The clock is ticking and in just a few hours, the Hamilton release date will have officially arrived. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical lands in movie form on Disney Plus this Friday, July 3 – but his visionary take on the “ten-dollar Founding Father without a father” is a cultural phenomenon rather than just another Broadway smash. It’s cool – get a little bit giddy about the prospect of watching it from the comfort of your home. Here’s how how to watch Hamilton online and stream it with Disney Plus as soon as possible this week.
Watch Hamilton on Disney Plus
You can watch Hamilton online via the Disney Plus streaming service from Friday, July 3. Disney Plus costs just $6.99/£5.99 a month, so it’s cheaper to watch Hamilton than it is to rent movies online.
The release date of Hamilton is Friday, July 3 in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and all other Disney Plus markets. The cinematic version of the show was originally scheduled to hit theaters in October 2021, but it’s been fast-tracked to streaming as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, it’s due to arrive on Disney Plus just in time for the 4th of July – making it a great reason to save your party hat for next year and stay safe at home instead.
The version available for streaming this week was filmed at New York’s Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2016 and features the original cast of the show, including Miranda himself as Alexander Hamilton alongside Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, and many other standout performances. Scroll down for full details of the original Hamilton cast that won 11 Tony Awards – Broadway’s equivalent of the Oscars.
The film carries a PG-13 rating in the US, which is roughly equivalent to a 12A in the UK. This means it will mute two of the three F-bombs that feature in the original song lyrics, to make it family-friendly and suitable for the Disney Plus crowd. Even if you’ve seen the show live, as this writer has, you won’t notice the difference. Popular numbers like My Shot, Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) and Satisfied are every bit as mesmerizing as they are in the flesh.
So whether you’re a hardcore fan or a first-timer who couldn’t quite secure tickets for its sellout Broadway and West End runs, your home is now officially the room where it happens – here’s how to watch Hamilton online and stream Lin-Manuel Miranda’s epic musical on Disney Plus this Friday.
How to watch Hamilton on Disney Plus as soon as it’s released
Anyone is countries that now have access to Disney Plus – North America, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, most of mainland Europe and more – simply need to head to the Disney Plus website to sign up for the service. After that, Hamilton is sure to be front and center of the platform from July 3 – and if for some strange reason it’s not, a quick search will deliver the goods.
As well as being the exclusive home of Hamilton, there are loads of other reasons to check out Disney Plus – a fantastic (and fantastic value) streaming service with loads of great content. It features every Simpsons episode ever made, all your favorite Pixar flicks, the latest Marvel movies, and the complete Star Wars canon – all for just $6.99/£5.99 a month.
It really is something of a bargain, considering how much you get – and how much of it can’t be found anywhere else. Better still, you can save 15% if you sign up for an annual subscription, or for the ultimate value, take advantage of a combined bundle that includes ESPN+, Hulu and Disney Plus for the outrageously cheap price of just $12.99 a month.
There’s so much included, you might forget cable TV ever existed – and yes, you really can have it all for the price of an appetizer!
Hamilton cast: who stars in the Disney Plus release?
Hamilton’s cinematic release features the original cast of the show, which first debuted off-Broadway in 2015 before being moved to the Richard Rodgers Theatre as it became obvious it wasn’t just another musical…
- Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
- Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson
- Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
- Christopher Jackson as George Washington
- Jonathan Groff as King George
- Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
- Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
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