{"id":342543,"date":"2026-09-10T04:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342543\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T04:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T04:36:36","slug":"photos-christopher-jackson-returns-to-hamilton-on-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342543\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Christopher Jackson Returns to Hamilton on Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Jackson, who originated the role of George Washington in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatermania.com\/shows\/new-york-city-theater\/broadway\/hamilton_307920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton<\/a>, has returned to the role at Broadway\u2019s Richard Rodgers Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1852911\" title=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-08-Hamilton_Christopher-Jackson-8.jpg\" alt=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 8\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Christopher Jackson has returned to Hamilton <br \/>(\u00a9 Tricia Baron)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturning to Hamilton as George Washington is a deeply meaningful homecoming,\u201d said Jackson in a statement. \u201cThis show changed my life, and it remains one of the great honors of my career to be part of telling this story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1852910\" title=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-08-Hamilton_Christopher-Jackson-14.jpg\" alt=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 14\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Christopher Jackson <br \/>(\u00a9 Tricia Baron)<\/p>\n<p>A Tony nominee for Hamilton, Jackson received a Grammy Award as a principal soloist on the original Broadway cast recording. He can also be seen in the filmed version of Hamilton, which is streaming on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1852909\" title=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-08-Hamilton_Christopher-Jackson-17.jpg\" alt=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 17\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"  \/>Christopher Jackson and the Hamilton company <br \/>(\u00a9 Tricia Baron)<\/p>\n<p>The winner of 11 Tony Awards, Hamilton is one of the most successful Broadway musicals ever. It tells the story of America\u2019s first treasury secretary using radio-ready pop and hip-hop songs. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the book, music, and lyrics, with direction by Thomas Kail, and choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1852908\" title=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-08-Hamilton_Christopher-Jackson-24.jpg\" alt=\"2026 09 08 Hamilton Christopher Jackson 24\" width=\"640\" height=\"959\"  \/>Christopher Jackson <br \/>(\u00a9 Tricia Baron)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Christopher Jackson, who originated the role of George Washington in Hamilton, has returned to the role at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-342543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}