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Broadway Star to Boi Wunder: Vincent Jamal Hooper is Ready to Reinvent Himself
The actor talks about playing Simba in Broadway’s 'The Lion King' and his upcoming debut pop/R&B album.
In the almost three decades since the Tony Award-winning show premiered in the Minskoff theater in 1997, several music legends have passed through those halls: Samuel E. Wright, Bradley Gibson, and Heather Headley. And it worked, as he has a handful of television and theater credits including the Off-Broadway premiere of “White Girl in Danger” and performing alongside Lin Manuel Miranda in the Puerto Rico production of “Hamilton.” Earlier this year, Hooper introduced the world to Boi Wunder, an alter ego for his pop and R&B imaginings.
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