22 FEBRUARY 6, 2020 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
EDAVENPORT@QNS.COM
@QNS
A fi lm version of “Hamilton” with
the original cast is coming to
the silver screen, but you’re
going to have to wait for it.
You won’t have to shell out hundreds
of dollars for a Broadway
ticket. The Walt Disney Company,
along with “Hamilton” producers
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller
and Thomas Kail, announced that
the company will be releasing a film
version of the 11-time Tony-winning
musical featuring the original
Broadway cast.
The fi lm version of the smash-hit
production will be released in movie
theaters in the United States and
Canada on Oct. 15, 2021.
“Lin-Manuel Miranda created an
unforgettable theater experience and
a true cultural phenomenon, and it
was for good reason that ‘Hamilton’
was hailed as an astonishing
work of art. All who saw it with the
original cast will never forget that
singular experience,” said Robert A.
Iger, chairman and chief executive
offi cer, The Walt Disney Company.
“And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity
to share this same Broadway
experience with millions of people
around the world.”
“We are thrilled for fans of the
show, and new audiences across the
world, to experience what it was like
on stage – and in the audience – when
we shot this at The Richard Rodgers
Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016.
We wanted to give everyone the same
seat, which is what this fi lm can provide,”
Kail said.
The original Broadway cast appearing
in the fi lm includes Tony Award
winners Lin-Manuel Miranda as
Alexander Hamilton; Daveed Diggs
as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas
Jeff erson; Renée Elise Goldsberry as
Angelica Schuyler; Leslie Odom Jr.
as Aaron Burr; Tony Award nominees
Christopher Jackson as George
Washington; Jonathan Groff as King
George; Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton;
and Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy
Schuyler/Maria Reynolds; Okieriete
Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/
James Madison; and Anthony Ramos
as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.
The cast also features Carleigh
Bettiol, Ariana DeBose, Hope Easterbrook,
Sydney James Harcourt,
Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson,
Elizabeth Judd, Jon Rua, Austin Smith,
Seth Stewart and Ephraim Sykes.
“I fell in love with musical
storytelling growing up with the
legendary Howard Ashman-Alan
Menken Disney collaborations —
‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Beauty and
The Beast’, ‘Aladdin,’” said Miranda.
“I’m so proud of what Tommy Kail
has been able to capture in this
filmed version of ‘Hamilton’ — a live
theatrical experience that feels just
as immediate in your local movie
theater. We’re excited to partner
with Disney to bring the original
Broadway company of ‘Hamilton’ to
the largest audience possible.”
BUZZ
Disney to release fi lm version of ‘Hamilton’
with original Broadway cast next year
Photos by Joan Marcus
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