In what might be termed a theatrical flash mob, the cast of "Hamilton" took their talents outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre and into the streets of New York to perform "My Shot" spicing up an otherwise ordinary city scene with some Broadway flair. This stunt was part of the 10th-anniversary celebrations for the influential musical, and the escapade was captured in a new video that premiered on Nov. 24, according to TODAY.
Starring Trey Curtis as Alexander Hamilton, he delivered the character’s ambitious lyrics with concrete determination, surrounded by surprised and delighted passersby. Donning their Revolutionary-era costumes, the cast members leapt into action among taxis and pedestrians, embracing their "young, scrappy and hungry" personas on the very streets of the city that never sleeps. Meanwhile, the musical itself, inspired by Ron Chernow’s biography "Alexander Hamilton," has spent a decade tracing the footsteps of one of America's key Founding Fathers through song and dance, as per TODAY.
Directed by Thomas Kail and featuring the signature choreography of Andy Blankenbuehler, with Alex Lacamoire's touch on musical supervision and orchestrations, this wildly successful show has grabbed not only 11 Tony Awards but also a Pulitzer Prize for Drama since its opening on Aug. 6, 2015, as noted by NBC New York. The 10th-anniversary celebrations have included a special reunion medley by the original cast at the Tonys earlier this year, as well as a gala performance attended by the early cast and celebrities.
Notably, the magnetism of "Hamilton" seems to remain undimmed with time. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the brains behind the musical, seemed as though not believing "people are still talking about" his creation ten years on, as he expressed in a September 2025 interview with NBC's Morgan Radford. A recorded 2016 performance had previously found a new audience at the Delacorte Theater on Sept. 5, after the filmed show made its digital bow on Disney+ in 2020. In a riveting turn of events, Leslie Odom Jr. also returned to reprise his Tony-winning role as Aaron Burr earlier this year, marking yet another high point in the decade-long run of this cultural phenomenon.
