Christopher Jackson Returns to Broadway's 'Hamilton' as an Older, Wiser Washington

Christopher Jackson is returning to the Broadway production of Hamilton in the role of George Washington, a part he originated. In a New York Times interview published October 5, 2026, Jackson described how the musical now plays differently for him than it did during its original run. The show, he said, was written at a moment when hope was something people were striving for and holding on to. The pandemic, in his account, did much to diminish that hope, exhausting and frightening people. Jackson's return casts Washington through the perspective of an older performer, a shift the interview frames as a wiser reading of the role. The production remains on Broadway, where Hamilton has been a fixture since its premiere. The New York Times reported on the return in its theater coverage.