(Courtesy photo by Joan Marcus) Joseph Morales and Nik Walker play Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in the Phillip tour of the Tony Award-winning hip-hop musical, "Hamilton."

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) | Nik Walker as Aaron Burr on the Phillip tour of the musical "Hamilton," which will play Salt Lake City April 11-May 6.

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Joseph Morales and Nik Walker lead the second national tour of Hamilton as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which will play Salt Lake City's Eccles Theater April 11-May 6.

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Ta'Rea Campbell as Angelica Schuyler, Shoba Narayan as Eliza Hamilton and Danielle Sostre as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds.

(Courtesy) Actor Nik Walker plays Aaron Burr in the touring musical "Hamilton."

(Courtesy) Joseph Morales will play Alexander Hamilton in the Salt Lake City tour run of the musical "Hamilton."

(Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company) Nik Walker as Tom Collins with Jason Gotay as Angel Schunard in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2011 production of "Rent."

(Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company) Nik Walker as Tom Collins in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2011 production of "Rent."

(Courtesy Pioneer Theatre Company) Joseph Morales as of Usnavi, a role Lin-Manuel originated, in Pioneer Theatre Company's 2012 regional premiere of Miranda's Tony Award winning "In The Heights."

Hamilton (Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Shoba Narayan as Eliza Hamilton with Joseph Morales as Alexander Hamilton in the second national cast of "Hamilton."

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Joseph Morales as Alexander Hamilton and Marcus Choi as George Washington in the national tour, which will play Salt Lake City April 11 through May 6.

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Joseph Morales as Alexander Hamilton, with Nik Walker as Aaron Burr in the second national tour of "Hamilton," which plays April 11 through May 6 at downtown's Eccles Theater.

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Elijah Malcomb, Joseph Morales, Kyle Scatliffe and Fergie L. Philippe in the cast of the "Hamilton" Philip company, the second national tour.

(Courtesy photograph by Joan Marcus) Jon Patrick Walker as King George in the Philip tour of "Hamilton."

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Everything about “Hamilton” is supersized, including fans’ expectations. And the second national tour of the hip-hop musical, playing in Salt Lake City through May 6, rises up to deliver distinctive performances.

Set aside the hype (fueled partly by 11 Tony Awards) to remember what’s remarkable about the “Hamilton” phenomenon: This is art that invites us to rediscover the young, scrappy and hungry revolutionaries who founded our country.

This cast is strong, but the touring production also spotlights “Hamilton’s” innovative design elements. And Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography — which includes oddly jarring movements — is groundbreaking in the way it anchors the plot and subconsciously reveals more of the story. The show creates beautiful stage pictures that reveal more and more on repeat viewings.

Of course, this cast offers a different spin from the performances on the Broadway cast album. Marcus Choi’s George Washington is a compelling presence, thanks to the actor’s strong-shouldered stance and his rich, terrific voice.

Nik Walker creates Aaron Burr with an ironic, patrician air, finding a new, arch dimension for the show’s complicated narrator and villain. “Wait for It,” “Non-Stop” and “The Room Where It Happens” are highlights.

Joseph Morales, as Alexander Hamilton, leads with authenticity, if not swagger, in one of the theater canon’s most expansive roles. His performance is richly layered in the second act, from the mess of “Say No to This” to the emotions of “It’s Quiet Uptown” and the wreckage of “The World Was Wide Enough.” The actor conveys much in simple gestures of humor and emotion.

Morales is agile in scenes with Walker and with his crew of revolutionary home boys, Kyle Scatliffe’s Marquis de Lafayette, Fergie L. Philippe’s Hercules Mulligan and Elijah Malcomb’s John Laurens, who are spirited and lively to watch. (Unfortunately, Lafayette’s lines can get muddled in the sound mix, which is otherwise terrific.)

In his Act 2 role, Scatliffe plays Thomas Jefferson with delicious foppishness, but I wished for a bit more gravitas underneath.

Morales conveys rich emotions in scenes with wife Eliza Hamilton, played with sweet authenticity by Shoba Narayan. She’s got a show-stopping voice, and she sisters well with Ta’Rea Campbell’s fast-rapping Angelica Schuyler. “A Winter’s Ball,” “Helpless” and “Satisfied” are beautifully realized.

As King George, Jon Patrick Walker is so righteously over-the-top that it’s hard to appreciate the audaciousness of the character’s poppy breakup songs. After all, in echoes of the Trumpian world we all live in, King George delivers a curtain speech to remind us it’s his show.

There’s such dramatic richness in the performances and production of this musical that it’s hard to tell newcomers where to focus their attention. And maybe that’s the best message of the “Hamilton” revolution and this tour: The world is wide enough for many voices in telling and retelling our American story.