At long last, you don’t have to be in the room where it happens. For all those who have been unable to afford, or even find, tickets to “Hamilton,” there is going to be a solution: A filmed version of the stage performance will be distributed to movie theaters late next year. The blockbuster musical was filmed in June 2016, during one of the last weeks when the original Broadway cast was still intact. The producers, who include the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, have been sitting on the film since, trying to weigh when would be the best time to release it to the public — while interest was still high but without damaging the multiple ongoing stage productions. The decision: The Walt Disney Company will release it on Oct. 15, 2021, a little more than six years after the show opened on Broadway.

Source: New York Times February 03, 2020 18:20 UTC