The big day is finally here for “Hamilton” fans — #Hamilfans — along with anyone who has longed to see the Broadway hit but hasn’t been able to catch the show.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” was originally supposed to come to movie theaters, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused Disney to change its plans.
Unlike a string of movies whose premiere dates have been pushed back by as much as a year, “Hamilton” has been fast-tracked.
Disney announced in May that it would bring the film version of the Broadway show to Disney Plus on Friday, July 3. The streaming debut means the film arrives 16 months ahead of schedule. (In February, Miranda announced the production would debut in theaters Oct. 15, 2021.)
See below for the exact time(s) of the premiere and more.
“Hamilton,” which features non-white actors playing the Founding Fathers and other major characters, won 11 Tonys, including best musical, as well as a Grammy and a Pulitzer Prize.
Thomas Kail, the director of the Broadway show, filmed the production at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in June 2016, when Miranda still occupied the role of Alexander Hamilton.
“I’m so proud of how beautifully Tommy Kail has brought ‘Hamilton’ to the screen,” Miranda said in a May 12 statement announcing the Disney Plus premiere.
“He’s given everyone who watches this film the best seat in the house,” he said. “I’m so grateful to Disney and Disney Plus for reimagining and moving up our release to July 4th weekend of this year, in light of the world turning upside down. I’m so grateful to all the fans who asked for this, and I’m so glad that we’re able to make it happen. I’m so proud of this show. I can’t wait for you to see it.”
In a statement, Robert Iger, Disney’s executive chairman, said that no other work of art in the last decade has had the impact that “Hamilton” has.
“In light of the extraordinary challenges facing our world, this story about leadership, tenacity, hope, love and the power of people to unite against the forces of adversity is both relevant and impactful,” Iger said. “We are thrilled to bring this phenomenon to Disney Plus on the eve of Independence Day, and we have the brilliant Lin-Manuel Miranda and the team behind ‘Hamilton’ to thank for allowing us to do so more than a year before planned.”
Here’s the full list of main cast members for the film version of “Hamilton”:
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, the nation’s first secretary of the treasury (who died in a New Jersey duel).
- Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
- Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
- Christopher Jackson as George Washington
- Jonathan Groff as King George
- Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
- Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds
- Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison
- Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton
Okieriete Onaodowan, who plays Hercules Mulligan and James Madison in the film version of "Hamilton" premiering on Disney Plus. Onaodowan grew up in West Orange.Alex Remnick | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Don’t think July 3 means midnight on July 3 — that’s not the case for everyone. Viewers here on the East Coast may choose to watch the next day instead of in the middle of the night (unless they have been counting down the seconds, of course).
“Hamilton” is set to premiere at 3 a.m. ET and 12 a.m. PT on Friday, July 3, according to a Disney Plus spokeswoman.
There will also be a watch party on Twitter where cast members will be tweeting along. The party starts at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT on Friday, July 3. You can follow along at the hashtag #Hamilfilm.
As for how long “Hamilton” will be on Disney Plus? So far there’s no end date for the film, so feel free to watch it on repeat to your heart’s content, or save it for another day.
Disney Plus is $6.99 a month or $69.99 a year alone, and $12.99 a month in combination with Hulu and ESPN Plus.
Okieriete Onaodowan, who grew up in West Orange, plays larger-than-life spy Hercules Mulligan and the more quiet James Madison in the film version of the Broadway production.
“Ideally I wanted it to be a double take,” Onaodowan told NJ Advance Media in 2016. “I wanted you to forget and that at some point realize it’s the same person.”
Onaodowan, 32, originated the roles during the show’s off-Broadway run at The Public Theater before “Hamilton” came to Broadway in 2015.
Of course, there are other New Jersey connections in the story of Alexander Hamilton, one being that his fatal duel with Aaron Burr took place in Weehawken July 11, 1804.
Onaodowan recently told Uproxx that the film version of the show was captured over three days of performances.
The alumnus of West Orange High School was performing in November 2016 on the night Mike Pence, then vice president-elect, was in the audience.
Onaodowan told Uproxx he felt “rage” at the time as people in the crowd cheered for Pence.
“It was just hard as an artist to think what I’m doing is promoting this message, in black and brown skin, telling our Founding Fathers’ story, and yet there were still people in there who are celebrating the arrival of Pence,” he said. “It’s complicated and it’s hard.”
At the end of the show, Brandon Victor Dixon, who played Aaron Burr, delivered a message to Pence.
“We, sir — we — are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights,” he said. “But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us.”
President Donald Trump called the statement harassment in a tweet and demanded an apology.
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