Hamilton Musical Trivia Quiz Questions

What is Hamilton: An American Musical?
A: Hamilton is a sung-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

Who wrote the book, the lyrics, and the music?
A: Lin-Manuel Miranda.

What was the show inspired by?
A: The 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow.

When did the musical make its Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater?
A: February 2015.

In August, 2015, where did the show transfer to?
A: Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater.
On Broadway, it received enthusiastic critical reception and unprecedented what?

A: Advance box office sales.

In 2016, Hamilton received how many Tony nominations?
A: A record-setting 16.

How many did it win?
A: 11.

Hamilton was the recipient of the 2016 Grammy Award for what?
A: Best Musical Theater Album.

It also won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for what?
A: Drama.

The previous Off-Broadway production of Hamilton won the 2015 Drama Desk Award for what?
A: Outstanding Musical.

While on a vacation at the airport, Lin-Manuel Miranda bought and read a copy of what book?
A: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.

After reading the first few chapters, Miranda began picturing the life of Hamilton as a what?
A: A musical.

A play of Hamilton's story had been done on Broadway in what year?
A: 1917.

Who was the star?
A: George Arliss as Alexander Hamilton.

Upon Miranda's discovery he began a project entitled what?
A: The Hamilton Mixtape.

On May 12, 2009, where was Miranda invited to perform music from In the Heights?
A: At the White House Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word.

Instead, what did he perform?
A: The first song from The Hamilton Mixtape.

On July 27, 2013, where did he perform in a workshop production of the show, then titled The Hamilton Mixtape?
A: At the Vassar Reading Festival.

Who directed the workshop production?
A: Thomas Kail.

What did the workshop consist of?
A: The entire first act of the show and three songs from the second act.

Of the original workshop cast, which three principal cast members played in the Off-Broadway production?
A: Miranda, Daveed Diggs, and Christopher Jackson.

 


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