Disney has shared a first look at the filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton. The hit hip hop musical, about the US’s first Treasury Secretary, will launch on Disney+ more than a year earlier than planned, streaming on July 3.
The show has been a global sensation and won 11 Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. The trailer for the production, directed by Thomas Kail, shows footage filmed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016 with the original cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr and Renee Elise Goldsberry.
The clip is set to the music of opening song Alexander Hamilton and wedding song Satisfied. In a statement on Instagram, Disney said: “We are proud to share #Hamilton; a work