Tony Nominee Rory O’Malley to Replace Jonathan Groff in Hamilton on Broadway

What comes next for Nerds, A Musical Dot Comedy headliner Rory O'Malley after the show called off its spring Broadway bow? He will be back on the Main Stem as King George in megahit Hamilton from April 11! The Tony nominee is set to take over for Jonathan Groff, who is scheduled to depart the tuner on April 9 to work on the previously reported new Netflix drama series Mindhunter. As if you didn't know already, Hamilton is playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

O’Malley received a Tony nod for his performance as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon; he has also been seen on the Great White Way in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway credits include Nobody Loves You and Little Miss Sunshine. His screen resume includes Partners, Nurse Jackie, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, 1600 Penn and Dreamgirls. O'Malley will be the fourth man to don His Majesty's robes; Brian d'Arcy James played King George off-Broadway before Groff stepped in and later took the show to the Main Stem. Andrew Rannells briefly replaced Groff last fall, while he filmed the final installment of Looking.

Directed by Thomas Kail and featuring a book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. The new musical follows the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America, from bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Eliza Hamilton and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all make appearances in the tuner about America’s fiery past.

Starring Miranda in the title role, the cast also currently includes Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton, Daveed Diggs as Marquis De Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler and Javier Muñoz as Hamilton alternate.