Hamilton won 11 Tony Awards in 2016, including Best Musical.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, lyrics, and book for Hamilton, which dramatizes the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton. The musical draws its central biography from Ron Chernow’s 2004 book Alexander Hamilton and uses hip-hop, R&B, soul, and traditional musical-theater styles.
At the 70th Tony Awards, Hamilton won 11 awards from 16 nominations. Its victories included Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, Best Direction, and awards for several performers. The total was one award short of the record set by The Producers in 2001.
Hamilton had first been presented at The Public Theater in 2015 before transferring to Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre. Its casting deliberately placed actors of color in roles involving the nation’s white historical founders, a choice central to the production’s artistic approach.