Fans want to be — have got to be — in the room where it happens. Leslie Odom Jr. returns as Aaron Burr in “Hamilton” this ...

Leslie Odom Jr. will return to star in Hamilton this fall as Aaron Burr. Odom, who originated the role Off-Broadway and later won a Tony Award for his portrayal, will return to the show starting ...

Leslie Odom Jr. was personally invited back to ‘Hamilton’ While on TODAY, Odom Jr. shared that Jeffrey Seller, Miranda and Thomas Kail, all creative team members, invited him to reprise his role.

Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," is coming back for another shot, a role he says "gave me life." Odom, who played Aaron Burr opposite ...

Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical "Hamilton," is coming back for another shot, a role he says "gave me life." Odom, who played Aaron Burr opposite ...

NEW YORK — Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” is coming back for another shot, a role he says “gave me life.” Odom, who played ...

For Leslie Odom Jr., it meant a Tony Award, a Grammy, and a place in Broadway history. "It's social currency now – how early you saw 'Hamilton,' not [even] that you saw it,'" he said.

Long before the “Hamilton” hype had spread, before everyone from Hillary Clinton to Beyoncé had seen it, one of Odom’s inspirations sat, disconcertingly visible, in the audience.

Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. is not throwing away his shot at a career beyond Broadway. “When I finished with ‘Hamilton,’ what I wanted to do was everything that people wouldn’t let me do ...

Just finishing his epic Tony-winning run as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, Leslie Odom, Jr. reflects about leaving the show, his new self-titled CD, and what drives his joy.

FILE -- Leslie Odom Jr., who won a Tony for his portrayal of Aaron Burr, in "Hamilton" at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, July 11, 2015.