NBC: Don’t Expect a ‘Hamilton’ Live TV Musical for at Least a Decade

Norman Weiss January 14, 2016, 9:16 am

NBC: Don’t expect a Hamilton live TV musical for at least a decade

NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt is actually an investor in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit biographical Broadway musical on Alexander Hamilton. “It’s a thrilling theatrical experience,” he says. “I think it’d be a thrilling movie or television experience, and yeah, I’d love to. I think it’s unrealistic for a decade or so, but check back with me then.”

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