Hamilton wins Pulitzer prize for drama: 'a landmark American musical'

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Hamilton, the Broadway musical that has been a critical and commercial smash hit, has won the Pulitzer prize for drama.

The judges called Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play – which tells the story of the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton and the American revolution in rap using a multiethnic cast – “a landmark American musical”.

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