On August 6th, 2015 Lin Manuel-Miranda's Hamilton opened, and changed Broadway forever. By now, you have heard about the show and the phenomenon and craze it has caused. Between the record-breaking 16 Tony nominations, and the 11 they won, and the fact that it is literally impossible to get tickets within the next year, Hamilton, and the creator, Lin Manuel-Miranda have secured a place on Broadway for years to come and a legacy that will be known forever.

Now, I, unfortunately, have not even seen the show, although I have tried to win tickets 1000 times. Even without having seen it, I am utterly obsessed. I sing along to every word of every song and annoy my friends and father by making them listen to it while I drive. I am not the only one who has been bitten by the Hamilton bug, though; people across the country and across the world are infatuated by it, but why?

First of all, the music is incredible. Miranda combines traditional Broadway anthems with hip-hop that sounds like it is straight off of a Jay-Z album. It is unique, nothing like it has ever been done before.

Another reason people are dying to see it and walk away mind blown is the content. Who would have thought that a hip-hop musical about Secretary Treasurer Alexander Hamilton and his colleagues and family would be such a blockbuster? Not I, that is for sure. The show is a perfect example of "the more things change, the more they stay the same." A public olitcal affair and power-hungry politicians who can't seem to agree on anything, sound familiar? I, for one, love history, and love the fact that what I studied for hours in a textbook junior year for AP US History is being sang about on Broadway. Seriously, how polis cool is that?

Lastly, the chraracters are played by actors from a multitude of backgrounds and ethnicities. It is not often that George Washington is portrayed by someone who isn't white. A black man plays Thomas Jefferson, ironic, huh? Miranda does what we all should do: he looks past the color of someone's skin and casts them for their talent, giving EVERYONE an equal opportunity at a part. America, as a whole, could sure learn a thing or two from his innovative and genius mind