Two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon begins performances mid-August (date TBA) as Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Also joining the Broadway cast on July 11 are Lexi Lawson in the role of Eliza Hamilton, and Michael Luwoye, who performs as alternate to Javier Muñoz in the title role. Starting July 11, Mr. Muñoz will formally take over the role of Hamilton, a part he has played as Lin-Manuel Miranda’s alternate since the musical debuted Off-Broadway last year.
Brandon Victor Dixon (Photo: lev radin / Shutterstock.com via The Broadway Blog)
Brandon Victor 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. Mr. 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.
Ms. Lawson returns to the music of Lin-Manuel Miranda, have 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. Lexie steps into the role of Schuyler sister Eliza in Hamilton, currently performed by Phillipa Soo through July 9.
Michael 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.
Javier Muñoz will play Alexander Hamilton seven shows a week, while Michael Luwoye performs the role once weekly.