HAMILTON National Tour Headed to ASU Gammage During 2017-18 Season

The national tour of HAMILTON will head to ASU Gammage as part of its 2017-18 Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Broadway in Arizona season, it's been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller and ASU Gammage.

The best way to guarantee tickets to HAMILTON is to purchase a season subscription for the Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Broadway in Arizona 2016-2017 season. Subscribers who renew their subscription for the 2016-2017 season will be able to guarantee their seats for the premiere Tempe engagement of HAMILTON before tickets become available to the general public.

"HAMILTON is a transcendent piece of musical theatre that redefines the genre and we are ecstatic for this innovative and ground-breaking work to come to ASU!" Colleen Jennings-Roggensack, Executive Director for ASU Gammage & Associate Vice President Cultural Affairs for ASU said in a statement.

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehlerand music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire.Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant AlexanderHamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.