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Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda Offers Up a First Look at PBS' HAMILTON Documentary

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As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, PBS has confirmed that it will air Hamilton'S AMERICA, a feature film documentary providing intimate access to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his colleagues during the two years leading up to the Broadway opening of the musical Hamilton. Following the big announcement, Miranda took to Twitter to share a trio of behind-the-scenes shots from the film - check them out below!

A contemporary perspective of Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary musical based on THE LIFE of United States Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton'S AMERICA will come to GREAT PERFORMANCES in the fall 2016, and will be a highlight of PBS's Arts programming.

Hamilton'S AMERICA is produced by Academy Award and Emmy-Winning producers RadicalMedia (What Happened Miss Simone?, Keith Richards:Under The Influence, In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams for PBS). The documentary combines interviews with experts and prominent personalities, new footage of the production in New York, and cast-led expeditions to DC, Philadelphia and New York. Audiences will sit with Miranda as he composes songs in Aaron Burr's Manhattan bedroom. They'll take a trip to Virginia with Chris Jackson - the African-American actor who portrays George Washington - and watch him place a wreath on Washington's grave, as he discusses the difficulty of grappling with our founders' legacy of slavery. Back in New York, Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr. - who plays Aaron Burr - visit the Museum of American Finance to get their hands on some 19(th)-century dueling pistols and stage a quick re-enactment.

Hamilton opened on Broadway on August 6, 2015 to rave reviews and unprecedented advance ticket sales. The showis redefining how audiences learn about history--a history rife with issues as relevant today as they were duringHamilton's era.

Based on Ron Chernow's biography, Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is directed byThomas Kail, choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, with musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire.

Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda Offers Up a First Look at PBS' HAMILTON Documentary Image
Some stills from @Alex_Horwitz' doc. Here's me writing Burr, Sir at @MorrisJumel. IN BURR'S BEDROOM.

Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda Offers Up a First Look at PBS' HAMILTON Documentary Image
Here's the Schuyler sisters on a visit to the actual Schuyler mansion

Photo Flash: Lin-Manuel Miranda Offers Up a First Look at PBS' HAMILTON Documentary Image
Here's @leslieodomjr & I at the @FinanceMuseum, where we read letters and messed with gun replicas:

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