What starring role did the actor and singer play in a 2015 musical based on a 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton?
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Hamilton (album) Hamilton is the cast album to the 2015 musical "Hamilton". The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The recording stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Jonathan Groff. It also features Jon Rua, Thayne Jasperson, Sydney James Harcourt, Ariana DeBose, and Sasha Hutchings. It achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and is the highest-charting cast album since 1963. It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Album chart, the first cast album to ever do so.
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Leslie Odom Jr. Leslie Odom Jr. ( , born August 6, 1981) is an American actor and singer. He has performed on Broadway and in television and film, as well as in other theatrical productions. He is known for his work in the role of Aaron Burr in the musical "Hamilton", a performance for which he won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album as a principal vocalist, and Sam Strickland in the 2013 musical television series "Smash".
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Earl Carpenter Earl Carpenter (born 9 May 1970) is an English musical theatre actor, recognised chiefly for his work in London's West End. He is known for his performances as Javert in the stage musical "Les Misérables" and as the Phantom in the London production of "The Phantom of the Opera". He recently starred played the Phantom in the 25th Anniversary UK Tour, replacing John Owen-Jones, who left the tour in September. He made his return to Broadway in May 2015, reprising his role of Inspector Javert and recently a new show in Singapore " Forbidden City)"
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The World Was Wide Enough "The World Was Wide Enough" is the penultimate song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song recounts the events of the 1804 duel in Weehawken, New Jersey between then–Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
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Jake Epstein Jake Epstein (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian actor and singer who played Craig Manning, a bipolar musician, on "". He also played Will in the First National Tour of "American Idiot" and created the role of Gerry Goffin in the Broadway production of "".
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Tyler Hanes Tyler Jonathan Hanes (born October 12, 1982) is an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer best known for his work in Broadway musicals.
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Rob Evan Rob Evan is a singer and actor, best known as the lead performer in numerous Broadway musicals, a performer in national and international tours of musical productions, and a featured vocalist on several music albums.
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Mrs Henderson Presents (musical) Mrs Henderson Presents is a musical comedy with music by George Fenton and Simon Chamberlain, with lyrics by Don Black and a book by Terry Johnson. Based on the 2005 film "Mrs Henderson Presents", the musical received its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2015 and transferred to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre in February 2016. The film was based on the true story of Laura Henderson and London's Windmill Theatre.
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Kerstin Anderson Kerstin Anderson (born September 10, 1994) is an American stage actress and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015 U.S. national tour of "The Sound of Music". Anderson has received warm praise for her performance.
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Blake Jenner Blake Alexander Jenner (born August 27, 1992) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for winning the second season of the Oxygen reality competition series "The Glee Project" and his portrayal of Ryder Lynn in the Fox musical comedy-drama series "Glee". In 2016, he had the lead role in the Richard Linklater film "Everybody Wants Some!!" and appeared in the coming-of-age "The Edge of Seventeen".
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A Year of Songs A Year of Songs is the debut studio album by English comedian and actor Alexander Armstrong. The album was released on 6 November 2015 by Rhino and East West. It debuted at six on the UK Albums Chart, and at one on the Official Classical Artist Albums Chart.
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Corey Cott Corey Michael Cott (born March 30, 1990) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Jack Kelly in the Broadway musical, "Newsies," replacing Jeremy Jordan and for originating the role of Donny Novitski in the Broadway musical "Bandstand".
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Honeymoon in Vegas (musical) Honeymoon in Vegas is a musical with a book by Andrew Bergman and music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. The musical is based on the 1992 movie of the same name which Bergman also wrote and directed. The musical had its world premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse and premiered on Broadway in January 2015.
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Matt Henry (singer) Matt Henry is a British singer and actor who won an Olivier award for playing Lola in the London production of the musical "Kinky Boots".
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Forrest McClendon Forrest McClendon (born in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American stage actor, singer and professor. McClendon received a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical nomination in 2011 for his portrayal of Mr. Tambo in the Broadway musical, "The Scottsboro Boys". "The Scottsboro Boys" had marked McClendon's Broadway debut.
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Cheyenne Jackson Cheyenne David Jackson (born July 12, 1975) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. His credits include leading roles in Broadway musicals and other stage roles, as well as film and television roles, concert singing, and music recordings.
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Chloe Dallimore Chloe Dallimore (b. 1975?) is an Australian actor, singer and dancer, best known for performances in musical theatre.
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My Life with Albertine My Life with Albertine is a musical with music and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon and book and lyrics Richard Nelson. The story was adapted from parts of "In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust. It ran Off-Broadway in 2003.
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The Room Where It Happens "The Room Where It Happens" is the fifth song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. The musical relates the life of Alexander Hamilton and his relationships with his family, and Aaron Burr. Lin-Manuel Miranda composed the music, lyrics and book for the song and musical. The song relates the story of the Compromise of 1790.
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Hugh Panaro Hugh Panaro (born February 19, 1964) is an American actor known for his work on Broadway.
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Joshua Colley Joshua Colley is an American musical theater actor.
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David Thaxton David Thaxton (born 12 May 1982) is a Welsh singer and musical theatre and opera performer. He starred in the Donmar Warehouse's "Passion", for which he won the 2011 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He previously appeared as Enjolras in the West End production of "Les Misérables". In March 2011, he joined the cast of Love Never Dies, undertaking the role of Raoul de Chagny.