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'Hamilton: The Exhibition' by Lin-Manuel Miranda and his team will debut in Chicago in November

CHICAGO - "Hamilton," the phenomenally successful musical written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, brought so much posthumous celebrity to Alexander Hamilton that America's first secretary of the treasury kept his fragile spot on the front of the 10-dollar bill. But Miranda and his producer, Jeffrey Seller, are not yet done giving their man his shot after shot after shot.

Bowing this fall on Chicago's Northerly Island: "Hamilton: The Exhibition," an interactive, immersive, one-of-a-kind, only-in-Chicago attraction designed to tell the story of Alexander Hamilton and the founding of America.

"People want to learn more," said Miranda in an interview Sunday at Tribune Tower. "It seems that two hours and 45 minutes of a musical were just not enough for them. I know from my Twitter account."

Seller, the Broadway producer, said he

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