After a delay due to the pandemic, American songwriter and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical theatre drama ‘Hamilton’ is all set to release in the movie form on September 5.
Miranda revealed the news on a recent episode of ‘The Tonight Show’. The theatrical release of ‘Hamilton’ will mark the 10-year anniversary of the play.
"I have an announcement! So, tomorrow is the 10-year anniversary of 'Hamilton', and we've been celebrating all year. But we have one more way to celebrate. We filmed most of the original cast performing in 'Hamilton' in 2016, and we always wanted to release it theatrically, but then the pandemic hit, and so we decided to release it on streaming so that everyone could see it at home whenever they wanted. But, on September 5, you will be able to see 'Hamilton' in movie theatres nationwide and in Puerto Rico," said Miranda.
The Broadway musical debuted in 2015 and went on to win 11 Tonys and a Pulitzer Prize for drama. It was in July 2020 that ‘Hamilton’ premiered on Disney+, roughly a year before it was originally set to debut in theatres. The movie version is a ‘live capture’ of the production, shot at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June 2016 with most of the hit Broadway musical's original cast.
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The original cast includes Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr as Aaron Burr, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff as King George, Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton.
Tickets are now on sale for the film, which will be released in theatres in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico on September 5; the UK and Ireland on September 26, and Australia and New Zealand on November 13.
A special premiere screening event will take place on September 3 at the Delacorte Theatre, home of The Public Theatre's Free Shakespeare in the Park.
A limited number of advance tickets will be available for a donation beginning August 11, then a free ticket lottery distribution will be available at The Public Theatre on September 3, as well as a free standby line in Central Park prior to the screening's start.
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