Official Update: HAMILTON Book to Hit the Shelves This Coming Spring

From the page to the stage -- to the page again.

Inspired by Ron Chernow's biography, Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical HAMILTON, now in previews for an August 6 opening on Broadway, will soon be getting its own life in print via Grand Central Publishing. BroadwayWorld has officially confirmed that HAMILTON will hit the shelves in April 2016 in hardcover and ebook.

Ben Greenberg, Executive Editor at GCP, acquired the North American rights from HAMILTON producer Jeffrey Seller and Andy McNicol at William Morris Endeavor. The book will be produced by Melcher Media, creators of other successful Broadway books such as WICKED: THE GRIMMERIE and RENT.

Before it moved to Broadway, tickets to Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON were nearly impossible to get, with a sold-out run at the Public Theater and taste-makers from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim to Ben Brantley and Peter Marks raving about it. Blending musical styles from hip-hop and R&B to pop and classic musical theater, Miranda's HAMILTON is a sexy, vibrant, and enduring re-imagining of the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founding fathers. Debuting in January 2015, HAMILTON has already received numerous awards, including ten Lucille Lortel Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, and a Drama Critic's Award for Best Musical.

According to press notes, "Like the musical, HAMILTON will offer a new kind of experience for the reader. A hybrid American history / look inside the mind of a visionary playwright, HAMILTON will seamlessly integrate the story of Alexander Hamilton -- from his beginnings as a scrappy immigrant orphan, to his military career, his tumultuous family life, and his crucial role in American independence -- with behind-the-scenes show content and a deep dive into its brilliant lyrics, including annotations by Miranda. The book will be designed to look like an object from Hamilton's era, and will include photos and artifacts in addition to interviews, essays and sidebars to accompany the central narrative of Hamilton's life story and how and why Miranda crafted that life into the stunning stage work over the course of six years."

Of the book, Lin-Manuel Miranda said: "When I fall in love with a musical, I want to know everything about it. I remember RENT changing my life on my 17th birthday and being so grateful for the RENT book, which so beautifully brought the story behind Jonathan Larson's musical to life. As an adult, Sondheim's books on lyrics have proven an invaluable asset on the art of lyric writing from one of our greatest creators. Our goal here is to take you INSIDE Hamilton: not just the timeline of its creation, but the thought process, historical considerations, and artistic decisions that went into my lyrics, from beginning to end. I want you to know everything about it."

Considering Miranda's source material for HAMILTON -- Chernow's 818-page tome -- we're looking forward to an extensive look (although maybe not quite that extensive) at the composer's much-lauded show!

HAMILTON has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. HAMILTON is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

HAMILTON, which recently transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC, is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.

Miranda is the Tony- and Grammy award-winning composer-lyricist-star of IN THE HEIGHTS, which received four 2008 Tony Awards (including Best Musical, Best Orchestrations, and Best Choreography), with Miranda receiving a Tony Award for Best Score, as well as a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. IN THE HEIGHTS was also recognized as a Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Miranda is the co-composer (with Tom Kitt), and co-lyricist (with Amanda Green) of Broadway's BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL. Miranda contributed new songs to the revival of Stephen Schwartz's WORKING and provided Spanish translations for the 2009 Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY. Miranda, along with Kitt, won the 2014 Creative Arts Emmy for Best Original Music and Lyrics for their work on the 67th Annual Tony Awards. As an actor, Miranda appeared in the City Center Encores! productions of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG and tick, tick... BOOM! His TV and film credits include The Electric Company, Sesame Street, The Sopranos, House, Modern Family, Do No Harm, Smash, How I Met Your Mother, Sex and the City: The Movie, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, and 200 Cartas.

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