Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi award-winning cultural phenomenon Hamilton has opened in Liverpool for an extended run at the Liverpool Empire Theatre in the iconic venue’s 100th birthday year.
Hamilton is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and helped shape the very foundations of the America we know today. The score blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway – the story of America then, as told by America now.
Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire and is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton. Winner of 11 Tony Awards including Best Musical, 7 Olivier Awards, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Playing Alexander Hamilton is 2024 Black British Theatre Award-winner Marley Fenton, alongside Billy Nevers as Aaron Burr. They join Casey Al-Shaqsy as Eliza Hamilton, KM Drew Boateng as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, Chasity Crisp as Angelica Schuyler, Ashley J. Daniels as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Shak Mancel James as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Naomi Katiyo as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Akmed Junior Khemalai as George Washington and Louis Maskell as King George.
Completing the cast are Jonathan Andre, Simeon Beckett, Melad Hamidi, Imogen Rose Hart, Jonathan Hermosa-Lopez, Bethany Kate, Richard Logun, Tamara Morgan, Jago Mottart, Patrick Munday, Antoine Murray-Straughan, Chris Otim, Castell Parker, Eva Phillips, Izzy Read, Harry Robinson, Phoebe Samuel-Gray, Samantha Shuma, Sydney Spencer, Sylvie Stenson, Michael James Stewart, Ethan Vijn, Jack Whitehead, Lashane Williams, Ynez Williams and Sian Yeo.
HAMILTON is produced in the UK by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, The Public Theater and Cameron Mackintosh.
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