hamilton
• Slate: How Hamilton Uses History
• Vox: Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point
• Vox: How Lin-Manuel Miranda Taught Liberals to Love Alexander Hamilton
• Vox: Read Obama's moving introduction to the Hamilton White House performance
• Zocalo: Let’s Not Pretend That ‘Hamilton’ Is History

• 60 Minutes: The Making of the 'Hamilton' Cast Album
• The Atlantic: The Case for Hamilton as Album of the Year
• Five Thirty Eight: ‘Hamilton’ Is The Very Model Of A Modern Fast-Paced Musical
• Mental Floss: 22 Hamilton Lyrics Explained
• NY Times: Exploring 'Hamilton' and Hip-Hop Steeped in Heritage
• NY Times Arts Beat: The Sounds That Shaped 'Hamilton'
• Rolling Stone: Questlove on 'Hamilton' and Hip-Hop: It Takes One
• Slate: All the Hip-Hop References in Hamilton: A Track-by-Track Guide
• Slate: Listen to Early Drafts of Eight Hamilton Songs, With Lin-Manuel Miranda Playing Every Character
• Vanity Fair: Questlove and Lin-Manuel Miranda Give Details of The Hamilton Mixtape
• Vulture: Is Hamilton Technically Impressive Rap? Talib Kweli Analyzes the Broadway Smash

• The Public Historian: Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton

  Review essay by Lyra D. Monteiro
• NCPH: A color-blind Stockholm syndrome

  Response to Monteiro
• NCPH: Hamilton: The Musical: Blacks and the founding fathers

  Response to Monteiro
• NCPH: History and performance: Hamilton: An American Musical

  Response to Monteiro
• NCPH: Who tells your story?

  Response to Monteiro
• NCPH: "It’s not “just a musical”

  Monteiro's response to the responses to her article.
• The Feminist Spectator: Hamilton's Women
• Howl Around: Why Hamilton is Not the Revolution You Think it is
• Slate: A Hamilton Skeptic on Why the Show Isn’t As Revolutionary As It Seems
• Slate: Why Fans of Hamilton Should Be Delighted It’s Finally Stirring Criticism
• The Hollywood Reporter: Asian Actors Onstage: Lea Salonga, Phillipa Soo Sound Off on Broadway Representation, Cultural Perceptions
• The Hollywood Reporter: 'Hamilton's' Lin-Manuel Miranda on Finding Originality, Racial Politics (and Why Trump Should See His Show)
• Vox: How the Hamilton casting controversy recalls Broadway's troubled history with diversity