VIDEO: Daveed Diggs Dishes on His HAMILTON Co-Stars with Katie Couric

By: May. 12, 2016
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TV talk shows couldn't get enough of HAMILTON star and recent Tony nominee Daveed Diggs this week. First, the recent Tony nominee stopped by NBC's TONIGHT SHOW to prove why he's the fastest rapper on Broadway (Click here to watch) and to share some backstage secrets. (Click here to watch)Next, it was on to NBC's TODAY to share video of how he learned he was nominated for a Tony Award. (Click here to watch) Finally, the rapper talked with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric and shared the scoop on his HAMILTON co-stars. Check out the appearance below!

Daveed Diggs was recently nominated for a 2016 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for his dual role as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jeffersonin Hamilton. The role marks his Broadway debut.

HAMILTON opened on August 6, 2015 at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre. The cast ofHamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette,Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Rory O'Malley (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan(Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr),Anthony Ramos(John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

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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