PERISCOPE: Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Jonathan Groff Will Be In HAMILTON Filmed Performance

HAMILTON's author/star Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined the social media platform Periscope and at 4pm today broadcast his first video, live from his Richard Rodgers Theatre dressing room.

Early in the video he announced that Jonathan Groff has been able to rearrange his schedule for the film based on HBO's "Looking" and will be returning to the role of King George for the filming of HAMILTON's original cast. Miranda is very grateful to Rory O'Malley, the current King George, for graciously stepping down. It has not been determined yet what will be done with the film.

Click here for Miranda's Periscope page.

Other highlights:

His new merchandise site, TeeRico, has sold out of its "Love Is Love" shirt benefiting Orlando's LGBT community, but it will be coming back. There are plenty of other wonderful designs available with a portion of all sales going to the artists, charity events and programs in coordination with Broadway Cares. All the models on the site are his relatives.

The Chicago cast of HAMILTON will be announced soon. He says that none of the Broadway cast members will be involved but there will definitely be some well-known faces in the cast.

"Hamilton's America," the PBS documentary directed by Alex Horowitz and to be broadcast in October, was filmed during the musical's creation. There is footage of Lin-Manuel Miranda writing "My Shot" as well as a looks at Miranda talking with Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman about writing history musicals and with rapper Nas about writing hip-hop.

The HAMILTON Mixtape will be coming out in November and fans got a quick first listen of "My Shot" with Busta Rhymes.

The Prizeo sweepstakes offering one lucky winner the chance to be hooked up with two of the best seats in the house for Miranda's last HAMILTON performance on July 9th has been expanded to now include two winners. Enter with a $10 donation to the Hispanic Federation by visiting prizeo.com.

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, Hamiltonis 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.

HAMILTON's creative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award Winning Best Musical In The Heights.

HAMILTON features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, and casting by Telsey + Company, Bethany Knox, CSA.

The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.

The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording is available everywhere nationwide. The Hamilton recording received a 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album.