Here Comes the General! Christopher Jackson Returns to Hamilton Tonight
Jackson will reprise his original role beginning September 8 for a limited engagement through January 3, 2027
(Photo: Joan Marcus)
What to Know
- Christopher Jackson returns to Hamilton as George Washington on September 8, reprising the role he originated for a limited Broadway engagement through January 3, 2027
- The Emmy and Grammy winner rejoins the hit musical 10 years after leaving the production
- Hamilton, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is a Tony, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway biomusical based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography
Christopher Jackson returns to Broadway's Hamilton as George Washington on September 8. Jackson revisits the hit musical 10 years after his original departure. He will play a limited engagement at the Richard Rodgers Theatre through January 3, 2027.
Jackson originated the role of George Washington in Hamilton’s off-Broadway and Broadway productions. His other Broadway credits include In the Heights, The Lion King, Memphis, After Midnight, Bronx Bombers, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Freestyle Love Supreme, Hell's Kitchen and Celebrity Autobiography. Jackson is a founding member of Freestyle Love Supreme along with Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. As a songwriter, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for “What I Am,” written for Sesame Street with Bill Sherman.
Jackson joins current Broadway cast members Marcus John as Alexander Hamilton, Donald Webber Jr. as Aaron Burr, Lauren Mariasoosay as Eliza Hamilton, Lencia Kebede as Angelica Schuyler, Wallace Smith as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, Simon Longnight as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, David Guzman as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton, Amina Faye as Peggy Schuyler/Mariah Reynolds and Jarrod Spector as King George III.
With book, music and lyrics by Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now, based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography. It has won Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.
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