The Clintons Visit Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON
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Potential 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton went to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton at the Public Theater yesterday, Sunday, March 1.
She, Bill and Chelsea, along with Broadway's CONSTELLATIONS stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, went backstage after the show to congratulate Brian d'Arcy James on his final performance before Jonathan Groff stepped in as 'King George' (see Groff's "coronation" here!).
Miranda Tweeted earlier today:
The Clintons were here tonight. So that's presidents #1, 2#, #3 and #42 accounted for. (Maybe #45?) #HAMILTONpublic
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) March 2, 2015
and
Thanks for coming back with the fam, @ChelseaClinton. It was an honor.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) March 2, 2015
Plus this amazing picture:
Presidents Jefferson, Clinton, Washington, Madison. Photo by @Be_Strux. #HamiltonPublic pic.twitter.com/64lvMtOeZa
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) March 2, 2015
The world premiere musical HAMILTON, inspired by the book "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail, has been extended three times at The Public due to sold-out demand and will close as scheduled on Sunday, May 3 prior to a Broadway transfer to the Richard Rodgers Theatre beginning July 13 and opening August 6.
The complete cast features Carleigh Bettiol (Ensemble); Andrew Chappelle (Swing); Ariana DeBose (Ensemble); Alysha Deslorieux (Swing); Daveed Diggs (Marquis De Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson); Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler); Sydney James Harcourt (Ensemble); Sasha Hutchings (Ensemble); Christopher Jackson (George Washington); Brian d'Arcy James (King George);Thayne Jasperson (Ensemble); Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds); Stephanie Klemons(Swing); Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton); Javier Muñoz (Hamilton Standby); Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr); Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison);Anthony Ramos(John Laurens, Phillip Hamilton); Jon Rua (Ensemble); Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton); Seth Stewart (Ensemble); Betsy Struxness (Ensemble); Ephraim Sykes (Ensemble); and Voltaire Wade-Greene (Swing).
From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Mirandawields his pen and takes the stage as the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. 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 lifelong Hamilton friend 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.
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