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Thomas Kail directed both the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Hamilton, shaping how Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop retelling of the founding fathers translated to the stage, and won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for it in 2016. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2018 and later directed the television series Fosse/Verdon, earning two Emmy nominations.