HAMILTON THE MUSICAL Set for Tonight's MetroFocus on THIRTEEN

The award-winning series MetroFocus premieres new episodes in the New York and tri-state region weeknights at 5 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6 p.m. on THIRTEEN. All episodes are available at metrofocus.org following the broadcast.

The episodes description for tonight, Friday, June 10 follow below. Please note episode descriptions are subject to change. Please visit metrofocus.org for the latest information.

Friday, June 10 at 5:00 p.m. on WLIW21, 5:30 p.m. on NJTV and 6:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN
B ehind the Revolutionary Musical Expected to Sweep the Tonys - Hamilton! It's the Broadway smash musical about America's founding father Alexander Hamilton that is expected to sweep the TONY AWARDS this year. The show has already taken home the Pulitzer Prize in "Drama" and the Grammy for "Best Musical Theatre" album. Good luck getting tickets, though: the show is always sold-out. Since you can't see the show, we'll give you a special treat- an inside look at the making of the musical.

It's all in a new book titled Hamilton: The Revolution, written by the show's creator and lead performer Lin-Manuel Miranda, and theater critic Jeremy McCarter, and it contains the play's complete libretto, as well as an account of how the groundbreaking hip-hop musical came to be. We look at the evolution of the revolution called Hamilton with the help of McCarter, who shares what it was like to be in THE ROOM when history was made. For special cast performance footage, check out our Metrofocus Extra!

Photo credit: Joan Marcus