Last year the original Alexander Hamilton made a return engagement to the hit musical “Hamilton”.
This fall, the original George Washington, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Christopher Jackson is returning to the production
After the 10 year “Hamilton” celebration, Jackson is set for a limited engagement appearance from September 8 through January 3.
Jackson issued a statement saying, “returning to ‘Hamilton’ as George Washington is a deeply meaningful homecoming. This show changed my life, and it remains one of the great honors of my career to be part of telling this story. To step back into this room, with this company and this audience, is something I will never take for granted.”
“Hamilton” producer Jeffrey Seller spoke on the show saying, “Lin-Manuel wrote George Washington with Chris’ gorgeous voice and musicality in his head. How lucky are we that we get to experience his George Washington one last time?”
A founding member of Freestyle Love Supreme; Christopher Jackson has appeared in “In the Heights”, “After Midnight”, “The Lion King”, “Memphis”, “Bronx Bombers”, “Holler If Ya Hear Me”, and “Hell’s Kitchen”.
His television and film credits include episodes of “Bull”, “And Just Like That…”, “When They See Us”, “The Good Wife”, “Person of Interest”, “A Gifted Man”, “Nurse Jackie”, “Hamilton”, “In the Heights”, “Moana”, “Tracers”, and “Afterlife of the Party”.