(born August 6, 1981, Queens, New York, U.S.) is a multifaceted actor and singer best known for his breakout role as statesman Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda's blockbuster Broadway musical Hamilton (2015–16).
Who has played Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton on Broadway?
Javier Muñoz took over as Alexander Hamilton from Lin-Manuel Miranda on July 11, 2016, previously the role's alternate. Michael Luwoye assumed the role of Hamilton's alternate, and understudied the role of Aaron Burr.
For her performance in Hamilton, Soo received a nomination for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical. Soo played her final performance in Hamilton on July 9, 2016, and the role of Eliza was taken over by Lexi Lawson.
This song sets the time and place of the story. It also introduces the characters Aaron Burr, John Laurens, Marquis de Lafayette, and Hercules Mulligan when Hamilton meets them in a bar and informs of Hamilton's and Burr's ambitions.
Aaron Burr, sir - Hamilton (Original Cast 2016 - Live) [HD]
Who originally played Aaron Burr?
Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr.
He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1998 and first gained recognition for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year.
And Burr's landmark treason trial was one of the earliest, featuring some of the same people who were at the Constitutional Convention. Working on Burr's treason defense team in 1807 were Edmund Randolph and Luther Martin (as the lead attorney), both former constitutional delegates.
There was never proof that Angelica and Hamilton's textual flirtation ever leapt off the page and into a full-fledged affair. But Chernow wrote in his biography, "It seems plausible that Hamilton would have proposed to Angelica, not to Eliza, if the older sister had been eligible.
Eliza Schuyler Hamilton is well-known for marrying Alexander Hamilton, but she also had her own life's work after his passing. Click on each date to learn more about what happened during that year in her life!
Peggy became ill in 1799 and continued to get worse over the next two years. She died on March 14, 1801, at the age of 42. Initially buried in the Van Rensselaer estate, she reinterred to Albany Rural Cemetery at the Van Rensselaer lot.
The story of Hamilton is true (though with a little artistic license), based on the life of one of America's previously lesser known founding fathers. Though we learn the story of the birth of America, this is truly the story of Alexander Hamilton and those around him.
Hamilton's second was Nathaniel Pendleton, a Revolutionary War veteran and Georgia district court judge, while Burr had William P. Van Ness, a New York City federal judge.
The final straw for Burr was the publication of a letter in a newspaper that said Hamilton demeaned Burr's character. Burr demanded Hamilton apologize for the insults or explain them. Hamilton stayed quiet, so Burr demanded a duel. Duels were common, and both men had experience with them.
It is actually impossible to say whether Burr or Hamilton was older, as Hamilton's date of birth is not clear; he was either born on January 11th, 1755, or January 11th, 1757. If the former, he was older than Burr. If the latter, he was younger, as Burr was born on February 6th, 1756.
Despite the thrill of meeting an intellectual equal, Angelica decides Hamilton's lack of fortune is too large a romantic impediment. Her reasoning? Her father has no sons, so as the eldest daughter, it's her duty to marry rich and climb the social ladder.
Elizabeth forgave him; if she had not, his career and reputation would have been irrevocably ruined. Despite Alexander's actual and rumored affairs, the Hamiltons' personal relationship was one of mutual respect. Elizabeth accepted his flirtatiousness.
Not at all. Despite his known affairs, Eliza spent the rest of her long life defending and building up her late husband's reputation, and rarely missed a chance to make a nasty remark about burr, who in any case was pretty much a social reject.
The real Angelica married John Church in 1777, before meeting Alexander, at the age of 21. In the musical, she does not marry until after the war when she would be in her late 20s, though the real Angelica did leave for Europe with her husband in 1783.
Eliza and Alexander reconciled and remained married, and had two more children together. The first, Elizabeth, named for Eliza, was born on November 20, 1799.
Eliza sticks with Alexander because of love, loyalty, and legacy. In Hamilton Act I, Eliza asks her husband to "look around" in the number "That Would Be Enough," as she urges him to think more about family than war.
Burr was charged with treason because of the alleged conspiracy and stood trial in Richmond, Virginia. He was acquitted due to lack of evidence of treason, as Chief Justice John Marshall did not consider conspiracy without actions sufficient for conviction.
In the duel, Burr shot Hamilton in the abdomen. Hamilton returned fire and hit a tree branch above and behind Burr's head. Hamilton was transported across the Hudson River for treatment in present-day Greenwich Village in New York City, where he died the following day, on July 12, 1804.
Burr's parents died when he was a young boy, and he lived with various friends and family as a child. He went to college at Princeton in 1769 at the age of thirteen, graduating three years later. In 1775, with the outbreak of the American Revolution, Burr joined the Army to fight against the British.
