By Celia Shatzman editor Lately we’ve all been dealing with many plans getting postponed. But this time, something is happening sooner: “Hamilton” was scheduled to hit movie theaters in October 2021, but it’s arriving on Disney Plus July 3.
It’ll give us another way to celebrate the favorite founding father on Independence Day. Few musicals have swept the theater world — and the world at large — like “Hamilton.” Winner of 11 Tony Awards and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, it was created and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also starred in the title role.
The soon-to-be-released film version captures a 2016 live performance by the original Broadway cast at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, directed by Tommy Kail.
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