Lin-Manuel Miranda Reacts to Seeing HAMILTON with President Obama in the Audience

The Broadway community has been a-buzz today with chatter about President Obama attending Saturday's matinee of HAMILTON on Broadway, as BroadwayWorld reported.

Also in the audience, however, was HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Though he usually stars in the show, he had already made plans to watch his musical today as part of his pre-opening evaluation process.

Following the performance, the actor Tweeted,

"Today I watched my Broadway show for the first time with the First Family in attendance.
Long live Javilton & this cast.
God Bless America."

He then followed it up with,

"1st week? @Steph_Klem went on.
Crowley conducted for @LacketyLac.
@JMunozActor played for POTUS.
EVERYONE here is a 1st round draft pick."

'Alexander Hamilton' alternate Javier Muñoz had the honor of performing for the President as Miranda watched.

HAMILTON is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and direction byThomas Kail, who previously collaborated on IN THE HEIGHTS.

The new musical follows the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda wields his pen and takes the stage as the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy, Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.

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