Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton Wins the 2016 PulitzerPrize

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How were they gonna say no to this? Hamilton, written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, hasbeen awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The musical juggernaut was chosen over finalistsGloria, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Stephen Karam's The Humans.

Miranda will receive a prize of $10,000. Though this marks his first Pulitzer, he and Quiara Alegr?aHudes were finalists for In the Heights in 2009. The award went to Lynn Nottage for Ruined thatyear.

Eight other musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the awards' history. Hamilton joinsNext to Normal, Rent, Sunday in the Park with George, A Chorus garage flooring gold coast Line,How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Fiorello!, South Pacific and Of Thee I Sing.

Hamilton premiered at the Public Theater on January 20, 2015 and has gone on to gain myriadaccolades. The http://tweedheads.locanto.com.au/ID_579827527/Floors-Epoxy-Tweed-Heads.htmloff-Broadway run won Drama Desks, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Lucille Lortel Awards and more.Since transferring to Broadway, the show won a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album and theEdward M. Kennedy Prize. Expect the list to grow through the 70th annual Tony Awards on June 12.

The show's influence extends past thetheater district. Last September, Mirandareceived a MacArthur Foundation "genius"grant for "bringing the traditionalBroadway musical into the 21st century."Hamilton is also credited for helping keepthe ten-dollar Founding Father on U.S.currency and has also spearheadedoutreach campaigns for students,including a visit to the White House.

In addition to Miranda, the current castfeatures Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo,Renee Elise Goldsberry, Christopher

Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Jasmine Cephas Jones and RoryO'Malley, who recently took over for Broadway's original King George, Jonathan Groff.