What Comes Next? Rory O'Malley Takes the Throne in Broadway's Hamilton

Proving the old adage that when one door closes, another one opens, Rory O'Malley will don King George's crown in Broadway's Hamilton (heard of it?) on April 11. The Tony nominee, who had been supposed to be headlining Nerds, A Musical Dot Comedy this spring before it was called off at the eleventh hour, replaces Jonathan Groff in the gargantuan hit.

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 and is running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

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.