As BWW previously reported, First Lady Michelle Obama today welcomed the Broadway cast of Hamilton to the White House to host a student workshop, Q&A, and a performance of musical selections from the production.
According to today's Presidential press schedule, the President will deliver brief opening remarks to the performance of musical selections from
Hamilton at 5:30 pm/ET. The President's remarks and the opening number of the performance will be streamed live at
WhiteHouse.gov/live.
Photos of the historic event were shared on the show's official Twitter page. Check them out below:
The cast of Hamilton is comprised of
Lin-Manuel Miranda (AlexanderHamilton),
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,
Philip Hamilton) and
Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).
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 lifelongHamiltonfriend 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.