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Musical Theatre

Why has there never been a hit musical about the history of Britain?

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

11 November 2017

9:00 AM

Americans may be able to draw on only 250 years of history, but they’re not shy of making a song and dance of it. In early December, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s $1 billion-grossing, hip-hop and show-tune extravaganza about one of the country’s founding fathers will finally open to sold-out crowds in London.

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