“A hero and a scholar, the ten-dollar founding father without a father:” the opening lyrics of Hamilton, the new rap-based musical phenomenon penned by Lin Manuel-Miranda. The famed, young Broadway ...

The musical, which was first performed in 2015, won 11 Tony Awards and has had several tours. Hamilton cost $12.5 million to put on Broadway, according to a 2016 report from The New York Times .

But “Hamilton” proudly embraces its identity as an all-American musical, the latest in a long and glorious line stretching from “Showboat” to Sondheim and beyond.