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TWITTER WATCH: William Daniels and Lin-Manuel Miranda Make History at HAMILTON

By: Mar. 28, 2016
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They've both made musical theatre history playing men who made American history. William Daniels, whose turn as John Adams in both the original Broadway production of 1776 and the film version is regarded by many to be one of musical theatre's great acting performances, paid a visit to the Richard Rodgers Theatre to see author/star Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit HAMILTON.

As previously reported by BroadwayWorld, Daniels posted on Twitter in August that we was looking forward to seeing the new hip-hop musical about America's founding fathers. In a joking response, Miranda, referring to Daniels as "Mr. Feeny," the teacher/mentor he played in the hit 1990s TV series BOY MEETS WORLD, worried that he won't like the way John Adams is treated in his musical. Though Adams does not appear as a character, the animosity between America's second president and first secretary of the treasury is colorfully expressed.

City Center Encores! opens its concert production of 1776 on Wednesday. Following in HAMILTON's footsteps, the 1969 musical has been cast with an eye towards racial diversity, with Santino Fontana playing the "obnoxious and disliked" John Adams.

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast.

Enter in the digital lottery at www.hamiltonbroadway.com/lottery.

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).

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.





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