The award-winning musical film ‘Hamilton’ will hit Philippine cinemas for a limited one-week run starting October 1.
In a social media post, Disney announced that the filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s broadway phenomenon will screen in the Philippines as part of its 10th anniversary celebration.
The special release includes ‘Reuniting the Revolution,’ a never-before-seen prologue with interviews from the original Broadway cast.
The musical narrates the life of one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, who served as the country’s first Treasury Secretary, through a dynamic blend of R&B, hiphop, and traditional tunes.
The room where it happens
In Metro Manila and Luzon, participating cinemas include Ayala Malls Glorietta 4, Manila Bay, Trinoma, and Bonifacio High Street.
Fans may also go to different SM Cinemas branches, including Aura Premier, Bacoor, BF Parañaque, Bicutan, Centerpoint, Clark, Dasmariñas, East Ortigas, Fairview, Grand Central, Laoag, Mall of Asia, Marikina, Megamall, North EDSA, Pampanga, Puerto Princesa, Southmall, and The Podium.
It will also be shown at Robinsons Antipolo, Galleria, Magnolia, Manila, and Opus.
Fans may also opt to go to Power Plant Mall, Shangri-La Red Carpet, Uptown Mall in Taguig, Century City Mall, Cinema ’76, Festival Mall, Fisher Mall in Quezon City, Gateway Cineplex, Newport, and Vista Mall Evia.
For the fans in Visayas and Mindanao, it can be viewed at Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Central Bloc, and Centrio, SM Cinemas branches CDO Downtown, Cebu, Iloilo, Jmall Cebu, Lanang, Ormoc, and Seaside. Other cinemas also include Festive Walk in Iloilo and NU Star.
The musical premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater in February 2015, and then opened on Broadway in August of the same year. In 2020, Disney+ released a filmed version of the musical featuring the original cast.
At the 70th Tony Awards in 2016, ‘Hamilton’ earned a record-breaking 16 nominations and won 11 awards, including ‘Best Musical.’ It also received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the same year.
From September to November 2023, The Theatre at Solaire in Parañaque staged the musical starring Jason Arrow as Alexander Hamilton, and Filipino singer and theatre actress Rachelle Ann Go as Eliza Schuyler Hamilton.
With its limited run in the Philippines, fans now have another chance to be in the room where it happens—whether for the first time or all over again.
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