The musical “Hamilton” — a retelling of the triumphant, turbulent and tragic life of one of the United States’ founding fathers — has ensconced itself in the cultural zeitgeist, and Lincoln theatergoers now have a chance to see it live.
The Lied Center for Performing Arts will host the blockbuster show for a two-week run of performances Aug. 2-13. Tickets to nearly all shows are available at the Lied Center’s website.
Nebraska Today took a peek behind the scenes and into the juggernaut numbers, which illustrate the show’s popularity and ingenuity:
16 – the number of “Hamilton” shows at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.
818 – The number of pages in Ron Chernow’s biography, “Alexander Hamilton,” which served as the basis and inspiration for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip hop musical. Miranda said he picked up the biography in an airport bookstore, and began reading it while on vacation in Mexico.
7 – The number of years Miranda spent writing and composing “Hamilton.”
8,000-plus – The man hours needed to engineer, build, paint and automate the touring “Hamilton” set, which includes its famous turn table stage.
9 inches – The height of the show’s deck, which houses all the motors, encoders, drivers and other mechanisms needed to make the turn table stage work.
50-plus – The number of paper props in the show.
25 – The number of crew members backstage that run “Hamilton.” With the additional managers and crew that help make the show happen, the crew totals more than 100.
11 – The number of semitrailers that traverse the nation bringing “Hamilton” to each tour stop. Each trailer is 53 feet long.
513 – The number of lighting instruments used in the tour.
1,098 – The number of light cues in one show.
8 – The number of dressers needed for costume changes. Additionally, the tour has a full-time stitcher and two full-time pressers.
2015 – The year “Hamilton” hit Broadway, following a months-long, sold out debut off-Broadway.
11 – The number of Tony awards “Hamilton” won in 2016, including Best Musical, from its record-breaking 16 nominations. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and also earned eight Drama Desk awards.
$854 million – The gross revenue so far for Broadway performances of “Hamilton,” from 2,674 shows since its 2015 opening.
10 – The number of musicians in the live orchestra of the touring show.
