to end hate Now fill the world with music love and pride he said A LIVE PERFORMANCE Each year the Tony Awards ceremony is shown on national television In 2016 the show had the largest number of viewers in 15 years Much of that was because of the buzz created by Hamilton For almost a year the musical had been playing in New York City to sold-out crowds That year the Tony Awards show included a live performance by the cast of Hamilton It gave people across the country a first look at the musical and its highly praised cast THE TONY AWARDS The Tony Awards are an annual awards ceremony They are named for Antoinette Perry She was a famous actress and director She was also a leader of a theater organization called the American Theatre Wing The first Tony Awards were given out in 1947 The Tony Awards ceremony was first shown on national television in 1967 6
The cast of Hamilton took to the stage of the Tony Awards for a live performance For many it was the first time they were able to see what theater audiences had been raving about MAKING HISTORY COOL Hamilton is the story of Alexander Hamilton one of the Founding Fathers of the United States It is also the 7
story of the birth of the United States in the late 1700s Other musicals have been set in this time and place But Hamilton broke new ground in several ways One thing that set Hamilton apart was its hip-hop music In the show Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton go head-to-head in a rap battle It was history told in a way it had rarely been told before Hamilton also included a surprising cast According to history the Founding Fathers were white men But in Hamilton ALEXANDER HAMILTON Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis a small island in the Caribbean Sea in 1755 or 1757 He came to the United States as a teenager During the Revolutionary War 1775 1783 he served as an aide to General George Washington After the war he was part of the group of men who wrote the US Constitution In 1789 Hamilton became the first US secretary of the treasury In this role he set up a national banking system On July 11 1804 Hamilton was shot in a duel with a political rival Aaron Burr He died the next day 8
THE IMPORTANCE OF George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were played by African American actors Miranda who is of Puerto Rican descent was Hamilton Miranda wanted people to feel that everyone is part of the United States even if they do not look like the Founding Fathers The show was nominated for 16 Tony Awards setting a new record It took home 11 including Best Musical It was an amazing night for Miranda who had dreamed of being in the theater ever since he was a kid FURTHER EVIDENCE One of the main ideas in Chapter One is that Hamilton is groundbreaking in its representation and presentation What details are included in the chapter to support that idea Read the article at the website below Does the information in this article support the main idea of Chapter One Does the article give any additional information about what makes Hamilton different from other musicals HAMILTON abdocorelibrary com lin-manuel-miranda 9
