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It is estimated that Hamilton has already sold 250,000 in advance tickets, bringing in approximately A$40 million. 

See what the critics said about Hamilton in Sydney, Australia which is now open!

HamiltonThe latest production of Hamilton just went up down under! Check out the first photos from the production featuring the Australian company!

Today's top stories: De Blasio announced plans to vaccinate theatre workers, first look at Hamilton in Australia, The Phantom of the Opera is seeking video submissions for the role of Christine, and more!

Hamilton is officially underway down under. The production just shared a first look at the show's opening number recorded on stage at Sydney's Lyric Theatre!

Seven years after its world premiere in Chicago, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Obie Award winning APPROPRIATE is presented as part of Sydney Theatre Company’s 2021 season. 

Hamilton officially opened last night in Sydney, Australia at the Lyric Theatre. Go behind the scenes and backstage with the cast as they get ready for their big night in this new video!

Hamilton is officially underway down under. Producer Jeffrey Seller just shared the below video of the company taking their first bows at Sydney's Lyric Theatre.

The cast of Hamilton in Australia recently did a photoshoot for Vogue Australia, ahead of its first preview next week. The official Hamilton Twitter account shared a video, giving a behind the scenes look at the photoshoot.

Brennan Columbia-Walsh, a 16-year-old junior from Montclair Kimberley Academy in Montclair and Alejandro Espinal, a 17-year-old senior at the Academy for Performing Arts in Scotch Plains, have been selected to share first prize in The Theater Project’s prestigious 19th Annual Young Playwrights Competition.

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is excited to announce its 2021 Dr. R.J. Rodriguez Emerging Playwrights ' Celebration (March 13-16). The Festival begins on Saturday March 13th, with a viewing of all three winning plays, and a LIVE 'Town Hall' with the theatre artists. There are pay-what-you-can tickets available for all theatre artists.

Actress Renée Elise Goldsberry, who plays Angelica Schuyler, and Leslie Odom Jr., who plays Aaron Burr, take the audience “Behind the Scene” of this show about Alexander Hamilton’s rise from one of the Founding Fathers of the United States to his fatal duel with Aaron Burr.

As a part of @Ham4Progress, original Hamilton star Christopher Jackson recites a letter from Benjamin Banneker, a free Black man living in Boston, to Thomas Jefferson highlighting the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents a new free 'screened' reading, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: THE VALIANT, Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass.

Pittsburgh Public Theater has announced the finalists of the 27th Annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest. This year's contest was held virtually for the first time in the organization's history in an effort to unite and celebrate students and educators across the region during this time of isolation. Tune in on February 22 at 7:00pm.

En 2015, un 17 de febrero, HAMILTON subía el telón por primera vez off-Broadway. El aclamado musical de Lin Manuel Miranda se estrenaba en Public Theatre bajo la dirección de Thomas Kail y la coreografía de Andy Blankenbuehler.

Daveed Diggs was featured in a new musical Super Bowl ad for DoorDash! The Broadway star sings and raps, with the help of some Sesame Street characters including Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Grover, and more.

Former 'Hamilton' co-stars Leslie Odom Jr. and Daveed Diggs have been honored with Screen Actors Guild Award nominations this morning! 

Tony winner Daveed Diggs will take us under the sea in the upcoming live action film adaptation of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' - he plays Sebastian the Crab, the nervous right-hand man to King Triton. 

The Australian production of Hamilton is on its way to the Sydney Lyric Theatre! The Australian premiere begins performances 17 March 2021 and rehearsals are now officially underway.