Summary:
A live recording of the hit musical that tells the story of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, his rise and fall, his long rivalry with Aaron Burr, and his difficult relationship with his wife Eliza Schuyler.
Director:
Thomas Kail
Writers:
book by Lin-Manuel Miranda
music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
based on the book Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow
Cast:
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
Jonathan Groff as King George III
Christopher Jackson as George Washington
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison
Anthony Ramos as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton
Sydney James Harcourt as Philip Schuyler, James Reynolds, Doctor and Ensemble
Thayne Jasperson as Samuel Seabury and Ensemble
Jon Rua as Charles Lee and Ensemble
Ephraim Sykes as George Eacker and Ensemble
Carleigh Bettiol as Ensemble
Ariana DeBose as Ensemble
Hope Easterbrook as Ensemble
Sasha Hutchings as Ensemble
Elizabeth Judd as Ensemble
Austin Smith as Ensemble
Seth Stewart as Ensemble
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Metacritic: 91/100
After Credits Scene? No
VOD: Disney+
ALSO Your Obedient Servant is worth a listen/watch, if only because people must know that old-timey enlightened people were very extra.