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Even if you've seen the Broadway musical 'Hamilton,' there's probably a lot you don't know about this enigmatic founding father.

Gale was found guilty on myriad charges following a six-day bender in the nation's capital.

Learn about the life, legacy, and devastating death of Alexander Hamilton, the man who inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical.

Alexander Hamilton gained fame 250 years after his birth as the subject of an unlikely hip-hop musical. But who was the young Revolutionary War soldier who died in a politically-charged pistol duel, and what is his legacy today?

Between the Revolutionary War, the fight over the Constitution, and his infamous deadly duel with Aaron Burr, Hamilton found time to father eight children with his wife Eliza.

Would you take revenge on someone who wronged you? Alexander Hamilton Jr. waited 32 years to avenge his father.

Tony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes has joined the cast of the new musical Black No More, which will be presented by The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

Embed TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Im Terry Gross. My guest, Anthony Ramos, stars in whats expected to be one of the big summer movies, the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Mirandas Tony Award-winning first musical, "In The Heights." Ramos is in the role Miranda wrote for himself and played on Broadway. In Mirandas musical "Hamilton," Ramos was in a dual role, playing both the abolitionist John Laurens and Hamiltons son Philip. "In The Heights" is a very kinetic film, and Ramos sings, r...