DVR Alert: Leslie Odom Jr. & Martin Short Visit THE TONIGHT SHOW Tonight

Hamilton star and Tony nominee Leslie Odom Jr and Broadway's Martin Short (soon to star in NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE!) visit THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON tonight, May 27.

Be sure to set your DVR's. BWW will bring you video of the appearances as soon as it becomes available!

Odom, Jr. recently received a 2016 Tony nominaiton for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. Select theatre credits include Hamilton (Public Theater); tick, tick...BOOM! (City Center Encores!), Leap of Faith (Broadway), Rent (Broadway). Select TV/film: "Law & Order: SVU," "Gotham," "Person of Interest," "Supernatural," Red Tails, and "House of Lies."

Odom has been nominated for the Drama Desk, Drama League and Lucille Lortel Awards. He's won the Princess Grace Award and an Astaire Award.

With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

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. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway,Hamilton is the story of America then, as told by America now.

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