Video Flashback: King Rory O'Malley Arrives in HAMILTON Tonight; Long May He Reign!

Make way! There's a new King in town.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony Award-nominee Rory O'Malley will reign as King George in the Broadway musical Hamilton starting today, April 11 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46 St). Jonathan Groff (Tony Award-Nominee) played his final performance on Saturday, April 9 to begin filming the lead role in David Fincher's new drama series for Netflix entitled "Mindhunter."

Rory O'Malley was last seen on Broadway singing "Turn It Off" as Elder McKinley in The Book of Mormon, for which he received Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Off-Broadway credits include Nobody Loves You (Drama Desk nomination) and Little Miss Sunshine. Television credits include "Partners" alongside Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence, "Nurse Jackie," "The Good Wife," "Law & Order: SVU," "1600 Penn" and the film Dreamgirls.

In celebration of this special day, we're bringing you all things Rory O'Malley. First, go behind the scenes of his HAMILTON coronation:

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Now flash back to his days as THE BOOK OF MORMON's 'Elder McKinley,' a role that earned him a 2011 Tony nomination.

Now learn about his unconventional childhood in his solo show, PUB CRAWL:

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Did you know that Rory makes a cameo with Laura Bell Bundy in 2006's Dreamgirls? Now you do!

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In 2012, he took part in the LA premiere of Dustin Lance Black's 8, a play about marriage equality and Prop. 8.

He's always been a huge supporter of BC/EFA and even opened the Easter Bonnet Competition on 2014.

Break a leg tonight, Mr. O'Malley!

Inspired by the book "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire.

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Hamilton's score blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway -- the story of America then, as told by America now.