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New York - A big screen version of the smash hit musical Hamilton is coming to movie theaters in 2021, its creator announced on Monday.
The show - which has become one of the highest grossing Broadway musicals of all time since its 2015 debut - tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also stars in Hamilton, said the film would be a live performance of the show at New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre that comprised the original cast. It will be distributed by Disney and released on October 15, 2021, he said in a tweet.
Disney presents:
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) February 3, 2020
Hamilton.
With The Original Broadway Cast.
Filmed onstage at The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
In A Theater Near You.
October 15, 2021.#Hamilfilm pic.twitter.com/z4ohfWXzi3
Variety magazine said it would get theatrical runs in the US and Canada.
Hamilton has made $633m in box office receipts and has been seen by 2.5 million people in New York alone since arriving on Broadway in August 2015, according to Broadway.com.
A production of Hamilton has also been on in London's West End since 2017 and a three-year tour of the show just ended in Chicago.
Mixing political history with rap and hip hop, the show won 11 Tony Awards in 2016, including best musical.
Another of Miranda's musicals, In the Heights, has been adapted for theaters and is due out in June.
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