Lin-Manuel Miranda reportedly sets date for final 'Hamilton' performance
Lin-Manuel Miranda is ready to step out of Alexander Hamilton's shoes.
The creator of the award-winning Broadway smash Hamilton is reportedly going to perform one last time on July 9, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
That's right -- you only have about a month to catch the original star as the ten dollar founding father. And tickets are still as hard to get as ever (but hey, maybe not as hard as you think).
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Representatives for Miranda tell Mashable there is nothing to confirm at the moment.
In addition, contracts for current cast members are set to expire. The cast is "seeking big pay raises" or will walk, THR says. The show made $1.9 million last week.
Miranda has been busy with other upcoming projects. He's penned music for the upcoming Disney animated musical Moana, he'll star in the Mary Poppins remake and the Weinstein Co. is adapting his first musical, In the Heights, into a film.
Meanwhile, his profile has skyrocketed and the Hamilton accolades have been rolling in. Miranda has won a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony nominations -- which he's sure to win. Overall, Hamilton earned a record-breaking 16 Tony nominations, the most for a musical in the awards show's history.
Hamilton performances began at the Public Theater January 2015 and Miranda has stayed on longer than is typical for an original cast member. Here's hoping George Washington finally taught him how to say goodbye.
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Yohana Desta was the senior film reporter for Mashable. She is a Northern Virginia native and an American University grad. She enjoys carefully curating her Instagram account and can often be found reading books, going to concerts, watching movies and learning way too much about pop culture.
