The Wait Is Over! Brandon Victor Dixon Starts Performances in Hamilton

Welcome to the room where it happens, Brandon Victor Dixon! The two-time Tony nominee will join Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary hit Hamilton as Aaron Burr (Sir) on August 23. Leslie Odom Jr., who nabbed his first Tony Award for the titanic role of the damn fool that shot him, departed the production on July 9. Understudies Andrew Chappelle, Sydney James Harcourt and Austin Smith have been stepping into the talk less, smile more character's shoes since Odom Jr.'s exit.

Dixon was nominated last season for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Shuffle Along, and was previously nominated for the original production of The Color Purple. Additional stage credits include Motown: The Musical on Broadway and The Scottsboro Boys off-Broadway and in the West End, where he received an Olivier nod.

Directed by Thomas Kail and featuring a book, music and lyrics by Miranda, Hamilton is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and is running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

The current cast also includes Javier Muñoz as Alexander Hamilton, Lexi Lawson as Eliza Hamilton, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Rory O’Malley as King George, Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds and Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler. Michael Luwoye is the alternate Hamilton.