All the Drama: “Hamilton”, 2016 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Hamilton”
2016 Pulitzer winner “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Hamilton Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)

Lin-Manuel Miranda Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner
https://www.amazon.com/Lin-Manuel-Miranda-Education-Daniel-Pollack-Pelzner/dp/166801470X/

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
https://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Hamilton-Ron-Chernow/dp/1594200092/

Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1455539740/

“Review: ‘Hamilton,’ Young Rebels Changing History and Theater” by Ben Brantley, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/theater/review-hamilton-young-rebels-changing-history-and-theater.html

The ‘Hamilton’ Effect: 10 Revolutionary Years on Broadway, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/theater/hamilton-broadway-lin-manuel-miranda.html

Lin-Manuel Miranda on the 10th anniversary of the musical ‘Hamilton’ on Broadway, interviewed by Steve Inskeep, NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/nx-s1-5364680/lin-manuel-miranda-on-the-10th-anniversary-of-the-musical-hamilton-on-broadway

“In ‘The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,’ Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate”
by Hua Hsu, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/in-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda-ishmael-reed-revives-an-old-debate

All About the Hamiltons by Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/hamiltons

Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE

Lin-Manuel Miranda Instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/lin_manuel/?hl=en

The Hamilton Papers
https://flipboard.com/@broadwayandme/the-hamilton-papers-l1oplha5y

Hamilton live capture on Disney+
https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-f7f12d79-cfbe-4eb4-b275-091fd34b6dde

Great Performances: Hamilton’s America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBUgvFpRtGs

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Charlie Rose interviews
https://charlierose.com/guests/9332

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.