Four men stand shoulder to shoulder under a wall of lights, one arm flung toward the grid, in the lead shot from a new set of production photos of Hamilton. Matthew Murphy photographed the company now playing the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with Marcus John in the title role.
Marcus John plays Alexander Hamilton opposite Lauren Mariasoosay as Eliza Hamilton, with Donald Webber Jr. as Aaron Burr, Lencia Kebede as Angelica Schuyler and Jarrod Spector as King George. Simon Longnight doubles as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, David Guzman as John Laurens and Philip Hamilton, Wallace Smith as Hercules Mulligan and James Madison, and Amina Faye as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds.
The camera stays close to the principals. The three Schuyler sisters throw their arms up in matching silk. Spector fills a frame alone in crown and ermine. Webber points a single finger at the rafters against a black stage. Longnight turns up in purple velvet, and again beside Guzman and Smith around a tavern table. Two frames pair John with Mariasoosay and Kebede, one of them at the wedding, with Eliza still in her veil.
Christopher Jackson, the production’s original George Washington, is back in the role through January 3. He does not appear in this set.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the book, music and lyrics, drawing on Ron Chernow’s biography of the first Treasury secretary. Thomas Kail directs, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Sets are by David Korins, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound by Nevin Steinberg, and hair and wigs by Charles G. LaPointe. Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater produce. The show won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016.
Hamilton plays the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Tickets are on our Hamilton show page.
