Raise a glass to karaoke! A sing-along version of Hamilton—the Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda—will arrive on Disney+ June 30, almost three years after the filmed version of the Broadway hit debuted on the streamer. And, it's just in time for your Broadway-themed July 4th party.
Watch a trailer for the new version of the film, originally captured in 2016, above.
The July 3, 2020 release of the film had been years in the
making. Reports broke in July 2018 of a bidding war erupting between
studios over the filmed presentation, with Warner Bros. and 20th Century
Fox both named as contenders (the latter acquired by Disney in 2019).
Disney initially announced a cinema premiere for October 2021, but amid
the coronavirus pandemic, revealed their shift to an at-home release.
In addition to Miranda in the title role, the performance features
Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica
Schuyler, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff
as King George, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds,
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and Anthony
Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.
Some original ensemble
members had departed before the filming took place, but look out for
such faces in the ensemble as now-Oscar winner Ariana DeBose and Tony nominee Ephraim Sykes, as well as Carleigh Bettiol, Hope Easterbrook, Sydney James Harcourt, Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson, Elizabeth Judd, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, and Seth Stewart.
The filmed version captures the full show beginning-to-end, with
only two adjustments (both concerning the use of “fuck” as to maintain a
PG-13 rating).
The Thomas Kail-helmed staging features choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, orchestrations by musical supervisor Alex Lacamoire, sets by David Korins, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Howell Binkley, and sound design by Nevin Steinberg.
The Broadway production of Hamilton continues at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
