After a tough audition Rachelle Ann Go was told she will play Eliza Schuyler in Hamilton
Rachelle Ann Go has won a revolutionary
role — playing the wife of
Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s Founding
Fathers, in the London production of acclaimed Broadway musical
Hamilton.
The actress, who appeared in
the recent West End revival of Miss Saigon and played Fantine in Les
Miserables, will portray Eliza Schuyler Hamilton: described as a woman
of immense warmth.
‘When I listened to
the songs, and read about her and how she handled everything, I thought:
“I want to be like her — and I want to be in Hamilton!’ Rachelle told
me over breakfast in New York.
Following
tough auditions in front of director Tommy Kail, producers Jeffrey
Seller and Cameron Mackintosh — not to mention Lin-Manuel Miranda, the
theatrical polymath who wrote the book (adapting it from Ron Chernow’s
biography), music, lyrics and played the title role — Rachelle was told
she’d been picked to be in the year’s most anticipated show, which
begins previews at the Victoria Palace on November 21.
An
initial 150,000 tickets went on sale last week and sold within hours.
Another 150,000 will be made available from noon on Monday. As was first
revealed here, tickets will be sold in a paperless system to thwart
touts.