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| Brandon Victor Dixon |
1999 Donna Reed scholarship finalist in musical theater cast as new Aaron Burr
Two-time
Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Shuffle
Along)
will join the cast of Broadway's Hamilton
in
mid-August, replacing Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr.
Dixon was nominated last season for a Tony Award for Best
Featured Actor in a Musical for Shuffle
Along,
and was previously nominated for Best Featured Actor for the original
production of the The
Color Purple.
The
stage star previously acted in Motown and
the Off Broadway production of The
Scottsboro Boys.
In
addition to winning the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Hamilton won
11 Tony Awards this year, including the evening's biggest prize, Best
Musical. The show's creator Lin-Manuel Miranda took home two prizes
himself for both Book and Score, while his costar Leslie Odom Jr.
bested him in the Leading Actor category.
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