President Barack Obama Expected to Attend Saturday Matinee of HAMILTON

President Barack Obama will take a trip back in time to meet one of our nation's most famous Founding Fathers, according to Page Six of the New York Post.

The President is expected to attend Saturday's Broadway matinee of the hit musical Hamilton, now in previews at the Richard Rodgers Theater. The Commander-in-Chief is in town to attend a Friday evening intimate dinner DNC fundraiser. The visit is expected to cause gridlock in the surrounding area.

On April 18th, First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama attended a performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, at the time playing off-Broadway at The Public Theater. (see photos at right)

HAMILTON will officially open on August 6th. The show 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.

Below, watch as Miranda performs for the Obamas at the White House Poetry Jam in 2009:

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