Hamilton at Keller Auditorium

This spring, Hamilton will be performing in Keller Auditorium, the top-rated theatre of Portland plus, the No.1 possible entertainment venue for the global phenomenon show. The critically acclaimed and award-winning Musical goes on to tell its amazing tale from theatre to theatre all over the Nation.

It's off Broadway in 2015, The Musical was not instantly the Broadway hit that you will see now. Lin-Manuel Miranda has spoken publicly about its beginnings, starting as a concept album in 2009, with Miranda saying that he was “thrilled that the White House called me tonight, because I’m actually working on a hip-hop album. It's a concept album about the life of someone I think embodies hip-hop: treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton.” That one single performance gained praise and a well-earned standing ovation from the audience at the time, including former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, and directly led to Miranda’s production of the Hamilton musical we see today.

Due to his previous experience in musical theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda has also found inspiration from other successful theater pieces such as Les Misérables, which is based on a similar theme that tells the history of a struggle, and succeeding from that struggle, instead of the usual musical theatre biases that tend to be very uplifting and happy. Similarly Hamilton, being about the struggle of an orphaned immigrant from the Caribbean who climbed the ladder and became the first U.S. Treasury Secretary. With the greatest respect to its source material, the Musical shows us both the good and bad in Alexander Hamilton’s rise to power, by not only giving us a glimpse into his character and struggle, but also his impact and lasting legacy in being able to significantly shape North America during his lifetime.

With its story, the production continues to display its relevance in American culture and even on the international stage, confronting topics and challenges that are highly relevant not only to America, but also globally. Even the use of musical genres like hip hop, jazz, and R&B as the shows score has cemented its place in pop culture, making it one of the most exciting hit Portland musicals today.