Pierre Jean Gonzalez spoke with Alaska Public Media’s Wesley Early about his experience bringing the “$10 Founding Father without a father” to the Anchorage stage.
Pierre Jean Gonzalez is known for the Alexander Hamilton role in Hamilton. Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, will be the last show for Hamilton in Anchorage. The Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” made its way from Broadway to Anchorage recently, running shows at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts from mid-August through Sept. 10.
The musical tells the story of the founding of the United States from the perspective of the country’s first Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, blending show tunes and ballads with hip-hop and R&B. Pierre Jean Gonzalez starred as Hamilton in the Anchorage run. He spoke with Alaska Public Media’s Wesley Early about his experience bringing the “$10 Founding Father without a father” to the Anchorage stage.So what’s it like to play Hamilton, and why did you want this role?I mean, who doesn’t want to play Hamilton, right? Truthfully, the first time I saw the show, it kind of blew me away.
They’ve been amazing. The audiences here are lit. They’re loving the show. We’re feeling so much love from the people here. And I love the people who come again. I always catch a couple people who’ve come like a couple times, and we got to meet a couple of people who came to the backstage area and let us know that they drove eight hours, or flew or took two planes to get here, and this is the second time they saw it.
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