Cast Members Of Hamilton Performed Numbers At The White House Today
President Obama introduced the performance.
Cast members from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Grammy-winning musical Hamilton performed numbers from the show today at the White House for a crowd of high school students. They performed "Alexander Hamilton" and "My Shot".
The performance was introduced by President Obama, who shared a memory of Miranda performing a number from the Hamilton album at the White House Poetry Jam in 2009: "Not to take undue credit or anything, but this is definitely the room where it happened, right here."
Watch Obama's introduction, which begins 43 minutes and 30 seconds in, and the full performance below. Obama also assisted Miranda with a freestyle in the rose garden.