Not a surprise at all but no less welcome for it. After sweeping the board at last night's Tony Awards with 11 big wins, including Best Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway mega-hit HAMILTON confirms its West End transfer today. Co-produced by Cameron Mackintosh in London, it will reopen Mackintosh's recently acquired Victoria Palace in October 2017, after a major refurbishment o of the theatre. Big question: will Miranda or any of the Tony-winning Broadway cast accompany the show to London?...
HAMILTON, the Broadway musical, which won 11 Tony Awards last night including best musical, will have its London premiere in October 2017. The critically acclaimed musical has broken box office records on Broadway and has become a cultural sensation. HAMILTON will reopen the Victoria Palace Theatre, which is currently undergoing an extensive multi-million pound refurbishment. From 12.00 noon today, Monday 13 June 2016, you can register interest and sign up for priority booking at hamiltonthemusical.co.uk. Tickets will go on sale in November 2016.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (pictured below at the Tony Awards) said:
“The support HAMILTON has received from our British fans has been incredible – I have been reminded of their love, which is just as our King George would want it to be! I’m thrilled the show will be shared with UK audiences starting in the fall of 2017 at the beautiful Victoria Palace Theatre.”
Jeffrey Seller said: “HAMILTON is pure joy and I can’t wait to share it with London audiences. I’m delighted to be partnering again with Cameron, from whom I’ve been learning my entire career. And we couldn’t have a better home than the Victoria Palace Theatre, which will be a Palace, indeed, after its current renovation.”
Cameron Mackintosh said: “Just occasionally in life the stars align as they have now, and I have the perfect theatre available for one of the most brilliant, original and entertaining musicals I have ever seen. The moment I saw Lin-Manuel’s remarkable HAMILTON I knew that this was a musical with a phenomenal story and score which will be performed somewhere in the world as long as people want to go to the theatre. To be working with my friend Jeffrey Seller again is an added bonus. My major redevelopment of the Victoria Palace will bring new life to a much loved building and I have no doubt HAMILTON will do the same for the musical theatre”.
HAMILTON, now on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre has book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, and is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton.
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 was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. HAMILTON‘s score blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway – the story of America then, as told by America now.
HAMILTON‘s creative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In the Heights, which is currently enjoying a very successful run at London’s Kings Cross Theatre.
HAMILTON is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman, The Public Theater and Cameron Mackintosh.
HAMILTON (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is now available at all good retailers.
Hamilton's 11 Tony Awards
- Costume Design of a Musical – Paul Tazewell
- Lighting Design of a Musical – Howell Binkley
- Featured Actress in a Musical – Renée Elise Goldsberry
- Featured Actor in a Musical – Daveed Diggs
- Original Score – Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Direction of a Musical – Thomas Kail
- Orchestrations – Alex Lacamoire
- Book of a Musical – Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Choreography- Andy Blankenbuehler
- Leading Actor in a Musical – Leslie Odom, Jr.
- Best Musical
