In October 2015, The Rockefeller Foundation announced that it pledged $1.46 million to pay for 20,000 11th graders from the New York City area to see a performance of Hamilton: An American Musical.
Dubbed #EduHam, over 1,300 students attended today's matinee, where they not only saw a complete performance, but performed their own raps integrating themes they learned in their American history classes.
Cast and attendees alike realized what an exciting and emotional moment this was for Hamilton and the Broadway industry as a whole, and took to Twitter to share the most exciting moments. Here's a round-up of tweets that will make you feel like you were in the room where it happens:
Beyond excited to see @HamiltonMusical, see u guys there @Lin_Manuel @Anthony_Ramos1 #FortHam4Ham #EduHam pic.twitter.com/R8toaPLRzo
— Jawad Ghacham (@JawadGhacham) April 13, 2016
#EduHam in full effect! I'm so pumped that these kids get to see the show! Hope to inspire them to do great things! pic.twitter.com/e1YOU0EnM2
— Voltaire Wade-Greene (@tisVoltaire) April 13, 2016
Lin's Eye View: #EduHam pic.twitter.com/oS4EwM85sB
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 13, 2016
Students performing on stage! @HamiltonMusical @Lin_Manuel #EduHam 👏👏🏻👏🏼👏🏾👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/LD2vz86d4F
— NYC Public Schools (@NYCSchools) April 13, 2016
The students from each school perform for the cast and fellow #EduHam students. pic.twitter.com/2AQhr7iM8l
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) April 13, 2016
A group did Boston Tea Party! Girl playing KG3 had perfect Brit accent and ended with Beiber song!! "You can go and Tax yourself!" #EduHam
— Rory O'Malley (@RoryOMalley) April 13, 2016
Yo, NY high-schoolers are as cool as they get. This is inspiring and absolutely beautiful. #EduHam pic.twitter.com/ROjUw3cn7a
— Alex Lacamoire (@LacketyLac) April 13, 2016
.@HamiltonMusical cast and @Lin_Manuel Q&A with our students! #EduHam pic.twitter.com/5yNltDUCa8
— NYC Public Schools (@NYCSchools) April 13, 2016
