WON’T HE DO IT!
When one door closes, God surely opens an even BIGGER one, can I get an Amen? Two-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry joins the Chicago company of Hamilton: The Musical in Chicago as “Aaron Burr”, it was announced earlier today. Henry just concluded the Broadway run of Shuffle Along where he created the role of “Noble Sissle.” Henry, who made his Broadway debut in Lin Manual-Miranda’s In The Heights , received Tony Award nominations for his roles in The Scottsboro Boys and Violet.
Additional casting announced Jonathan Kirkland, who recently appeared in the Encores production of Cabin in Sky, is slated to play “George Washington.”
As we previously announced Wallace Smith and Samantha Marie Ware joined the cast as “Hercules Mulligan/James Madison” and “Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds” respectively.
The rest of the principal cast includes Miguel Cervantes (Alexander Hamilton), Ari Afsar (Eliza Hamilton), Alexander Gemignani (King George III), Chris Lee (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Joseph Morales (Alternate Hamilton), Jose Ramos (John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton). This also marks Tony Award winner Karen Olivo’s return to the stage as Angelica Schuyler, after a two-year hiatus to teach in Wisconsin.
Rounding out the cast is ensemble members Sam Aberman, Jose Amore, Amber Ardolino, Remmie Bourgeoise, Chloe Campbell, Joseph Chaikin, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, John Michael Fiumara, Jean Godsend Floridan, Aaron Gordon, Jin Ha, Holly James, Malik Kitchen, Colby Lewis, Dash Mitchell, Justice Moore, Samantha Pollino, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Gabriella Sorrentino and Aubin Wise.
How awesome is it that we’ll have Joshua and Brandon playing the same role, at THE SAME TIME (different cities) for a change. As we know, the two actors are often each other’s replacements and for the first time Shuffle Along allowed them to work along side one another.
If you didn’t get those tickets before, now is the time to figure out how you can be in the room where it happens.
Performances begin September 27 at the PrivateBank Theatre.
