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Even before Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical made the country HAMILTON-crazy, history-lovers would reenact the famout duel.

A gorgeous backstage video before Phillipa Soo's final performance as Eliza Hamilton.

On Saturday night, a chapter in Broadway musical history came to a close as Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016 Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) andPhillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) all played their final performances in Hamilton.

Just last night, a chapter in Broadway musical history came to a close as Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016 Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) all played their final performances in Hamilton. Below, check out photos from outside of the Richard Rodgers Theatre  before the curtain went up!

Just last night, a chapter in Broadway musical history came to a close as Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2016 Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) all played their final performances in Hamilton.

After last night's emotional final curtain call, the musical's Tony-winning author/star now starts filming 'Mary Poppins Returns.'

To commemorate the departure of three of the show's leads, the production broadcast the curtain call on Facebook Live to more than 30,000 live viewers. Featured in the curtain call? The WEST WING theme song. 

Just in, BroadwayWorld.com has learned that the musical will broadcast the trio's final curtain call tonight on the show's Facebook page, at approximately 10:45pm PM.

Those in the room where it happens today, July 9, will be witnessing history at Broadway's HAMILTON, as Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton) play their final performances in the Tony-winning musical.

The TeeRico shirt benefiting Equality Cares in Florida is now available where Aaron Burr once lived.

Today, NBC announced that the actor will appear on TODAY on Tuesday, July 12 between 10 - 11 am/ET) to discuss his new leading role.

Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, has acquired ELIZA: THE STORY OF ELIZABETH SCHUYLER HAMILTON, a picture book biography by Christopher Award winner Margaret McNamara, to be published in Fall 2017. The deal for English world rights was announced today by Anne Schwartz and Lee Wade, VP & Co-Publishers, Schwartz & Wade Books.

In a new interview in today's The Hollywood Reporter, the two actors chat about their historical characters and what it means to be joining the game changing production

The political commentator, who has written books on Ronald Reagan, General Patton and THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION is set to pen a novel on King George III, the British monarch who plays a predominant role in Broadway's Tony-winning hip hop musical.

In advance of his final Hamilton performance on Saturday, July 9, Lin-Manuel Miranda personally called the winners, Michelle B. and Katherine S., to share the news that they had won his Prizeo charitable fundraising sweepstakes and would be attending his historic final Hamilton show as well as joining him as VIP guests to his after party. Check out the videos below!

At today's performance of #Ham4Ham, Lin-Manuel Miranda read a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to Eliza before bidding 'happy trails' to outgoing stars Phillipa Soo and Leslie Odom, Jr. Check out the video below!

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this morning, HAMILTON will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr, Lexi Lawson as Eliza Hamilton, and Michael Luwoye, who will perform as alternate to Javier Muñoz in the title role to the Broadway company this summer. In celebration of the big casting news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at some of the trio's top performances!

The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society offers a free online guide to Hamilton-related landmarks.

This just in -- Two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon will begin performances mid-August (date TBA) as Aaron Burr in HAMILTON on Broadway, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Also joining the Broadway cast on July 11 are Lexi Lawson in the role of Eliza Hamilton, and Michael Luwoye, who performs as alternate to Javier Muñoz in the title role. Starting July 11, Mr. Muñoz will formally take over the role of Hamilton, a part he has played as Lin-Manuel Miranda's alternate since the musical debuted Off-Broadway last year.

On July 9th, a chapter in Broadway musical history will come to a close when Lin-Manuel Miranda plays his final performance as leading man Alexander Hamilton in HAMILTON. To celebrate Lin-Manuel Miranda's final days in Hamilton, BroadwayWorld has rounded up ten of our favorite Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton moments. Check them out below!