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Hamilton National Tour Casting Announced

Three veterans of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical will take the show on the road.

Joshua Henry, Michael Luwoye, and Rory O'Malley will lead the national tour of Hamilton.
Joshua Henry, Michael Luwoye, and Rory O'Malley will lead the national tour of Hamilton.
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Tony nominees Joshua Henry and Rory O'Malley, alongside Michael Luwoye, will lead the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton. Performances begin March 10 at the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, followed by a 21-week engagement in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

Henry will take on the role of Aaron Burr, which he currently plays in the show's Chicago production. Luwoye, who will play Alexander Hamilton, currently serves as the Broadway production's Hamilton alternate. O'Malley will reprise his work at King George, which he plays on Broadway through January 15.

They will be joined as Solea Pfeiffer as Eliza Hamilton, Emmy Raver-Lampman as Angelica Schuyler, Amber Iman as Peggy/Maria, Isaiah Johnson as George Washington, Rubén J. Carbajal as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton, Jordan Donica as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, and Mathenee Treco as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison.

The ensemble includes Ryan Alvarado, Raymond Baynard, Amanda Braun, Daniel Ching, Karli Dinardo, Jeffrey Duffy, Jennifer Geller, Jacob Guzman, Julia Harriman, Afra Hines, Sabrina Imamura, Lauren Kias, Yvette Lu, Desmond Newson, Desmond Nunn, Josh Andrés Rivera, Raven Thomas, Ryan Vasquez, Keenan D. Washington, and Andrew Wojtal.

With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and music direction/orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The musical won eleven 2016 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Score, Book of a Musical, Direction of a Musical, Choreography, and Orchestrations. The musical also earned Miranda a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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