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Hamilton, Broadway’s hip-hop-infused smash about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sarah Grant reports in Rolling Stone. It became the ninth musical in the Pulitzer’s 100-year history to win this award after Next to Normal in 2010 and Rent in 1996.
“It is a tremendous honor to even be considered for this very prestigious award,” said Hamilton author, composer, lyricist and star Lin-Manuel Miranda in astatement. “To win today for Hamilton is beyond my wildest dreams,” he said. Miranda’s debut musical In the Heights was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer in 2009.
The Pulitzer is the latest of countless awards Hamilton and Miranda have won this season. The musical won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Miranda, Hamilton’s 35-year-old composer, also became the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur “Genius” Award. The musical has grossed…
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