Friday Film

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Event Type:

Movie

Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Hamilton

The live stage recording of the award-winning Broadway play with the original principal cast.   

Created by writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the 2004 nonfiction book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. 

Featuring a diverse cast of actors and blending a variety of musical styles such as hip-hop, jazz, R&B, pop, and traditional Broadway show tunes, this reimagining of historical events tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and explores themes of love, loss, forgiveness, power, compromise, legacy, ambition, immigration, and pursuit of the American Dream.

Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Phillipa Soo.

2020 : 160 minutes : Rated PG-13 for language and some suggestive material : Musical

Watch the trailer for Hamilton.

 

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