The Tony Awards could also be Broadway’s greatest evening, celebrating new reveals, however the 2025 ceremony took a glance again by placing on a particular anniversary efficiency with the forged of Hamilton.
Celebrating 10 years, the musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda chronicles the story of Alexander Hamilton and initially debuted on Broadway in 2015. To honor the present’s huge anniversary, Miranda got here along with unique forged members for a particular mixtape association of songs from the musical.
Along with Miranda, unique forged members Ariana DeBose, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Alysha Deslorieux, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Javier Muñoz, Okieriete Onaodowan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes, and Voltaire Wade-Greene took the stage for the special day. And regardless of not beforehand being billed as a part of the efficiency ensemble, Anthony Ramos additionally stepped onstage for the celebration.
The efficiency opened with Manuel and Odom Jr. stepping onto the stage as they launched “My Shot,” after which it was Goldsberry, Soo, and Cephas Jones’s flip to sing “The Schuyler Sisters.” Diggs took on “Weapons and Ships,” Groff reprised his kingly position for “You’ll Be Again,” Onaodowan took lead on “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” and Odom Jr. led “The Room The place It Occurs.” The medley concluded with an ensemble efficiency of “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” led by Jackson.
As followers of Hamilton will recall, the musical made historical past at the seventieth Tony Awards, incomes a record-breaking 16 nominations and 11 wins, together with Greatest Musical. The present went on to obtain a Grammy, Olivier Award, and Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The unique forged manufacturing of the musical was additionally memorably launched on Disney+ in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to supply viewers with an immersive Broadway expertise from dwelling.
Most not too long ago, the unique forged’s Broadway recording turned the first in historical past to be licensed diamond by the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA).
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