Inability to land “Hamilton” — the musical — has been cited for years as an example of why Wichita needs a new $187 million performing arts center to replace the blue-domed Century II building that has dominated Wichita’s skyline for the last 51 years.
It picked up steam in the past year while a coalition of city and county government, several quasi-public agencies and business groups composed the Riverfront Legacy Master Plan, a $1.2 billion plan to remake the east river bank between Douglas and Kellogg….
But the “we can’t get ‘Hamilton’” rationale dissolved this past week when the American Theatre Guild, the Kansas City group behind the Broadway in Wichita series, announced it would bring “Hamilton” to Wichita in its 2021-2022 series.
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