Schuyler Sister, Disney Princess?
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 10:00AM 
With Hamilton fever not relenting any time soon, we're starting to get excited for Lin-Manuel Miranda's next projects, including the resucitated In the Heights movie adaptation and Mary Poppins sequel with Emily Blunt. But we won't have to wait years for his next musical feat: he's partnered with Disney for the music on November's animated Moana.
But he's taking some Hamilton family with him: castmate and Schuyler Sister Phillipa Soo has joined the vocal cast which also includes Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and newcomer Auli'i Cravalho.
The casting doesn't come with details on her character beyond "villager", with much of the South Pacific-set animated film still under wraps, but surely you're thinking what I'm thinking. Could Soo be following the likes of Idina Menzel and Jodi Benson from Broadway leading lady to Disney princess? Besides, aren't Schuyler Sisters already the girl power heroes we always hope new Disney princesses will be?
Call it a stretch with as little as we know about the film (and she's not the title character - *shrug* details), but considering the composer connection, we can at least expect some gorgeous music to come from the actress. She faces stiff competition for Lead Actress in a Musical at the Tonys this Sunday, but might we even see her performing at the Oscars come 2017? Miranda shares scoring duties with Opetaia Foa'i and Mark Mancini, and could already be safe bets for Original Song nominees thanks to Disney and Hamilton's combined cache. If Soo got one of the film's key songs, it would be quite a thrilling (and fast) reunion.
Moana Opens this Thanksgiving! What other Hamilton cast member would you like to see join the Disney ranks?
Reader Comments (3)
Barring some huge scandal, I think the Academy would love to give Lin-Manuel Miranda an Oscar, probably sooner rather than later so even this early on I'd say that Moana is a lock to win Best Song.
It would be nice if Renee Elise Goldsberry got a sweet Disney role because she's been low-key fantastic for quite some time.
Also if Cynthia Erivo loses to Phillipa Soo because of the Hamilton wave ,i'll be forced to riot in the streets and turn over a car or two.
if miranda wins best song next year it means he completed his egot in nine years, beating robert lopez's ten [a record i didn't think would be bettered]