Here Comes the General! Nicholas Christopher Starts Performances in Hamilton

Ladies and gentlemen! Nicholas Christopher, who covered the role of George Washington this past summer, will officially begin performances as the character in the Great White Way's Hamilton beginning on November 15. He steps in for Tony nominee Christopher Jackson, who played the part "One Last Time" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on November 13.

Christopher is also set to star as John in the forthcoming revival of Miss Saigon in March 2017. His other New York theater credits include Lazarus, Whorl Inside A Loop, Motown The Musical, Rent and Hurt Village. He is set to remain at Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning tuner through the end of 2016. 

The current cast of Hamilton also features Javier Muñoz as Alexander Hamilton (with Michael Luwoye stepping in for select performances), Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr, Lexi Lawson as Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, Mandy Gonzalez as Angelica Schuyler, Seth Stewart as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds, and Rory O’Malley as King George.