Inside 'Hamilton' cast album that is 'breaking ground' The hip-hop Broadway show it comes from is about the life of the Treasury Secretary Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1LpO9Ea Lin-Manuel Miranda performs in the hit musical "Hamilton" on opening night at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. New York - Most Broadway cast albums are not the kind of things you typically blast in your car with the windows rolled down.