Hamilton at KeyBank State Theatre

This summer, Hamilton will be performing in KeyBank State Theatre, the highest rated entertainment venue of Cleveland plus, the best possible entertainment venue for the global phenomenon show. The acclaimed and award-winning performance travels to you to tell its awe-inspiring story from place to place all over the world.

Debuting off Broadway in 2015, Hamilton was not instantly the Broadway hit that you will see here. Lin-Manuel Miranda has talked publicly about its beginnings, starting as a concept album in 2009, with Miranda saying that he was “thrilled that the White House called me tonight, because I’m actually working on a hip-hop album. It's a concept album about the life of someone I think embodies hip-hop: treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton.” That singular performance elicited praise and a well-earned standing ovation from his crowd at the time, as well as former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and directly led to Miranda’s production of the Hamilton musical we know now.

Because of his history in musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda has also taken influences from other popular theater pieces such as Les Misérables, which follows a common theme that tells the story of a struggle, and succeeding from that struggle, as opposed to the traditional musical theatre biases that follow the trend of being very uplifting and happy. Similarly Hamilton, being about the struggle of an orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean who rose to power and became the first U.S. Treasury Secretary. With the utmost respect to its source material, the Musical shows us both sides of Alexander Hamilton’s rise to power, by not only showing us a glimpse into his character and struggle, but also his impact and effect in being able to greatly shape North America during his lifetime.

With its story, the production continues to prove its relevance in popular culture and even on the international stage, confronting questions and issues that are deeply relevant not only to America, but also to the world. Even the use of musical genres like hip hop, jazz, and R&B as the productions score has cemented its place in pop culture, making it one of the most exciting hit Cleveland musicals today.