Unlike many of the other upcoming musical movies, the just-announced Hamilton film isn't a re-cast, adapted movie. Instead, it's a theatrical release of a filmed performance on Broadway! So, does this mean creator and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda will appear in the movie? No need to wait for it - the answer is yes.
Way back when Hamilton was a new Broadway phenomenon in 2016, the show's creative team decided to film the musical before the original cast departed. "We're filming the original cast before I go. We Got You," Miranda tweeted back then, adding in a second tweet, "What are we doing with that footage? No idea. Throwing it in a vault at Gringotts for a bit probly. But we're getting it."
In that original cast, of course, Miranda played the title character, Us Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The cast also included Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs,...
Way back when Hamilton was a new Broadway phenomenon in 2016, the show's creative team decided to film the musical before the original cast departed. "We're filming the original cast before I go. We Got You," Miranda tweeted back then, adding in a second tweet, "What are we doing with that footage? No idea. Throwing it in a vault at Gringotts for a bit probly. But we're getting it."
In that original cast, of course, Miranda played the title character, Us Treasury Secretary and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The cast also included Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
As previously reported by BroadwayWorld, the cast of Hamilton's three-week long engagement in Puerto Rico will launch a third national tour of the musical phenomenon. The show's creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda will play the title character in Puerto Rico, with Julius Thomas III The Scottsboro Boys, Motown the Musical taking over at the tour's next stop in San Francisco. Donald Webber Jr. Motown the Musical, Holler if Ya Hear Me will play Hamilton's nemesis, the formidable Aaron Burr.
- 11/23/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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