Hamilton at Procter & Gamble Hall

This December, Hamilton will be performing in Procter & Gamble Hall at Aronoff Center, the top-tier theatre of Cincinnati plus, the greatest possible theatre for this world-wide phenomenon Musical. The critics pick and award-winning Musical continues to tell its epic tale from theatre to theatre all over the globe.

Debuting off Broadway in 2015, Hamilton was not the instant Broadway play that you will see now. Lin-Manuel Miranda has talked candidly 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 earned praise and a well-earned standing ovation from the audience at the time, including former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and directly led to Miranda’s completion of the Hamilton musical we see now.

Due to his previous experience in musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda has also taken inspiration from other successful theater pieces such as Les Misérables, which follows a common theme that tells the story of a struggle, and triumphing that struggle, as opposed to the usual musical theatre biases that tend to be very uplifting and happy. Hamilton is no different, being about the struggle of an orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean who rose to power and became the first American Treasury Secretary. With the greatest respect to its source material, Hamilton shows us both sides of Alexander Hamilton’s rise to power, by not only giving us a peek into his character and struggle, but also his impact and effect in being able to greatly shape the Nation during its time period.

By telling this story, Hamilton continues to present its importance in popular culture and even international public discourse, confronting themes and topics that are deeply relevant not only to North America, but also globally. Even the use of musical genres like hip hop, jazz, and R&B as the shows score has solidified its place in modern culture, making it one of the most popular hit Cincinnati musicals today.