Box of delight

“Hamilton,” the mega-buzzy bio-musical about Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers, opened to glowing accolades unlike any in memory. It received 11 Tony Awards, including best musical, and 16 Tony nominations, the most nominations in Broadway history. It won the Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy Award. In his review, Ben Brantley writes: “Yes, it really is that good.”

‘Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” asks the cast of the musical Hamilton. This year, one particular story – that of the US founding father Alexander Hamilton – swept the Tony nominations with a record-breaking tally of 16.