Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway‘s Hamilton this fall in a reprise of his Tony Award-winning position as Aaron Burr. An member of the unique solid, Odom’s return to Hamilton comes 9 years after he took his remaining bow in July 2016.
Odom begins performances on Tuesday, September 9, for a strictly restricted engagement via Sunday, November 23 at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre.
The announcement was made this morning throughout Odom’s dwell look on NBC’s The In the present day Present. A brand new block of tickets has been launched and is now on sale via November 23.
The announcement of Odom’s return engagement comes as Hamilton nears its tenth anniversary on Broadway on August 6.
“Returning to Hamilton is a deeply significant homecoming,” stated Odom. “I’m so grateful for the prospect to step again into the room—particularly throughout this anniversary second—and to revisit this sensible piece that perpetually modified my life and the lives of so many.”
“After I noticed Leslie carry out ‘The Room The place It Occurs’ on the first act two workshop of Hamilton, I knew I used to be witnessing a historic second. How fortunate we’re that Leslie is returning to Hamilton and bringing his indelible Burr again to Broadway,” stated Hamilton’s lead producer Jeffrey Vendor.
Odom originated the position of Aaron Burr in Hamilton’s Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, incomes a Tony Award for Greatest Main Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award as a principal soloist on the Unique Broadway Forged Recording.
Final season, Odom made his Broadway return as a producer and star within the acclaimed revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Accomplice Romp By means of the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis. The manufacturing earned six Tony Award nominations, together with one for Odom’s efficiency, and aired as a part of PBS’ “Nice Performances.”
With e-book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, path by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is predicated on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography. It has received Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented particular quotation from the Kennedy Middle Honors.
The musical is produced by Jeffrey Vendor, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.
