Whereas many know the miracle of Renée Elise Goldsberry’s profession, few might know the miracle of her household.
Her new documentary, “Glad,” which started its restricted theatrical run on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, places each tales facet by facet.
The 54-year-old actress and singer—finest recognized for originating the function of Angelica Schuyler in “Hamilton,” a efficiency that earned her the 2016 Tony Award—has lengthy been candid about her struggles with fertility. She revealed to Folks journal that she skilled being pregnant loss 5 instances earlier than welcoming her son Benjamin, now 16, together with her husband Alexis Johnson. Later, the couple adopted their daughter, Brielle.
“I didn’t know that this may occur for me,” she informed the publication. “There have been so many missed alternatives, there have been so many miscarriages. I used to be making an attempt to get very comfy with the concept perhaps I might not have a household in that approach and I had to determine how I used to be going to have a household — and there are such a lot of methods to have a household — I used to be simply making an attempt to open my coronary heart as much as different methods it may look. After which, Benjamin.”
“Glad,” which shares the identify of her showstopping quantity in “Hamilton,” expands on that deeply private testimony. That includes authentic songs, years of vlogs and residential movies, and behind-the-scenes footage from the unique 2015 Broadway run of “Hamilton,” the movie intertwines Goldsberry’s skilled triumphs with the personal prices of sustaining a household via them. It additionally meditates on the toll “Hamilton” exacted from its forged and crew, asking who finally pays the value of such a cultural phenomenon.
For Goldsberry, making the documentary was additionally about giving one thing again. Premiering first on the 2024 Tribeca Movie Pageant, she informed the “In the present day” present on the time that “Glad” is a strategy to return each the time and “Hamilton” itself to her youngsters.
“The fantastic thing about that is that I get to present ‘Hamilton’ again to my youngsters,” she stated. “They’ll see my expertise, which they hear about and noticed, however to know that whereas I used to be doing it, my pleasure and gas was them.”
“Glad” is taking part in in choose theaters nationwide via October 2, 2025.
