'Hamilton' Tour: Second Tour To Commence In Early 2018
Fans of the Tony-award winning hit musical "Hamilton" are in for a treat. Producer Jeffrey Seller announced on Monday that a second "Hamilton" tour will take place early next year.
The second "Hamilton" tour will begin in February 2018 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington and will last for a total of six weeks. The tour will then head to Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Costa Mesa, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Des Moines, Iowa; Cleveland, Ohio; and Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to the Associated Press.
The newest company follows the first nationwide leg of the "Hamilton" tour, which started last week in San Francisco, as well as the production in Chicago in September of last year and the London production that will debut in November. After five months of shows at San Francisco's SHN Orpheum Theatre, the production will then move to the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles on August 11, according to Rolling Stone.
Seller reveals that the "Hamilton" tour musical has drawn "tremendous interest" in several markets all across the country. "The best way to get the show in front of as many people as possible is to form a new company to crisscross the country," he said in a statement via The Hollywood Reporter. He concluded that the show was indeed for "everyone."
Besides the added "Hamilton" tour production, the company behind it has also established permanent residencies in Chicago's Private Bank Theatre and London's Victoria Palace Theatre, which will kick off in November.
"Hamilton," as well as the "Hamilton" tour, has gained immense popularity among critics and musical fans alike for its take on the first treasury secretary of the United States and the country's founding fathers. It also has a diverse musical scoring and features a multicultural cast. Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical has won a total of 11 Tony Awards since 2016.