Hamilton Musical Is Heading To Melbourne After Blockbuster Run In Sydney

After a blockbuster run in Sydney, the smash hit musical Hamilton is heading to Melbourne.

The Age has revealed the Aussie cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's award-winning production is expected to head to Her Majesty's Theatre home as early as March next year.

It's been wowing audiences at Sydney's Lyric Theatre with the story of the American Revolution with a hip-hop spin and now it's time to move on.

The move down south comes after the Lyric Theatre revealed it would be showing Cameron MackIntosh's production Mary Poppins in May next year.

That sparked loads of rumours that Hamilton would make its highly anticipated road trip to Melbourne.

But the word hasn't been made official yet, with Hamilton's Australian producer Michael Cassel telling The Age that they haven't planned for the future yet.

"Hamilton is currently on-sale until December and we'll continue to see how things progress on a day-by-day basis. So far, every performance has been a full-house and standing ovation at every show," he said *wink wink*.

Since the legendary musical premiered in 2015, it's gone on to win 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, as well as the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album and seven Olivier Awards.

Not a bad haul.

If you still can't be bothered to see it in the theatre hall, you can watch it on Disney+. It landed on the streaming service back in July last year and allowed people in lockdown to feel like they were able to enjoy events pre-Covid-19.

The musical dives into the story of Alexander Hamilton, who was an immigrant from the West Indies and ended up becoming one of America's Founding Fathers. He became one of President George Washington's closest confidantes and he was able to carve his name into the country's history books.

But the production isn't your typical musical as it uses hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap and R&B to belt out its catchy singing moments.

It's created fans all over the world and it appears Melbourne audiences could soon be some of the lucky folk who will be spending hundreds of dollars or lining up for hours to get their hands on tickets.

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Topics: Australia

Stewart Perrie

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