Crack up with Stages’ musical send-up to Broadway at “Spamilton: An American Parody”

Stages presents "Spamilton: An American Parody" a musical "Hamilton" send-up telling the tale of Lin-Manuel Miranda rise to stardom in a musical double-header. | Photo courtesy of Stages

Get your double-header Broadway fix at Stages’ musical doubleheader—Spamilton: An American Parody & 21 Chump Street: The Musical—now on stage at The Gordy theater in Montrose through Sunday, June 21, 2026.

Co-directed by Valerie Rachelle and Derek Charles Livingston, the side-splitting new musical parody Spamilton: An American Parody—a send up of Hamilton complete with hip hop piano—is paired with Miranda’s own rarely performed “mini musical”, 21 Chump Street

Spamilton: An American Parody

Created by Gerard Alessandrini, the comic mastermind behind the long-running hit Forbidden BroadwaySpamilton features a versatile cast of six.

A crash course on Broadway history, the production takes the well-beloved score updated with witty new lyrics to tell the story of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s meteoric rise ten years after achieving acclaimed success with his smash hit, Hamilton. 

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s mini-musical “21 Chump Street” is the second show in Stages’ double-header musical presentation. | Photo courtesy of Stages

21 Chump Street

Audiences will also get two-for-one entertainment with an encore pairing of Miranda’s rarely performed “mini musical”, 21 Chump Street

The hidden gem, written in Miranda’s signature style, provides comedic commentary on the pressures teenagers face to be cool at school while navigating the “war on drugs”.

Stages presents Spamilton: An American Parody & 21 Chump Street: The Musical at The Gordy

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