Hamilton hacked: Miranda lops off period ponytail
Goodbye, Hamilton. Goodbye, ponytail.
Lin- Manuel Miranda has opted for a new look as he makes his big transition: Saturday night, he said farewell to his
Hamilton gig, then to his Hamilton hair. In a tweet posted shortly after 1 a. m. ET Sunday, the Hamilton creator and star shared a photograph of his Hamilcut, captioning the chopped locks “Teach ’ em how to say goodbye.”
The symbolic severing of ties between the actor and his character capped off a night filled with emotion as Miranda and two other members of the original Broadway musical’s cast, Leslie Odom Jr. ( Aaron Burr) and Phillipa Soo ( Eliza Hamilton), said farewell. Miranda ended his run as Alexander Hamilton after his popular show took home 11 Tony Awards, including best musical and best book of a musical.
Tickets for Miranda’s final show ( although he has said he may eventually revisit the production) were listed for as much as $ 20,000 on ticket resale sites such as StubHub. The crowd, which lined up around the theater hours before the start time, included Jennifer Lopez and Secretary of State John Kerry.
When Miranda walked out on the stage and sang, “My name is Alexander Hamilton,” the crowd stood and applauded for a full minute.
What’s next for Miranda? He’ll star opposite Emily Blunt in Disney’s Mary
Poppins Returns ( in theaters Dec. 25, 2018). Just like Hamilton, the man is non- stop.