Smash hit 'Hamilton' sweeps Tonys with 11 wins
- 8 years ago
"Hamilton", the pop culture phenomenon based on U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton swept the Tonys on Sunday, winning 11 of Broadway's top awards including best musical, best actor, best direction and best score and book for creator Lin-Manuel Miranda The musical, which tells the story of the ill-fated Hamilton with a deft musical melding of hip-hop and rap, R&B, ballads and traditional Broadway showstoppers, also won featured actress and actor and several technical awards