Hamilton: The Revolution (Miranda) - Book Reviews

Book Reviews
For those who may not get into the theater for a while, if ever, Hamilton: The Revolution, a lavishly illustrated new companion book, can help ease the pain. Its yellowed, rough-edged pages are redolent of the founding era.
John Williams - New York Times Book Review


With its back and forth between narrative and song, the [book] is structured like a conventional musical.… It’s a mediated representation that tries to get fans as close as they can get to the immediate experience of the audience member. And it does so through the medium of the moment, print.… Miranda’s annotations bring us into all stages of his writing process.… If you want to know what kind of legacy a Broadway musical is claiming, look at its book.
Sunny Stalter-Pace - Wall Street Journal


[The] backstage “making-of” book. Hamilton: The Revolution is the kind of colorful, big-format souvenir peddled with show posters and cast recordings, and it’s a cinch to delight buffs who can’t get enough of writer-composer-star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s history-as-hip-hop phenomenon. But like the dizzyingly dense show it chronicles — Hamilton, we are told, has nearly 24,000 words, more than many Shakespeare plays — it’s unusually inquisitive and smart.
Ron Pressley - Washington Post


No one could tell Hamilton's story more comprehensively than the man who conceived it, and for that reason Revolution is a must-read for admirers — whether you've scored a ticket or not.
Elysa Gardner - USA Today


Miranda [is] the composer, lyricist, and star of Broadway's…Hamilton, the trailblazing, diverse-cast, hip hop-crazy musical…a Tony favorite.… Here, having told the story of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda tells the story of Hamilton.
Library Journal


This glorious, oversize testament to the uplifting, gorgeous, diverse, multiple Tony Award—winning musical Hamilton is a must-have for initiated and new listeners alike. —Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL
School Library Journal