On Tuesday, the hip-hop musical about America’s first Treasury secretary was nominated for 16 Tony Awards, more than any other show in Broadway history.

… Mr. Miranda has already won a Pulitzer Prize for his work on the show.

The current theater season, led by “Hamilton,” has been the most diverse in Broadway history, and the Tony nominations reflect that: Of the 40 acting nominations, 14 went to black, Hispanic and Asian-American actors. The nominee diversity is a particular point of pride for Broadway this year, when Hollywood has been convulsed with controversy over the lack of Oscar nominations for nonwhite performers.

Hamilton Dominates 2016 Tony Awards But Just Short of Record; Complete List of Winners The New York Times, May 3, 2016

Best Musical Hamilton

Best Leading Actor in a Musical Leslie Odom Jr., Hamilton

Best Featured Actress in a Musical Renée Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton Best Featured Actor in a Musical Daveed Diggs, Hamilton

Best Direction of a Musical Thomas Kail, Hamilton

Best Choreography Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton

Best Score Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Best Book of a Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton Best Orchestrations Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton

Best Costume Design of a Musical Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Best Lighting Design of a Musical Howell Binkley, Hamilton

President Obama Assists "Hamilton" Star Lin-Manuel Miranda In White House Freestyle March 14, 2016

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Hamilton set a Broadway box office record for the most money grossed in a single week in New York City in late November 2016, when it grossed $3.3 million for an eight-performance week, the first show to break $3 million in eight performances

Hamilton, like some other Broadway musicals, offers a ticket lottery before every show. Initially, 21 front-row seats (and occasional standing room tickets) were offered in each lottery. Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda began preparing and hosting outdoor mini-performances shortly before each daily drawing, allowing lottery participants to experience a part of the show even when they did not win tickets.[106] These were dubbed the "Ham4Ham" shows, because lottery winners were given the opportunity to purchase two tickets at the reduced price of one Hamilton ($10 bill) each.

HAMILTON’S LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA TELLS ORLANDO: 'LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE' HE RECITED A SONNET FOR THE CITY AT THE 2016 TONY AWARDS

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Are We Living in a New Golden Age of Musical Theatre?

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‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy

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