What could be more improbable than a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton—in which Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington are all played by African-Americans?
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Playing Jefferson
Brendan McMahon as Thomas Jefferson in a production of “1776.”
Bill Barker has been interpreting Thomas Jefferson for more than three decades. “I never took an acting course in college,” he says, but by finding regular work in the theater he was able to become an Equity actor in the 1980s.
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