Leslie Odom Jr. On 'Hamilton', Art & Prince

[@tillyw7418]

He seems approachable... Like I could grab a beer with him

[@trixa3667]

+

[@amanymahmood3082]

Tilly W I SWEAR

[@camreddish1fan202]

Tilly W If you're asking who I'd promote JEFFERSON HAS MY VOTE

[@fairytailfan1016]

Why Not? I have never agreed with Jefferson once We have fought on like 75 different fronts

[@gracebridgette7848]

FairyTail Fan 101 but when all is said and all is done

[@jauipop]

RIP Prince. And Hamilton has been on loop non stop ever since the soundtrack came out.

[@aadhya09]

NOOOOON-STOP!

[@IndiaShanelle]

God I thought I was the only one that is overly obsessed with this album.

[@epadaniel]

oh... but just you wait, just you wait...

[@karrkarr4682]

im in love with the album, but i will never be satisfied unless im in the room where it happends

[@valentinsavva6825]

pun-intended

[@genevievepavlak5803]

Wow I love everyone in this cast...I NEED TO SEE THIS FREAKEN SHOW ALREADY!

[@jauipop]

+Genevieve Pavlak i think everyone needs to see this show... i wish i lived in NYC... i'd be lining up every weekend for the lottery!!

[@UdyKumra]

Lin Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom Jr. have left the show.

[@andrewbrown6751]

+udyvlogs and it's still great

[@UdyKumra]

Andrew Brown true

[@genevievepavlak5803]

NimoNumi that's why I'm waiting to see it at the Pantages in California. There are no bad seats in the place and so the cheapest ticket there will be about 100$ maybe even less. But I have to get it right when they go in sale or they will resale for about 1200$ like you said. No theatre actually charges that much (unless it's like the best seat in the house and it's some VIP package or something like that)it's just the people that resale them.

[@birdseed41]

Amazing! Hamilton is truly innovative, and to have had prince in the audience is very special. Love mr burr (sir) and Colbert!

[@guy31978]

Leslie Odom Jr. was so great on Person of Interest, so glad he's become such a big success, and well deserved too! :)

[@moggielover1]

+the forthwright yup!

[@gooddoggy6631]

This man is the reason I was violently sobbing about the man who killed A. Ham for 20 minutes, give or take.

[@senorPachuChay]

that is one good-looking dude.

[@alex90028]

....and very talented too.

[@yoevr4334]

Damn! he is freaking attractive!!!

[@worldonastage]

Well if it isn't Aaron Burr

[@okaykatieokay]

Sir

[@TheMOReviewers]

You've created quite a stir, sir.

[@sophieluvsbooks2629]

I'm going door to door!

[@magicalhansmoehansen]

+worldonastage Sir

[@sophieluvsbooks2629]

***** Sure!

[@jackprice9072]

My friend met Anthony Ramos I feel special

[@attonpearson1944]

I met Lin during the original run of 'In the Heights" in New York (The greatest city n the world). I wish I met him now. I did meet the choreographer for the show backstage at another show though

[@ItsNotSarahh]

I met Lin yesterday, I was walking to a musical next door to Hamilton, and found him walking to work, and got a picture

[@davidmsirois]

WUSS-YA-NAY-MAN!!!

[@Jade-mm1wl]

aluhzandeh hameltun

[@carvman217]

+Jade #bicycle

[@davidmsirois]

juss-yoo-wheyyy... jussyooowheyey...

[@AleahKCH]

I hate this comment so much 😭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fluffyfluffykatz]

At 0:09 he was about to give free tickets to the audience and Colbert stopped him!

[@SixtyNineGods]

did he end up doing it/

[@IvanZavala-e2m]

I had saw him in the play he did for Hamilton it was incredible man I was crying man excellent job I love you brother

[@kitty9710]

He seems approachable...

[@deevinay]

Like you could grab a beer with him

[@danieljc98765]

Fluffy_ StuffedOwl that depends, who's asking? am... am i doing this right.

[@kitty9710]

Fluffy_ StuffedOwl Dear, Mr. Hamilton, your fellow Federalists would like to know how you'll be voting

[@kitty9710]

Daniel - Man of God Yes, you are!

[@bmusic4213]

CreamedKitty x _It's Quiet Uptown_

[@zoeskinner2871]

He is stunning

[@annaoffive]

I'd want to go back stage... anything to put me in the room where it happens!

[@williamdade7772]

Down to earth , smart, Luv his music !

[@trentbillings]

Hamilton interviews Odom, right on sight..

[@kkjones1782]

HAMILTON MY GOSH WHERE ARE YOUR TICKETS

[@mellodoo]

I recognized him in person of interest XD

[@thes5832]

Arief Fadilla De Mello he did quite the acting in that. thumbs up on it.

[@Lilka20061990]

Arief Fadilla De Mello wait what? I need to get back to that show to see

[@azoyahnelson9906]

When the host said " you have one guest who wrote this 😉A MONTH AGO😉 who else instantly thought of Eliza's line in That Would Be Enough where she says " I wrote to the general a month ago"😂

[@julieberry3709]

This is a beautiful man. i want a ticket to him.

[@クロウ-y9i]

LESLIE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE FREE TICKETS WHAT THE HELL

[@artepjan]

You know you're good when Prince approves 💜

[@mindofamango3903]

The prince one made me cry really hard

[@attonpearson1944]

Oh my god... Leslie said Penetrate, time to add that to the soundboards

[@salmasaridam4529]

dear god,,

[@shiawalloe4187]

sweet jesus...

[@attonpearson1944]

+TheKittypet MCNAIR FETCH ME ANOTHER RUM (Sorry if you don't get the reference)

[@shiawalloe4187]

+Bootificial trust me I get the reference 😂

[@muntzerism-diggerism9695]

he can penetrate more than just my consciousness if ya know what I'm sayin'

[@Exceltiaawesome]

luc leblanc HAHHAHAHA BRUH HE IS MARRIED

[@vrmpyr]

HE HAS A DAUGHTER

[@sheldoncooper4204]

Well if it isn't Aaron Burr sir!

[@selamw]

haha I was going to listen to one of the Hamilton songs and then I saw this on my feed!

[@pearlfountain]

Samee

[@s.g.7572]

I have a non-gay man crush on him.

[@bernettamorton3626]

Amazing interview!

[@MOBROOKS]

AWESOME. WOW.

[@kennawenna5251]

He's created quite a stir.

[@jrharris1041]

Glad to see people doing positive good work

[@lucak5722]

rip prince

[@AlphachadECOG]

Bravo to Prince! I wouldn't hang backstage with the cast of Hamilton, either.

[@pyro5827]

0:48 not a good enough reason to use the word "penetrate"

[@attonpearson1944]

Now Hamilton fans can make twisted audio clips of Burr saying penetrate.

[@chrissybowen2875]

Is Stephen Colbert wearing a Ravenclaw tie?

[@fitnessroc2821]

The Pr💜nce story...🙇🏿

[@evernals]

RIP Chyna

[@naturalbby1722]

Ok him and Daveed Diggs have great suits

[@lillia1601]

Love how no one finds it weird that he just has a tweet framed lols

[@cleoek]

I MET HIM

[@CorvaireWind]

Nobody's going to ask if he made it on time? :O)- _too soon?_

[@jimmyszewc]

Why was Leslie making a face during the song from Hamilton Election of 1800

[@minicake8455]

ARAM BURR give us a verse, drop some knowledge

[@thesquaad2810]

Unfortunately, Prince was wrong. The best history lesson ever is the history of Japan video

[@strangeworm4562]

The Squaad KILL THE NONE-BELIVER

[@annemanning1422]

PRINCE!!!!!!!!!!!! :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[@IvanZavala-e2m]

When he needs me for help I will be there brother my best friend we are family man anytime just call me for help keep doing your thing in Hollywood one love brother

[@abdullahmoiz8151]

what is Mr Collier doing on the show ? is he promoting the new season of person of interest? does that mean vigilance is coming back?

[@guy31978]

+Abdullah Moiz Oh sweetie...

[@fornana2019]

He is promoting the Broadway Musical Hamilton. He plays Aaron Burr, one of the leading Characters.

[@moggielover1]

+Abdullah Moiz Collier was created, supported and then killed by Samaritan. He's not coming back to POI. You really don't know he is talking about "Alexander Hamilton"? An insanely popular Broadway show?

[@jackmedlock5888]

Aaron Burr’s character was the best…I said what I said.

[@parkerparkerparker8]

what is the stupid obsession with being the first to write a comment on a youtube video?

[@554466551]

+Samuel Parker There's a lot of people in the world who are utterly crap at everything. This is the only thing they have left.

[@namehhere]

Pardon me are you Aaron Burr sir? Oh I guess you are :)

[@sukrozh]

wasn't this guy on Supernatural at some point?

[@shamidkpzd]

He played a demon as I recall. I think Becky might have been in that episode as well.

[@suzawilo]

+L. Alexandria B. It was the wedding episode.

[@megasauruss]

wHAT EPISODE TELL ME

[@victoriaariyo1441]

Yes he was. He broke out of jail by some guys to make bombs.

[@rainyoodles5948]

I love him but hate hm at the same time.....................MURDER BURR

[@elanaemer2739]

not a good enough reason to use the word penetrate

[@chaolpriorronrider6395]

i think leslie just went into overlapse do you know who prince is are you trying o hide a fart are you ok?

[@imway2coolio4u]

What a fox

[@Neontronique]

click bait much.

[@YarrBr0]

He did talk about all these things for the entirety of the video...

[@starlinguk]

I don't like Hamilton. I think it's nothing special. There, I've said it. (Prince was a visionary, though). Mind you, I'm not American so I haven't got a clue about this Hamilton dude. I've just seen some of the songs and gone "meh".

[@ForeverMasterless]

No matter how smart and significant something is, it's never going to speak to absolutely everyone's personal taste, especially for music. A lot of people hate Shakespeare. However, like Shakespeare, there are some things about Hamilton that are very clearly smart, unique, and important. You really don't need to like any of the music to understand, in an objective and detached way, why people are praising it.

[@starlinguk]

ForeverMasterless The thing is, I'm not from America. Hamilton means nothing to me whatsoever, and neither do any of the other historic characters in the musical. So I can't tell if it's smart, or unique, or important.

[@ForeverMasterless]

starlinguk I just think that's a very odd viewpoint to have. I didn't give a shit about american history before encountering it, and I still thought it was brilliant. I also don't need to have been born in a country to enjoy something relating to its history. Shakespeare's plays being based in 16th-17th century England isn't some insurmountable barrier that prevented me from enjoying them. It's not as if Hamilton expects you to have previous knowledge about american history. It just uses it as a vehicle to tell universal truths and play with form and style, placing unlike things next to each other to create interesting new ideas, like pretty much any work of fiction.

[@starlinguk]

ForeverMasterless But Hamilton is a musical, and so far I've not heard a single piece of music that I like. So the only reason for me to go watch it would be if I felt some affinity with the history it portrays, which I don't feel at all. I like the way Shakespeare writes, and I like what he writes about because I have an affinity with it.

[@ForeverMasterless]

starlinguk That's fine. I didn't say you had to like it, or go see it. All I said is that it's pretty easy to see the reasons it's being praised, the things it's doing that are revolutionary and important, even if you don't care for it personally or don't think the reasons are good ones. If you're curious about why it's esteemed, you can easily figure it out without having to actually like it or experience it, because so much of the praise is about what it does that no other musical has done before, the precedents that it sets. Groundbreaking works are easy to figure out from a distance in a way that really well done, but ultimately status quo works are not.