In tip-top form, as if no time has handed since its 2015 debut off-Broadway and immense success thereafter, the unique firm of Hamilton reunited for a rousing efficiency that includes an intricate medley of songs from the hit soundtrack, bringing the viewers to its toes.
Host and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo launched the castmembers, stating the musical “modified not simply Broadway, however how Individuals view their very own historical past — or so I’m advised,” to crowd laughter. Calling it a “cultural pressure” and “explosion of pleasure that spilled onto Broadway’s sidewalks,” she wasted no time in ushering the grand anniversary showcase, affectionately referred to as “Hamilten,” a real masterclass in rapid-fire onstage choreography and breathwork.
Starting with Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom, Jr.) themselves, the medley swelled first with “Non-Cease,” with the previous then taking on for “My Shot.” Enter stage left Phillipa Soo with “That Would Be Sufficient,” later finishing the beloved trio additionally that includes Jasmine Cephas Jones and Renée Elise Goldsberry for a short snippet of “The Schuyler Sisters.” Then got here Daveed Diggs with “Weapons and Ships” and King George III himself (Jonathan Groff, his second time on the Tonys stage tonight). The short transitions additionally gave technique to “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” “The Room The place It Occurs,” “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” and “Historical past Has Its Eyes on You,” ending with a brief reprisal of “My Shot.” Upon the conclusion of the reunion efficiency, which clocked in below 5 minutes, the group broke out into uproarious applause and a standing ovation.
The reunion was introduced late final month, that includes authentic forged members coming collectively to mark the tenth anniversary of the groundbreaking musical from Miranda, who led the efficiency alongside different authentic castmembers Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Diggs, Goldsberry, Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Christopher Jackson, Thayne Jasperson, Jones, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Javier Muñoz, Odom, Jr. (who shall be reprising his Tony-winning position as Aaron Burr on Broadway this fall), Okieriete Onaodowan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Soo, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes and Voltaire Wade-Greene.
Hamilton debuted off Broadway on the Public Theater in 2015, transferring to the Nice White Approach’s Richard Rodgers Theatre that yr. On the seventieth annual Tony Awards, it made historical past with a record-breaking 16 nominations and 11 wins together with Finest Musical. The present went on to obtain the Grammy Award, Olivier Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a particular quotation from the Kennedy Heart Honors. Most just lately, its Authentic Broadway Solid Recording grew to become the primary in historical past to be licensed diamond by the Recording Business Affiliation of America.
The 78th Tony Awards are being broadcast stay on CBS and Paramount+ from New York Metropolis’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor this night.
Watch the total efficiency beneath:
