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Meet the New Leads of the Revolution - HAMILTON's Brandon Victor Dixon, Lexi Lawson & Michael Luwoye!

By: Jul. 06, 2016
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As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this morning, HAMILTON will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr, Lexi Lawson as Eliza Hamilton, and Michael Luwoye, who will perform as alternate to Javier Muñoz in the title role to the Broadway company this summer. In celebration of the big casting news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at some of the trio's top performances!

With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. The musical will celebrate its 1st anniversary at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46 St.) on August 6.

HAMILTON won eleven 2016 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Score, Book of a Musical, Direction of a Musical, Choreography and Orchestrations. Mr. Miranda received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Hamilton.

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now.


Brandon Victor Dixon

Dixon was nominated last season for the 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. Dixon also starred in MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL on Broadway, receiving a Grammy Award nomination, and headlined the original cast of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre, and later in London's West End where he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

Watch Dixon perform 'Go Back Home' from the hit musical THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS:

Don't miss Dixon perform 'One and Only' at BROADWAY SINGS ADELE:

Check out Dixon and Valisia LeKae perform 'You're All I Need to Get By' from MOTOWN:


Lexi Lawson

Lawson returns to the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, having performed in the first national tour of his Tony-winning Best Musical IN THE HEIGHTS in the leading role of Vanessa. She also portrayed Mimi in the Broadway tour of RENT.

Watch Lawson perform a mashup of her song 'Someday' and Adele's 'Someone Like You':

Lawson heads back to 'THE HEIGHTS' with 'It Won't Be Long Now' from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical:

Check out Lawson perform 'Turn the Beat Around' alongside Arielle Jacobs and Tinuke Oyefule:


Michael Luwoye

Luwoye makes his Broadway debut in Hamilton, having appeared most recently Off-Broadway in the musical INVISIBLE THREAD, for which he received a 2016 Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor.

Watch Luwoye perform Jackson Brown's 'These Days':





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