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Leslie Lloyd Odom Jr. (/ ˈ oʊ d ə m /; born August 6, 1981) [1] is an American actor, singer and songwriter. 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. [2]
Purlie Victorious (A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch) is a three-act comedic stage play written by American actor Ossie Davis.The play tells the fictional story of Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson, a dynamic traveling preacher returning to his hometown in rural Georgia, to save his small hometown church. [1]
Leslie Odom Jr. returns to Broadway to star in "Purlie Victorious," a moving yet satirical play set in the Jim Crow era, written by legend Ossie Davis.
Odom was signed to a four-album deal with S-Curve Records in 2016. [2] The first album, an updated and improved re-release of Leslie Odom Jr., was released in June 2016, before Odom left the Broadway cast of Hamilton, [3] and charted at No. 1 on Billboard Jazz and No. 147 on Billboard 200.
This fall, Leslie Odom Jr. is laughing in the face of lazy Sundays. Just before noon in early October, the casually dressed actor arrives at The Music Box Theater in Times Square in New York City ...
Leslie Odom Jr. isn’t just the star of the new, critically acclaimed Broadway revival of “Purlie Victorious.” He’s also one of its producers. The combination is really working for him.
In 2014, there was a workshop production at the 52nd Street Project starring Miranda as Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Burr, Diggs as Lafayette/Jefferson, Phillipa Soo as Eliza, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica, Anthony Ramos as Laurens/Philip, Okieriete Onaodowan as Mulligan/Madison, Ciara Renée as Peggy/Maria, James as King George III, and ...
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