‘Hamilton’ star boosting Afro-Latinx, queer representation
washingtonblade.com‘Hamilton’Through Oct. 9The Kennedy Center Opera House2700 F St., N.W.$59–$399Kennedy-center.org For gay Latinx actor Pierre Jean Gonzalez, playing the title Founding Father in the national tour of “Hamilton” isn’t just another part. “It’s a powerful thing,” says Gonzalez, recognizing the enormity of the job. “We all learned history in school.
We know who’s who when we look at a textbook; but when people who look like you are telling the story, it shifts.” Currently moored to the Kennedy Center Opera House through Oct.
9, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s seminal 2015 sung-and-rapped through musical presents early American history in a novel and inclusive way, focusing on the life experience of one man.
With 11 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the show continues to be the hottest draw in town wherever it pitches its tent. “When I step on stage as Hamilton, I’m continually amazed by the pandemonium in the audience, especially the younger fans.
