NewsHear Jonathan Groff Recording the Hamilton Cast Album! (Video)Cast members from the blockbuster new musical Hamilton, which recently opened to widespread critical acclaim at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, are recording the show's cast album this week.
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Robert Viagas, Adam Hetrick
August 20, 2015
Music director Alex Lacamoire recorded a snatch of Jonathan Groff's audio, singing "You'll Be Back" (along with compelling visuals of Lacamoire's own legs and sneakered feet on the studio control board) and posted it on the "Hamilton the Musical" Facebook page.
Groff provides comic relief in the musical as King George III.
Recording of the male leads began Aug. 16; the women joined them in the studio Aug. 17. Sessions will continue throughout the week.
The 46-track, original Broadway cast album of Hamilton, a fusion of hip-hop and pop-driven musical theatre, is now available for pre-order from Atlantic Records.
Get a first listen of #Groffsauce #JonathanGroff from the
#HAMILTONCastAlbum, courtesy of Alex Lacamoire's dancing feet!
The new musical by Tony Award-winning In the Heights star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda explores the life of American Founding Father Alexandra Hamilton. Inspired by the book "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, the musical incorporates historical figures such as George Washington, Aaron Burr, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo
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Okieriete Onaodowan, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos and Ariana DeBose
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Thayne Jasperson, Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff, Okieriete Onaodowan, Jon Rua, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos and Ariana DeBose
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Okieriete Onaodowan, John Rua, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos and Ariana DeBose
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
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Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos, Ariana DeBose, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones
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Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff, Okieriete Onaodowan and Jon Rua
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
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Thomas Kail takes the stage
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and cast
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Anthony Ramos, Thomas Kail and cast
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
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Jon Bon Jovi
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Danielle Brooks
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Yvette Nicole Brown
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Laverne Cox
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Peter Dinklage
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Sally Field
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Lora Lee Gayer
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Lisa Lampanelli
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Steve Bakunas and Linda Lavin
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Chelsea Fairless and Lea DeLaria
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Lea DeLaria
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Ana Gasteyer
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Savannah Guthrie
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James Monroe Iglehart
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Celia Keenan-Bolger and John Ellison Conlee
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Judith Light and Dan Lauria
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Lucy Liu
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Patina Miller
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Brian Stokes Mitchell and Allyson Tucker
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Lisa Mordente and Chita Rivera
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Jennifer Nettles
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Rosie O'Donnell
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Karen Olivo
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Tatum O'Neal
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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
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Steven Pasquale
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Questlove and Black Thought
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Busta Rhymes
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LaTanya Richardson and Samuel L. Jackson
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Nicolette Robinson
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Charlie Rose
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Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Salman Rushdie
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Susan Sarandon
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Alex Sharp and Wallis Currie-Wood
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Raven-Symone
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Aaron Tveit
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Samira Wiley
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Allison Williams
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Anna Wintour and Marc Jacobs
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Angela Christian and Thomas Kail
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Alex Lacamoire and Ileana Ferreras
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Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and Associate Choreographer Stephanie Klemons
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Andy Blankenbuehler and Elly Blankenbuehler
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David Korins
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Jeffrey Seller
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Laurie Eustis and Oskar Eustis
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Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann
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Sawyer Spielberg, Leah Lane, Stewart F. Lane, and Bonnie Comley
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Ron Chernow
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Vanessa Nadal and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Javier Muñoz
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Javier Muñoz and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Leslie Odom Jr.
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Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Leslie Odom Jr. and Christopher Jackson
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Ariana DeBose
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Christopher Jackson
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Members of Team Hamilton
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Members of Team Hamilton
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Thomas Kail
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Alex Lacamoire
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Alex Lacamoire, Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Leslie Odom Jr., Alex Lacamoire, Thomas Kail and Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Dan Lauria, Judith Light and Thomas Kail
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Members of Team Hamilton
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Daveed Diggs
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Okieriete Onaodowan
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Phillipa Soo
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Renee Elise Goldsberry
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Jasmine Cephas Jones
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Anthony Ramos
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Jonathan Groff
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Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones
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Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos and Daveed Diggs
The two-disc album will be produced by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson and Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, founding members of the Grammy-winning hip-hop band, The Roots.
"Ten minutes into Hamilton, though, I was just so stunned. It was such a sucker punch," Thompson said. Trotter added that the musical and its varied, contemporary score "can be your introduction to hip-hop — on Broadway. And it's a valid one. It's a credible one."
Miranda tweeted Aug. 17 that the cast album will also be released on vinyl--and may need to fill more than two discs.
Happy to report that the
#HAMILTONCastAlbum WILL be on vinyl...and will probably have to be 5 records...
Act I "Alexander Hamilton" "Aaron Burr, Sir" "My Shot" "The Story Of Tonight" "The Schuyler Sisters" "Farmer Refuted" "You'll Be Back" "Right Hand Man" "A Winter's Ball" "Helpless" "Satisfied" "The Story of Tonight (Reprise)" "Wait For It" "Stay Alive" "Ten Duel Commandments" "Meet Me Inside" "That Would Be Enough" "Guns and Ships" "History Has Its Eyes On You" "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" "What Comes Next" "Dear Theodosia" "Non-Stop"
Act II "What'd I Miss" "Cabinet Battle #1" "Take A Break" "Say No To This" "The Room Where It Happens" "Schuyler Defeated" "Cabinet Battle #2" "Washington On Your Side" "One Last Time" "I Know Him" "The Adams Administration" "We Know" "Hurricane" "The Reynolds Pamphlet" "Burn" "Blow Us All Away" "Stay Alive (Reprise)" "It's Quiet Uptown" "Election of 1800" "Your Obedient Servant" "Best of Wives and Best of Women" "The World Was Wide Enough" "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"
In addition to Miranda, the company includes Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening) as King George, Phillipa Soo (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812) as Eliza Hamilton, Christopher Jackson (In the Heights) as George Washington, Leslie Odom Jr. ("Smash") as Aaron Burr, Renée Elise Goldsberry (The Color Purple) as Angelica Schuyler, Daveed Diggs (In the Red and Brown Water) as Marquis De Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Anthony Ramos (Sideways Stories from Wayside School) as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Javier Muñoz as Hamilton alternate and Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison.
Miranda is the Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer-lyricist of In the Heights. The musical earned four 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Score and Best Musical. Miranda also earned a Best Actor Tony nomination for his performance as Usnavi. In the Heights was also recognized as a Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Miranda is the co-composer (with Tom Kitt) and co-lyricist (with Amanda Green) of the Tony-nominated Bring it On: The Musical. In addition, Miranda translated some of Stephen Sondheim's original lyrics into Spanish for the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story and wrote additional songs for the Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Working.