Odom begins performances on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 for a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, November 23, 2025 at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036).

The announcement was made this morning during Odom’s live appearance on NBC’s “The Today Show.” To celebrate the news, a new block of tickets has been released and is now on sale through November 23, 2025 at hamiltonmusical.com.

This return engagement comes as Hamilton prepares to mark a major milestone: The revolutionary musical will celebrate its tenth anniversary on Broadway this summer, on August 6, 2025.

Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr in ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus.

Leslie Odom, Jr.’s performance

“Returning to Hamilton is a deeply meaningful homecoming,” said Leslie Odom, Jr. “I’m so grateful for the chance to step back into the room—especially during this anniversary moment—and to revisit this brilliant piece that forever changed my life and the lives of so many.”

“When I saw Leslie perform “The Room Where It Happens” at the first act two workshop of Hamilton, I knew I was witnessing a historic moment.  How lucky we are that Leslie is returning to Hamilton and bringing his indelible Burr back to Broadway,” said Hamilton’s lead producer Jeffrey Seller.

Odom originated the role of Aaron Burr in Hamilton’s Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, earning a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and a Grammy Award as a principal soloist on the Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Odom’s other career highlights

Last season, Odom made his Broadway return as a producer and star in the acclaimed revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by Ossie Davis. The production earned six Tony Award nominations, including one for Odom’s performance, and aired as part of PBS’ “Great Performances.”

Odom’s career spans stage, screen, music, and literature. He received two Academy Award nominations for his portrayal of Sam Cooke in One Night in Miami, directed by Regina King, and has starred in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Many Saints of Newark, Harriet, and more. Television credits include “Central Park,” “Abbott Elementary,” “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” and Hamilton on Disney+. He also hosted “The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!” on CBS.

A New York Times bestselling author, Odom recently re-released his inspirational memoir Failing Up in paperback (March 2025) and is the co-author—alongside Nicolette Robinson—of the New York Times bestselling children’s book I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know. He has released five studio albums, including his most recent, When A Crooner Dies (2023).

About Hamilton

Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now.  Featuring​ a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education.

With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography. It has won Tony​​, Grammy​​, and Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

Hamilton features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, casting by The Telsey Office, Bethany Knox, CSA, and General Management by Baseline Theatrical.

Ticket info & more

The musical is produced by Jeffrey Seller, Sander Jacobs, Jill Furman and The Public Theater.

The Hamilton Original Broadway Cast Recording is available everywhere nationwide.  The Hamilton recording received a 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theatre Album.

Tickets are now available at hamiltonmusical.com or the Richard Rodgers Theatre box office.

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‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Leslie Odom, Jr. & Kara Young. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

PURLIE VICTORIOUS: A NON-CONFEDERATE ROMP THROUGH THE COTTON PATCH
Written by Ossie Davis
Directed by Kenny Leon
Through January 28, 2024

Music Box Theatre

239 West 45th Street
(212-719-6200), www.PurlieVictorious.com

By David NouNou

Originally written and produced in 1961, this is the first revival of Ossie Davis’s play Purlie Victorious, written for himself and his wife, Ruby Dee. Mr. Davis played the title role and Ms. Dee played Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins. I am sure that version was played in earnest seriousness about the remnants of slavery, working on a plantation in the South for the racist white master who has inflicted pain, misery, and cheated them at every turn. Yet they still had to appear grateful that they had a job and had to praise the bigot endlessly for his tyranny.

Spirited preacher Purlie Victorious Judson (Leslie Odom, Jr.) returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community’s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s (Jay O. Sanders) plantation. Purlie hopes to swindle Cotchipee of the $500 inheritance due to his long-lost dead cousin’s daughter. With the help of Lutiebelle (Kara Young), Purlie makes her play the daughter and use the money to achieve his goals. Ol’ Cotchipee has a son, Charlie (Noah Robbins), who sees things differently than his father. Charlie actually sees and understands the Black plight, and comes to their defense.

Director Kenny Leon has taken a different view of the proceedings. He has updated the plight to comic effect, and in one instance, it resembles a scene from Mack Sennett’s silent film series Keystone Kops. This does not diminish the message, but releases some humor for contemporary audiences.

Leslie Odom, Jr.—absent from Broadway since his Tony Award-winning role as Aaron Burr in the blockbuster musical Hamilton—is dynamic as Purlie. His performance is spirited and forceful and he believes in the cause for which he is fighting.

Two-time Tony Award nominee Kara Young as Lutiebelle will get her third consecutive nomination, and I can’t imagine her losing this time around. She is a force of nature and delivers another indelible performance.

The two most heartfelt and genuine performances belong to Vanessa Bell Calloway (Idella Landy) who has been a servant to the Ol’ Capn’ for more than 40 years and genuinely cares for his son Charlie. The second outstanding performance is given by Noah Robbins as Charlie, a young man who sees the injustices done by his father. Both their performances are so sincere, and neither pander for a cheap laugh. The laughs come from their sincerity. A footnote here: The role of Charlie Cotchipee was originally played by Alan Alda in 1961.

Purlie Victorious is not to be confused with the 1970 Broadway musical Purlie, with the late Sherman Helmsley (George in TV’s “The Jeffersons”) as Gitlow Judson, the late Cleavon Little as Purlie (he won a Tony for the role), and R&B star Melba Moore as Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins (she also won a Tony for her role). The musical was adapted from the play.

Purlie Victorious holds the test of time, and the issues are just as relevant as they were back in 1961. They are just as potent, but director Kenny Leon deftly helps the cast extract  humor from Ossie Davis’ play in this current revival to underscore the absurdity and injustice of racism in both the 20^th and 21^st centuries.

Edited by Scott Harrah
Published September 29, 2023
Reviewed at September 28, 2023 press performance.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Leslie Odom, Jr. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Kara Young & Heather Alicia Simms. Photo Marc J. Franklin.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Noah Robbins & Vanessa Bell Calloway. Photo: Marc J. Franklin

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: (l to r): Kara Young, Heather Alicia Simms, Leslie Odom, Jr., Vanessa Bell Calloway, Billy Eugene Jones & Noah Robbins. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Leslie Odom, Jr. & Kara Young. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: Heather Alicia Simms & Billy Eugene Jones. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

‘PURLIE VICTORIOUS’: The cast. Photo: Marc J. Franklin.

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THE SHOW HEARD ROUND THE WORLD: Daveed Diggs (center) as Thomas Jefferson & ensemble in the revolutionary blockbuster musical ‘Hamilton’. Photo: Joan Marcus

HAMILTON
Music, book & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler
Inspired by the biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Directed by Thomas Kail
Richard Rodgers Theatre
226 West 46th Street
(877-250-2929), http://www.hamiltonbroadway.com/

By Scott Harrah

Once or twice in a decade, a Broadway show comes along that is so innovative and unprecedented that it changes the American musical theater as we know it. In the 1990s, it was Rent. Nearly five years ago, it was the irreverent The Book of Mormon. In 2015, the game-changing musical is, without question, the blockbuster Hamilton, which recently transferred to Broadway after a sold-out run downtown at the Public Theater.

Indeed, Alexander Hamilton is mostly known to Americans for being on the $10 bill because he was one of the founding fathers of the United States. Unless one is an American history buff, we forget that Hamilton was chief state aide to George Washington, advocate of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the U.S. financial system, the first Secretary of the Treasury, and founder of the world’s first voter-based political system, the Federalist Party, and more. Most know the stories of the other founding fathers of our nation, but not Hamilton, and the true genius of this show is how music, lyric and book writer Lin-Manuel Miranda used Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton as the basis for the story and created a theatrical masterpiece. Mr. Miranda has taken what’s normally considered a dry subject, early American history, and turned it into an entertaining epic that appeals to the masses of all ages. Yes, the chronology of events in the American Revolutionary War are all here, but Mr. Miranda adds depth and complexity to everyone from George Washington (Christopher Jackson) to Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom, Jr.) and Thomas Jefferson (Daveed Diggs). There hasn’t been a Broadway musical with this much youthful magnetism and solid storytelling in many moons.

Hype has surrounded this show ever since it debuted at the Public this past winter. Hamilton has been the hottest ticket in town and one has not been able to go online or open a newspaper or magazine without reading some blurb singing its praises in the past six months. The hoopla is all justified, because from the two opening numbers, “Alexander Hamilton” (an expository song that sums up the man’s early life) and “My Shot” in Act I, Hamilton at first seems more like a seamless, energetic pop music concert than a Broadway musical, but in essence there is really nothing gimmicky going on at all. Yes, there are hip-hop and pop-style songs, but also many beautiful ballads and more traditional show tunes, all of which propel the story forward exquisitely. Mr. Miranda has also created an intricate historical epic that unfolds with rapid-fire energy and never lets up. It is completely unlike any of Mr. Miranda’s previous efforts, namely In the Heights, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2008.

We learn all the biographical details about Alexander Hamilton, the illegitimate son of a Scotsman and a prostitute born in the Caribbean, to his journey to America and how he helped the other founding fathers create the new USA after the Revolutionary War, but we also learn about Hamilton’s clashes with the third Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr (Mr. Odom, Jr.), in the show-stopping song “The Room Where It Happens,” a number so infectious that it could easily be released as a pop song on the radio. The same holds true for George Washington’s ballad “One Last Time.” As Hamilton, Mr. Miranda’s performance is consistently solid, sincere and convincing, even if he’s not always the most dynamic performer on the stage.

Stage and TV star Jonathan Groff is a true scene-stealer as Mad King George III, America’s last monarch. Taking over the role originated Off Broadway at the Public by Brian d’Arcy James, Mr. Groff, clad in his huge regal crown and full king regalia, holding an imperial scepter, portrays the king as a petulant buffoon, seeing the revolting colonists as naughty, wayward children as he belts out such songs as “You’ll Be Back” with amusing, snarky aplomb.

The women in Hamilton’s life are just as influential, showing how they, too, made a difference in the early days of our nation. Renee Elise Goldsberry, as Angelica Schuyler, the sister of Hamilton’s wife, is especially moving whenever she sings “Satisfied” in her soaring voice. Phillipa Soo is equally outstanding as Eliza, Hamilton’s wife, a woman who petitioned Congress to publish her husband’s writings. Whenever Ms. Goldsberry and Ms. Soo sing, they bring down the proverbial house. Ms. Soo is absolutely haunting when singing “Burn,” a ballad about the pain of being Hamilton’s long-suffering wife.

Director Thomas Kail keeps the story moving along with fluid precision and at an exhausting, nonstop pace at all times. Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography is graceful and marvelously stylized; the fusion of direction and choreography complement each other in the frenetic goings-on in this nearly three-hour, monumental show. Hamilton has truly started a Broadway revolution and will continue to influence the American musical theater for years to come.

GEORGE WASHINGTON: Christopher Jackson & ensemble in ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus

GREAT WOMEN OF THE NEW AMERICAN NATION: Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldberry & Jasmine Cephas Jones in ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus

MAD KING GEORGE III: Jonathan Groff as America’s last monarch. Photo: Joan Marcus

AARON BURR: Leslie Odom, Jr. in ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus

ELIZA & ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Phillipa Soo & Lin-Manuel Miranda. Photo: Joan Marcus

THOMAS JEFFERSON: Daveed Diggs in ‘Hamilton.’

AARON BURR & CO: Leslie Odom, Jr. & ensemble in ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus

THE ‘RENT’ & ‘BOOK OF MORMON’ OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM TEENS: The cast of the monster hit ‘Hamilton.’ Photo: Joan Marcus

Video montage from Hamilton

Edited by Scott Harrah
Published August 15, 2015
Reviewed at press performance on August 13, 2015

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