Film & TV NewsWelcome to the Room Where It Happens: Hamilton Arrives on Disney+ July 3Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is now available to stream.
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Ryan McPhee
July 03, 2020
You’ve waited for it long enough: You can now catch Hamilton, even despite the continued Broadway shutdown. The Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical from Lin-Manuel Mirandaarrives on Disney+ July 3, preserving the performances of must of the original principal cast.
The release of the film, captured in June 2016, has 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-Tony nominees Ariana DeBose and 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 “f*ck” as to maintain a PG-13 rating).
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Brian d’Arcy James and cast
Christopher Jackson
Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Renée Elise Goldsberry
Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones
Joan Marcus
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo
Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast in Hamilton at the Public Theater
Joan Marcus
Daveed Diggs (center), Anthony Ramos, Carleigh Bettiol and Thayne Jasperson
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Joan Marcus
Lin-Manuel Miranda
The company
The company
Andy Blankenbuehler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire and Thomas Kail
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail
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David Korins, Nevin Steinberg and Paul Tazewell
Leslie Odom Jr., Javier Munoz, Anthony Ramos, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Okieriete Onaodowan, Daveed Diggs and Christopher Jackson
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Jasmine Cephas Jones, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo
The company
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Joan Marcus
Phillipa Soo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Joan Marcus
Christopher Jackson and cast
Joan Marcus
Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Daveed Diggs and cast
Joan Marcus
Jonathan Groff
Daveed Diggs
Leslie Odom, Jr.
Joan Marcus
Cast
Thayne Jasperson, Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff, Okieriete Onaodowan, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos and Ariana DeBose
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Okieriete Onaodowan, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos and Ariana DeBose
Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and cast
The cast of Hamilton
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions
Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of Hamilton
The cast of Hamilton
Nicolette Robinson and Leslie Odom Jr.
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Renee Elise Goldsberry
Andy Blankenbuehler
Company
Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Andy Blankenbuehler
Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Andy Blankenbuehler
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Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler, Alex Lacamoire, Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, and Philip Glass
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Andy Blankenbuehler, Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Alex Lacamoire
Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire, Wayne Shorter, Cher, Reba McEntire, and Philip Glass
