PHOTO & VIDEO: President Obama Returns to Broadway's HAMILTON!
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Last night, President Obama returned to the Richard Rodgers Theatre for a special performance of Broadway's Hamilton to raise funds for the Democratic Party. The production turned to its official Facebook page to share a photo of the memorable evening, along with the caption: An honor to once again have President Barack Obama join us at the show this evening. Check it out below:
An honor to once again have President Barack Obama join us at the show this evening.
Posted by Hamilton the Musical on Monday, November 2, 2015
Following the performance, the President took to the stage to give a Democratic fundraising speech and entertained the crowd at the expense of the Republican presidential candidates:
Watch President Obama slam top Republican presidential candidates during a Democratic fundraising speech. There's more: http://nbcnews.to/1RM3Plf
Posted by NBC News on Monday, November 2, 2015
The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."
The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington),Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos(John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).
Hamilton is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.
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