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Photo Flash: First Look at HAMILTON Chicago Cast in Costume!

By: Sep. 14, 2016
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It's just a matter of days before HAMILTON performances begin at Chicago's Private Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe), and scenic designer David Korins is giving fans a sneak peek via Instagram. Check out two shots of the cast in rehearsal below:

Photo Flash: First Look at HAMILTON Chicago Cast in Costume!  Image

Photo Flash: First Look at HAMILTON Chicago Cast in Costume!  Image

Photo Flash: First Look at HAMILTON Chicago Cast in Costume!  Image

With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, music direction/orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The musical won eleven 2016 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Score, Book of a Musical, Direction of a Musical, Choreography and Orchestrations. Mr. Miranda received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama forHamilton.

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War, and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now.







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