What is shamilton?
Ever heard of this show Hamilton? Shamilton is just like that but (ahem) better! Expect the same level of hip hop, incredible songs, stunning choreography and powerhouse singing …except made up on the spot. After their fully sold out month long run at the 2025 Edinburgh Fring and sold-out 2026 San Francisco Sketchfest show, Baby Wants Candy presents ‘Shamilton!’: the Hamilton inspired hit hip hop musical created in 2016 in UCB in LA. Join the Shamilton cast as they improvise an epic musical, based on a historical figure or celebrity of your choosing, from Genghis Khan to Amelia Eartheart, from Hamburglar to basketball playing superdog Air Bud. The New York Times says “One of the top 5 comedy shows to catch”, The Guardian says "Brilliant! 4 stars" and Lin Manuel Miranda says "cease and desist!"
Join members of famed musical improv group Baby Wants Candy as they create an epic musical on the spot based on a historical celebrity of your choosing- from Genghis Khan to Kim Kardashian to basketball playing superdog Air Bud
"Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Parody Musical" has enjoyed fully sold out runs at UCB in Los Angeles, UCB's Del Close Marathon in New York, and packed houses in Chicago at the Apollo Theater. "Shamilton" is currently appears in Chicago at the Second City every Friday (tickets), in Los Angeles at UCBLA and in Edinburgh for the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Start thinking of who you want to see a hip-hop improvised musical created for now!
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the cast
Workshops
improv comedy workshops
If you want to bring an enriching and wildly fun experience to your school group, improv troupe, or corporate setting, we would love to work with you.
In our workshops, we’ll give your group the tools you’ll need to improvise your own Hamilton-style musical. We’ll work on rhyming, narrative structure, performance elements, and other basic improv comedy techniques required to put on a made-up American Musical. It’s a ton of fun!
Shamilton is a production of Baby Wants Candy, one of the world’s most celebrated musical improv comedy ensembles. We’ve done workshops for thousands of students over the years, at all age ranges and experience levels.
Please contact us for more information and to get started!
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shamilton is a production of baby wants candy, one of the most celebrated musical improv comedy ENSEMBLES IN THE WORLD.
Baby Wants Candy tours the world, performing and teaching workshops at theaters, schools, universities, corporations and comedy festivals.
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