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Lin Manuel Miranda took to Twitter today to reveal the news that The Roots' Questlove and Black Thought will be executive producing the Hamilton cast album, due out in September.
Tweeted Miranda: "Also, secret's out: our cast album, due out in September, is EP'd by @blackthought @questlove @theroots!!!!!The critically praised Grammy winners The Roots serve as house band of NBC's TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON. Questlove serves as the show's Musical Director. This will not be the first time Miranda has collaborated with the late night talk show. Back in March, the Tony winner rapped Jimmy Fallon's outgoing voicemail message for a charity event. Check it out here
The world premiere production of Hamilton, inspired by the book "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail, will start performances on Broadway on July 13 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Starring in the new musical will be Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo,Anthony Ramos, Daveed Digs and Renee Elise Goldsberry. The ensemble will include Jasmine Cephas Jones, Okieriete Onaodowan, Carleigh Bettiol,Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Javier Munoz, Jon Rua,Austin Smith, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes and Voltaire Wade-Greene.Videos