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The Broadway community was a-buzz over the weekend with chatter about President Obama attending Saturday's matinee of HAMILTON. While the attendance of POTUS gave the cast enough reason to celebrate, they also marked the end of their first week of performances with the help of Hennessy. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos from inside the party below!
HAMILTON is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and direction byThomas Kail, who previously collaborated on IN THE HEIGHTS.
The new musical follows the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda wields 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.
Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Andrew Chappelle and Stephanie Klemons
Neil Haskell and guest
Andrew Chappelle, Carleigh Bettiol, Alysha Deslorieux and Thayne Jasperson
Sydney James Harcourt
Ariana DeBose and Sydney James Harcourt
The cast of Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Javier Munoz
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Anthony Ramos and Daveed Diggs
Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan and Renée Elise Goldsberry
Jonathan Groff and Renée Elise Goldsberry
Jonathan Groff and Renée Elise Goldsberry
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