Theater News

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton to Launch Second Touring Cast

The musical will play stops in Seattle, Las Vegas, and more.

Javier Muñoz stars in Hamilton on Broadway.
Javier Muñoz stars in Hamilton on Broadway.
(© Joan Marcus)

Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton will launch a second national touring company beginning in February 2018, producers have announced. The cast will debut at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on February 6, 2018, for a six-week stay, with stops in Portland, Salt Lake City, Costa Mesa, Las Vegas, Des Moines, Cleveland, and Minneapolis to follow.

Further dates and casting will be announced.

With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The musical tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War, and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. The musical won 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Score, Book of a Musical, Direction of a Musical, Choreography, and Orchestrations.