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History Is Happening! Rehearsals Begin for Broadway's Hamilton

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning musical comes to the Richard Rodgers Theatre after a run downtown at the Public.

Broadway

June 18, 2015

The principal cast of Hamilton: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr. ANthony Ramos, Javier Muñoz (sitting), Okieriete Onaodowan, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda (kneeling), Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, and Christopher Jackson. — The principal cast of *Hamilton*: Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom Jr., Anthony Ramos, Javier Muñoz (sitting), Okieriete Onaodowan, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda (kneeling), Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, and Christopher Jackson.
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School is back in session for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Drama Desk-, Outer Critics Circle-, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning musical Hamilton. The production began rehearsals for its upcoming Broadway run on June 18 at the New 42nd Street Studios. Directed by Thomas Kail, Hamilton begins performances Richard Rodgers Theatre on July 13, with opening night set for August 6. It originated earlier this year in a sold-out run at the Public Theater.

The company of Broadway's Hamilton. — The company of Broadway's *Hamilton*.
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Leading the company, in his Lucille Lortel Award-winning performance, is Miranda as Hamilton, alongside Leslie Odom Jr. (Aaron Burr), Drama Desk Award winner Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler), Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton), Daveed Diggs (Marquis De Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, Phillip Hamilton), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), and Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Shuyler, Maria Reynolds). Javier Muñoz will serve as the Alexander Hamilton alternate.

The ensemble, in alphabetical order, includes Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes, and Voltaire Wade-Greene

The Hamilton creative team: Andy Blankenbuehler (choreography), Lin-Manuel Miranda (book, music, and lyrics), Alex Lacamoire (musical supervision and orchestrations), and Thomas Kail (director). — The *Hamilton* creative team: Andy Blankenbuehler (choreography), Lin-Manuel Miranda (book, music, and lyrics), Alex Lacamoire (musical supervision and orchestrations), and Thomas Kail (director).
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Inspired by Ron Chernow's biography Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton explores the life of the American founding father and first Secretary of the Treasury, as well as his experiences as an orphan of the British West Indies who immigrated to the 13 Colonies and helped shape the United States of America.

Hamilton features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, and choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler.