In Hamilton: An American Musical, stage writer and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda cast the republics first Treasury secretary as a larger-than-life hero worthy of...well, a Broadway show. The Independent Reviews symposium about the musical assesses its potential impact on the publics understanding of the American Founding.
Hamilton on Broadway and the Founding in American Culture
An Introduction
By Matthew E. Brown
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