Rory O'Malley - King George!!

[A Canadian in NYC]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:38am

Brilliant!!! So glad he was able to be available for this after the cancellation of NERDS.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-HAMILTON-Finds-Next-King-George-Rory-OMalley-Will-Reign-Starting-Monday-April-11-20160328

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:39am

This is perfect

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:39am

AHH!!!!!

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:39am

That's so exciting! He's going to be wonderful.

Updated On: 3/28/16 at 11:39 AM

[fyeahmaria]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:39am

This is so amazing and I'm so happy for him, but I'm so upset I'm leaving NYC next week

[Alex10]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:40am

Wow!! I'll really miss Jonathan, but this is GREAT casting. So happy he was able to find another job (and one in Hamilton, at that) so quickly after Nerds. Happy for him!

[Tag]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:40am

Makes you wonder if someone else fell through though….

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:45am

Sucks that GroffSauce is leaving, but Rory will be fun! Good luck to Jonathan on his show :)

[A Canadian in NYC]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:47am

Tag said: "Makes you wonder if someone else fell through though….

 

It does make me wonder.... I really expected Andrew Rannells to come back.  I never saw Groffsauce  - I saw Hamilton while he was away filming "Looking" and now I'm back in June and he's gone.  Not in my cards I'm afraid.  I'm happy that I saw him in The New Brain.  Hope he comes back to the theatre quickly :)  

 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:47am

I wonder what will happen if Jonathan Groff ends up getting Tony nominated.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:48am

"I wonder what will happen if Jonathan Groff ends up getting Tony nominated."

...Nothing?

Hooray! Psyched to see Rory in June.

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:49am

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "I wonder what will happen if Jonathan Groff ends up getting Tony nominated."

I believe that the only opportunity Tony voters had to see the show was in August. I don't know if that will change, though, going forward, but I think it's safe to say most voters have already seen him. 

 

Updated On: 3/28/16 at 11:49 AM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:50am

It does make me wonder.... I really expected Andrew Rannells to come back.  

Andrew Rannells is not available to come back. He starts filming the final season of GIRLS within the next month or two.

Updated On: 3/28/16 at 11:50 AM

[Alex10]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:50am

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "I wonder what will happen if Jonathan Groff ends up getting Tony nominated.

 

"

Honestly, if he gets nominated, I don't see him winning, simply because he has so much less stage time than Chris and Daveed (I think the other likely nominees) or even Anthony Ramos (not much buzz for him, but I'd love for him to see a nomination). He'll probably still attend the ceremony, and in a show with as much buzz as Hamilton, a nomination is still likely.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:54am

yay for Rory!

 

And yay for Rannells not coming back!

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:56am

somethingwicked said: "It does make me wonder.... I really expected Andrew Rannells to come back.  

Andrew Rannells is not available to come back. He starts filming the final season of GIRLS within the next month or two."

Plus, Rannells is already going to be announcing this year's Tony nominations with Patina Miller, so you can expect him to read out Hamilton as a nominee a lot.

 

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:56am

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "I wonder what will happen if Jonathan Groff ends up getting Tony nominated."

 

He will either win or not win a Tony?

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 11:58am

Looks like I may never see Groff, will have to go right from Brian to... Rory? Whoever's next?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:01pm

"I believe that the only opportunity Tony voters had to see the show was in August. "

Untrue. However, Groff is the only one eligible for the nomination [ie not Rory.] I do think the fact that he's leaving early will hurt his chance of being nominated.

Updated On: 3/28/16 at 12:01 PM

[Sunny11]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:03pm

What is the track record like for actors who depart still running new shows prior to the awards receiving a nomination? I guess that it must be common for the actor contracts of shows that open in early summer to end that soon. In other words do the voters often  " punish" actors who leave that early? 

[Margo319]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:03pm

Great casting, but Im so glad I was lucky enough to see the entire original cast.  Jonathan said a few months ago he would be staying until his contact was up in July but he obviously couldn't pass up a great television opportunity which probably gives him more than nine minutes screen time

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:04pm

Absolutely perfect choice. I loved Groff in the role and it's a shame he's leaving, but Rory is so talented and funny. I've accepted that it will likely be a long time until I see Hamilton again, but news like this makes me want to go back even more. 

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:07pm

What is the track record like for actors who depart still running new shows prior to the awards receiving a nomination?

Madeline Kahn was still nominated for On the Twentieth Century after departing the production.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:14pm

Margo319 said: "Great casting, but Im so glad I was lucky enough to see the entire original cast.  Jonathan said a few months ago he would be staying until his contact was up in July but he obviously couldn't pass up a great television opportunity which probably gives him more than nine minutes screen time "

 

I think that's why I'm most upset, because Jonathan specifically said he would be there until July and I have tickets to see it June 22nd, and have been a huge fan of his for about a decade now. I was so excited to finally see him live! And then this is announced ten days before he leaves: obviously, yes, great job for him getting cast in this show! he had to move on eventually. I'm just sad lol I guess it's kind of silly. Rory is very talented of course but nowhere near as exciting for me. Oh well!

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 3/28/16 at 12:14pm

I wonder when Brian D'Arcy James will return to play the King if ever.