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May 16, 2024 · Notable Works: “Hamilton” “In the Heights” “tick, tick…BOOM!” Notable Family Members: son of Luis A. Miranda, Jr. son of Luz Towns-Miranda. married to Vanessa Nadal Miranda (2010–present) father of Sebastian Miranda (b. 2014) father of Francisco Miranda (b. 2018) brother of Luz Miranda-Crespo.
- Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman (born October 19, 1946, Norwich, England) is...
- Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill (born May 26, 1975, South Orange, New Jersey,...
- John Kander
Kander and Ebb, American songwriting duo made up of John...
- Philip Pullman
- Alexander Hamilton
- Eliza Hamilton
- Angelica Schuyler
- Aaron Burr
- George Washington
- Thomas Jefferson
- Marquis de Lafayette
- James Madison
- John Laurens
- Philip Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is the lead character in Hamilton, with Lin-Manuel Miranda playing one of America's Founding Fathers. After serving George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, Hamilton became the Secretary of the Treasury and founded the nation's financial system. He was later fired by President John Adams and spurned his political ...
Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, played by Phillipa Soo in Hamilton, was born into a wealthy family in 1757. She married Alexander Hamilton in the early 1780s and soon after gave birth to their first child, Philip. She and Alexander had seven children in total before he died. Eliza continued to defend Alexander after his death and eventually founded the fi...
Angelica Schuyler is the older sister of Eliza and is played by Renée Elise Goldsberry in the Hamilton musical. The play says she was interested in Alexander before Eliza married him, although Hamilton's actual relationship with Angelicaisn't quite so cut and dried. The two stayed in touch even after she went to live in England and married John Bar...
Aaron Burr is another one of America's Founding Fathers. Leslie Odom Jr plays Burr in Hamilton, which begins with Burr meeting Hamilton when he is still learning law. Burr served as an officer in the Revolutionary War and then returned to studying law in 1779. He went on to establish a political career for himself in the next five years, as he beca...
George Washington, the military leader and first President of the United States, is played by Christopher Jackson in Hamilton. Washington's military career began with the French and Indian War, which gave him the experience to help lead America's revolution. He was elected as America's first president in 1789 and served a second term despite his in...
Daveed Diggs plays Thomas Jefferson, another one of America's Founding Fathers and writers of the Declaration of Independence, in Hamilton. The American diplomat served as the United States Minister to France from 1785 to 1789, which is when he returned to America to be Washington's Secretary of State. Jefferson clashed with Hamilton during this ti...
Lafayette, also played by Diggs, is a Frenchman who traveled to America as a young man to fight in the American Revolutionary War. He helped lead the Battle of Yorktown and then went back to France after America was free. Lafayette was then at the forefront of the French Revolutionin 1789 and the July Revolution in 1830. He advocated to end slavery...
Okieriete Onaodowan plays James Madison in Hamilton. Madison is one of America's Founding Fathers who helped write the Constitution and the Bill of Rights after the American revolution. He then became a congressman in 1789 and served in Congress until he became the Secretary of State under Jefferson. Madison later became America's fourth president ...
John Laurens was one of America's soldiers during the Revolutionary War, with Anthony Ramos playing him in Hamilton. He fought for the freedom of slaves after coming from a family that prospered from them. Laurens attempted to grant slaves freedom in exchange for fighting in the war, but his efforts were unsuccessful. He died in the Battle of Comba...
Philip Hamilton is the first child of Alexander and Eliza Hamilton and also played by Ramos. He was born in 1782 and eventually went to Columbia College, where he graduated with honors in 1800. He died the following year at the age of 19 after confronting a lawyer named George Eacker for what he said about his father. Philip died as a result of a d...
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- TRUE: Alexander Hamilton’s childhood and young life that was depicted in the musical was true. Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis in the West Indies.
- False: For starters, Alexander Hamilton never punched the bursar—it sounded pretty good in the song though! Additionally, Lafayette did not arrive in America from France until 1777 which is the same year that Hamilton met him and John Laurens.
- False: In the musical, Hamilton is portrayed as someone who strongly identifies with his immigrant background and outwardly opposes slavery. Unfortunately, this aspect of the narrative is not historically accurate.
- True: Well, sort of. King George was in fact mad, but the reason why is more complicated. Mental illness possibly played a part in his madness, but many historians believe that he went mad due to a debilitating metabolic condition known as porphyria: a disease that directly affects the nervous system and brain.
Nov 11, 2015 · How Hamilton Uses History What Lin-Manuel Miranda included in his portrait of a heroic, complicated Founding Father—and what he left out.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (/ m æ n ˈ w ɛ l /; born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper and librettist. He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo, and Encanto (both 2021).
Sep 14, 2020 · With Miranda in the titular role, the show documents some of the prominent historical events associated with Hamilton, from his high-profile sex scandal to his life-ending duel with Aaron Burr.
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Jul 3, 2020 · In reality, all of the named characters in Hamilton were white, with the single exception of Sally Hemings—an enslaved woman with whom Jefferson had a sexual relationship—who appears in a silent...
