Photo Coverage: NYC High School Students Arrive for HAMILTON's Next #EduHam!
By: Walter McBride May. 12, 2016
Yesterday marked the next #EduHam, a series of Hamilton Wednesday matinees made available to New York City schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families for the ticket price of only $10. We're taking you inside the special day below!
As reported by BroadwayWorld, Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller and creatorLin-Manuel Miranda, The Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin, NYC Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Fariña and Gilder Lehrman executive director Lesley Herrmann announced in October this educational partnership to provide 20,000 NYC public school students with the opportunity to see Hamilton on Broadway and integrate the show into classroom studies. This educational initiative is made possible through a $1.46 million grant by The Rockefeller Foundation to Gilder Lehrman.
The action at the Richard Rodgers Theatre began early, with performances by the students themselves and a Q&A session with cast members.
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), Rory O'Malley (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,Philip Hamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).
From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelongHamiltonfriend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Thirteen hundred students from New York City public schools gathered for a 'Hamilton' Matinee performance on Broadway for the inauguration of an unprecedented partnership between the producers and creator of the musical Hamilton, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the NYC Department of Education the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 11, 2016 in New York City.
Thirteen hundred students
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
Leslie Odom Jr.
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
The students
Director Thomas Kail greets the students
Director Thomas Kail greets the students
Director Thomas Kail greets the students
Director Thomas Kail greets the students
Director Thomas Kail greets the student performers
The students
Thirteen hundred students
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs,Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones,Stephanie Klemons and Renee Elise Goldsberry
The Students
Director Thomas Kail with the cast
Director Thomas Kail with the cast
Director Thomas Kail with the cast
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs,Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs,Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Lin-Manuel Miranda greets the students
Lin-Manuel Miranda greets the students
Daveed Diggs and Thomas Kail greet the students
Daveed Diggs and Thomas Kail greet the students
Director Thomas Kail greet the students
Director Thomas Kail greets the students
Director Thomas Kail greets High School student performers
Thomas Kail greets a student performer
Thomas Kail greets a student performer
High School student performers
High School student performers
Thirteen hundred students from New York City public schools gathered for a 'Hamilton' Matinee performance on Broadway for the inauguration of an unprecedented partnership between the producers and creator of the musical Hamilton, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Gilder Lehrman Institute and the NYC Department of Education the Richard Rodgers Theatre on May 11, 2016 in New York City.
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda greets Thirteen
Christopher Jackson greets Thirteen
Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Anthony Ramos, Daveed Diggs and Christopher Jackson
Daveed Diggs and Anthony Ramos
Daveed Diggs and Anthony Ramos
Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson
Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Ramos
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs,Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Stephanie Klemons
Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs
Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Stephanie Klemons
Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs,Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons and Renee Elise Goldsberry
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson
Rory O'Malley
Rory O'Malley
Rory O'Malley
Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Hope Easterbrook
Hope Easterbrook
Rory O'Malley
Stephanie Klemons
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson and Daveed Diggs
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs and Rory O'Malley
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Rory O'Malley, Anthony Ramos, Hope Easterbrook, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons and Renee Elise Goldsberry
