VIDEO: Darren Criss & Leslie Odom Jr. Show Off Their Musical Improv Skills in Emoji Challenge

By: Sep. 17, 2015
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Mashable.com challenged Darren Criss (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH) and Leslie Odom Jr. (HAMILTON) to show off their musical improv skills. The Broadway veterans were tasked with choosing three emoji out of a hat, and creating a song about them on the spot.

Check out the astonishing results below, including "Dancing Lady", "Augergine" and "Do It Like This"!

Darren Criss is a musician, composer and actor, who starred as Blaine Anderson on Fox's Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning series GLEE. He made his Broadway debut in 2012 as J. Pierrepont Finch in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING and recently starred in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.

Leslie Odom Jr. currently stars as Aaron Burr in the hit Broadway show HAMILTON. He previously starred on Broadway in LEAP OF FAITH and appeared on NBC's SMASH.


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