Hamilton Flips The Streaming Script. Produced For TV, It Commits To Theatrical

The first story that everyone was all over after Lin-Manuel Miranda let the public know that Hamilton was coming to The Big Screen was the price tag. Disney paid $75 million, plus a commitment to a full theatrical release.

In every story was also the fact that the "film" of Hamilton was shot live on the Broadway stage with the original cast a few years back when they were just weeks away from breaking up.

There are a lot of layers to this that haven't yet been chewed upon.

Unless you have Broadway HD or are over 50, you probably don't remember when there was a regular stream of hit Broadway shows made for Great Performances, HBO, and other cable networks. And Hamilton: The Movie will be in the form of those made-for-television productions. It may be a great version of them. It may be average. The content of the show will out.

But still... interesting. As this is discussed, it was announced that Spike Lee will be making his second Broadway conversion -— first was Passing Strange, the new o…