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| From left, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones in the musical “Hamilton.”Sara Krulwich/The New York Times |
The Schuyler Sisters are singing at the Super Bowl.
The National Football League said Friday that Phillipa
Soo, Renée
Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones, the actresses who
originated the roles of Eliza, Angelica and Peggy Schuyler in “Hamilton,” would
reunite to perform “America the Beautiful” during the televised pregame show.
The three women are popular among fans of the Broadway musical —
at the annual BroadwayCon gathering of theater fans,
now underway in New York, some people dress as the characters, and at a recent
Sotheby’s auction
of Hamilton family documents there was particular interest in
correspondence involving the sisters. (Eliza, of course, married Alexander
Hamilton, and, after his death in a duel, became a champion of his legacy;
Angelica was a confidante of both Alexander and Eliza.)
None of the actresses is still in the show’s cast. Ms. Soo is
preparing to
star in the title role of a new Broadway musical, “Amélie,” which
begins previews March 9; Ms. Goldsberry, who won a Tony award for her
performance in “Hamilton,” is now working on the Netflix series “Altered
Carbon,” and Ms. Jones has filmed appearances in “Girls” and “Blood Surf.”
The N.F.L. had previously announced that the Super Bowl halftime
show would be headlined
by Lady Gaga, and that Luke Bryan would sing the national
anthem.
The pregame “America the Beautiful” has been sung by a variety
of pop stars, including Ray Charles, Alicia Keys and Faith Hill.
This year’s Super Bowl, which will take place in Houston, is
scheduled to begin at 6:30 Eastern Time on Feb. 5 on FOX television. “America
the Beautiful” is expected to air shortly before then — at about 6:20 Eastern
Time.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/theater/super-bowl-pregame-hamilton-schuyler-sisters.html