There are a million things Alexander Hamilton hasn’t done, but reuniting the original cast of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton isn’t one. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Jonathan Groff, Ariana DeBose, and more took the stage at the 2025 Tony Awards in celebration of the musical’s 10th anniversary.
With the cast dressed in elegant black suits and gowns, the original Hamilton cast earned a standing ovation for their stellar performance of a medley of songs from the musical. It opened with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr., who sang “Non-Stop.” The rest of the cast joined in for their parts throughout the rapid-fire medley, which included “My Shot,” “The Schuyler Sisters,” “Guns and Ships,” “You’ll Be Back,” and “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down.)” It also segued through “The Room Where It Happens” and “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” before the finale of “Alexander Hamilton.”
It was a crowded stage, with more than 25 actors bringing their characters back to life. Later this year, Odom will reprise his roll as Aaron Burr for much longer than a few minutes. For 12 weeks this fall, he will return to the cast in what he has called “a deeply meaningful homecoming.” “I’m so grateful for the chance to step back into the room — especially during this anniversary moment and to revisit this brilliant piece that forever changed my life and the lives of so many,” Odom shared earlier this year.
Inimitable. The original. #Hamilten pic.twitter.com/r5YpwujkUw
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) June 9, 2025
Hamilton opened on Broadway on Aug. 6, 2015. The musical has earned 11 Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a Grammy Award, and an Olivier. The original cast recording became the first Broadway album to be certified diamond by the RIAA. In 2016, the Hamilton cast performed “History Has Its Eyes on You,” “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” and “The Schuyler Sisters” at the Tony Awards.
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The reunion follows the recent cancellation of a Hamilton run scheduled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. “The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center. We’re just not going to be part of it,” Miranda said earlier this year.
“We are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan policies of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover,” Hamilton producer Jeffery Seller wrote in a statement at the time. “Political disagreement and debate are vital expressions of democracy. These basic concepts of freedom are at the very heart of Hamilton. However, some institutions are sacred and should be protected from politics.”
From Rolling Stone US
