Hamilton debut on Disney Plus – What you need to know
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical Hamilton is being released over a year early thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic and here’s what you need to know.
Hamilton The Musical
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the musical tells the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton using traditional musical theatre infused with hop-hop and rap.
Hamilton the musical has a book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton whose face features on the American ten-dollar bill.
Hamilton fast became a cultural phenomenon, in part due to casting of a mix of actors of colour in the roles that might have traditionally been played by caucasian actors. It has been described by Lin-Manuel as “American then, as told by America now!”
Hamilton the musical started life as the Hamilton Mix Tape which was supposed to be a concept album of a life told in hip hop but this quickly developed into a stage musical after the video of Miranda performing the title track at the White House for the Obamas went viral.
Hamilton premiered off-Broadway at New York’s Public Theatre. After a sold-out critically acclaimed season, the show transferred to Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre where it is still playing to sell-out houses.
Hamilton won eight Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, Eleven 2016 Tony Awards and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize For Drama.
On its opening in London at the Victoria Palace Theatre, Hamilton the musical won the Olivier Award for Best Musical and the Best Actor Olivier for Giles Terrera who plays the show’s protagonist Aaron Burr. As this is written, Hamilton has become one of the only musical running during the pandemic with the opening of a production in Australia.
Hamilton was filmed on stage with the original Broadway cast and was streamed on Disney+
Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton and Phantom will not return until 2021
Producer Cameron Mackintosh today announced that Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, The Phantom and Hamilton will not return to the West End until 2021.
Hamilton Broadway cast recording will hit Disney+ on 3 July 2020
Disney+ are to release the film of the original Hamilton Broadway cast a year early starting on 3 July 2020.
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt cast as Stepmother in Lloyd-Webber’s Cinderella
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt has been cast as Cinderella’s stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella.
Hamilton London auditions being held in March and April 2020
Hamilton London have posted the latest set of audition information relating to the show in March and April for casting changes happening later this year as Hamilton continues its sell-out London run.
New cast members for Hamilton London
Hamilton London welcomes 20 new cast members at the Victoria Palace Theatre as the show enters its second year.
Is Hamilton Headed To A Movie Screen Or A TV Near You?
A bidding war is currently underway for a specially recorded presentation of Broadway’s mega-hit musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Wall Street Journal has reported that rather than making a new movie musical at this stage, a recording of the original Broadway production Hamilton made over two nights may well be the first wer see of the musical on screen. The recording features the Original Broadway cast with Miranda in the title role and according to reports even includes an interval. The interesting question at the moment is whether we will see the special recording on the big screen or through an online streaming service like Netflix on our own screens at home. Hamilton, a musical about American founding father Alexander Hamilton, which melds traditional musical theatre with hip hop tapped the cultural zeitgiest from the moment it opened in 2015. The show has already grossed more than $USD400,000,000 on … Read more
New Hamilton Booking Period Announced
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh announced today that Hamilton London would extend its booking period to Saturday 30 March 2019.
