Feel the Bern! Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Takes In Broadway's HAMILTON

If last Friday night's performance of the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON felt especially hot, it may have been due to the appearance of Bernie 'Feel the Bern' Sanders. The Democratic presidential candidate and his wife, Jane, took in the April 8th performance following a hectic day of campaigning around New York City in preparation for the state's April 19th primary.

So how did the Senator score two orchestra seats for the hottest ticket in town? A Sanders spokesperson told The New York Times that Sanders' campaign staff requested the tickets. The couple paid a mere $167 each for two house seats!

Although Sanders' opponent Hillary Clinton is also in town, she had already seen the show's off-Broadway run at the Public Theater last year. Guess she felt 'that would be enough'!

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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