Photo Coverage: Students Head to HAMILTON for February #EduHam Matinee!
#EduHam is 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. This educational partnership, made possible through a $1.46 million grant by The Rockefeller Foundation, is not only providing 20,000 NYC public school students with the opportunity to see Hamilton on Broadway, but provides educational material by Gilder Lehrman to incorporate material from the musical into the American History curriculum.
Check out photos from the latest #EduHam below!
With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, as told by America now.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Q & A for The Rockefeller Foundation and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History sponsored High School student #EduHam matinee performance of 'Hamilton' at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on 2/15/2017 in New York City.

Nik Walker

Nik Walker

James Basker, President of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, with Student performers

Nik Walker with Student performers

Nik Walker with Student performers

Nik Walker

Nik Walker and JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

Nik Walker

Nik Walker

Nik Walker

JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger, JorDan Fisher and Nik Walker

Bryan Terrell Clark

JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson

JorDan Fisher

Sasha Hollinger

Bryan Terrell Clark

J. Quinton Johnson

Sasha Hollinger

Nik Walker

J. Quinton Johnson

Sasha Hollinger

JorDan Fisher

Bryan Terrell Clark

J. Quinton Johnson, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger, JorDan Fisher and Nik Walker

J. Quinton Johnson

JorDan Fisher

Nik Walker

Sasha Hollinger

Bryan Terrell Clark

Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

Nik Walker

J. Quinton Johnson

Sasha Hollinger

Bryan Terrell Clark

JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

J. Quinton Johnson, Nik Walker, Bryan Terrell Clark, Sasha Hollinger and JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher

JorDan Fisher





