Get the latest gossip
Leslie Odom Jr. to reprise his Tony-winning role in 'Hamilton' this fall
Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," is coming back for another shot, a role he says "gave me life."
Many in the cast alongside Odom were relatively unknown to the wider world when they hit the stage: Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos and Phillipa Soo. "Odom, who played Aaron Burr opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda's Alexander Hamilton, will return to his Tony Award-winning role at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Sept. 9 through Nov. And the best way for me to do that is to be open and present in that moment," he adds.Odom earned another Tony nomination last year for the comedy "Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch" by Ossie Davis.After "Hamilton," he was on the big screen in "Glass Onion" with Daniel Craig and "The Many Saints of Newark" with Alessandro Nivola, and portrayed Sam Cooke in "One Night in Miami.
Or read this on WLKY
