Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel ...

Thomas Jefferson (seated left), Alexander Hamilton (standing) and George Washington (seated right). Each political party had put up two candidates, one that they intended to be president and the ...

The 2024-25 season for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh started off with a bang at the Benedum ...

Renowned the world over and winner of 11 Tony Awards, it’s hard to imagine Lin-Manuel Miranda first reading Ron Chernow’s ...

July 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr killed longtime political foe Alexander ...

Imagine being the music director for a three-hour Broadway show that features non-stop singing and rapping at breakneck speed ...

Miranda told the audience he was working on a concept hip-hop album about “somebody who embodies hip-hop, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton.” People laughed. But then he performed ...

Hamilton opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (Broadway) on Thursday Aug 06, 2015 and has now been running for 8 years.

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A candle stand used by the first president illuminates his extraordinary last days in office Alexis Coe Georgina Schuyler campaigned for Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" to be inscribed on a ...