Odds & Ends: Brian Stokes Mitchell Tapped for Rabbit, Daveed Diggs on the Inspiration Behind His Tony Speech & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.

Tony Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell Tapped for Rabbit
Brian Stokes Mitchell will take the leap in White Rabbit Red Rabbit off-Broadway! The Tony winner is scheduled to appear on November 28. The New York premiere of Nassim Soleimanpour’s solo show, which involves a different actor every performance seeing the script for the first time just before they go on stage, is playing Monday nights at the Westside Theatre.

Date Set for Edward Albee Memorial Service
A memorial service to pay tribute to Edward Albee is scheduled for December 6 at 1PM at the August Wilson Theatre. Widely recognized as one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, Albee’s work included the Tony-winning plays The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. A limited number of seats will be available to the general public, on a first-come, first-served basis, with doors opening at 12:30PM.

Daveed Diggs on the Inspiration Behind His Tony Speech
What'd you miss? Daveed Diggs stopped by Live with Kelly on November 8 and told the story, below, behind his Tony Awards acceptance speech. "The night before I'm not sleeping and I wrote this rap. And it was so bad," the former Hamilton star admitted about his first draft, before going on to reveal when inspiration hit and how he made us all cry.


P.S. Remaining on the original Hamilton cast theme, here's Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr.'s latest track from his upcoming Simply Christmas album, "Winter Song."