Review: ‘Hamilton’ opens back in Chicago, as spirited and moving as ever
CHICAGO — Freshly arrived from Alaska and buoyed by an afternoon visit from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the cast of what’s now the only U.S. touring production of “Hamilton” opened back in Chicago on Sept. 14, marking the show’s first return to the city it conquered in 2016. Back then, “Hamilton” played 1,365 performances over a little over three years and three months.
By my estimates, more than 2 million people saw Miranda’s musical in Chicago the first time around, a show that here grossed some
