The silhouette of Alexander Hamilton with his hand in the air is almost as famous as the musical itself. So how did it happen? “Truth?” asked choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler during a recent ...

It may be more than six years since Daveed Diggs made his entrance in the first performance of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton, but the Oakland-born artist is still collecting praise for it today.

EXCLUSIVE: When Hamilton began Broadway previews on July 13 at the Nederlander-owned Richard Rodgers Theatre, it already was a smash hit, arriving with advance ticket sales of $32 million ...