#410: Vincent Jamal Hooper // Part One

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Vincent Jamal Hooper is here! Vinny recently made his Broadway debut as Simba in the Lion King and before that, his Hamilton experience took him all over the place: Puerto Rico, California, Texas, and Australia. Vinny played Hamilton, Burr, Lafayette/Jefferson, George Washington, and King George III.

This week, Vinny talks about growing up in Texas and knowing pretty early on that he wanted to be a performer. He landed the role of Benny in a local production of In The Heights which led him to Hamilton, a show that he and his friends (J. Quinton Johnson and Trey Curtis) used to act out in parking lots.

After Hamilton Vinny shifts gears completely to do White Girl in Danger, and while it was total whiplash the experience made him a better artist all around and taught him the importance of not being afraid to be seen trying.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast.
0:05.1	Butts and cuts and, and boots and... Hey everyone welcome back to the hamelcast I'm Jillian and today oh my goodness finally finally finally I'm here with
0:25.6	my friend Vincent Jamal Hooper hey hello so good to finally be here I know I'm so
0:32.0	excited we've known each other for a long time so I'm excited to really like get in and explain to the
0:36.4	listeners like that whole backstory but before we do anything can you please tell the listeners your
0:42.0	pronouns he and his thanks Before we do anything, can you please tell the listeners your pronouns?
0:43.2	He and his.
0:44.4	Thanks.
0:46.3	So you are currently Simba in The Lion King, you just made your Broadway debut.
0:49.9	Congratulations.
0:50.9	I did, yeah, thank you so much.
0:52.5	Unbelievable.
0:54.0	But previously, you were kind of like all over the world
0:56.8	with Hamilton, and that's not an exaggeration.
0:59.0	Yeah, yeah.
1:00.6	Started out with the Anpeggy company in Puerto Rico, in San Francisco, respectively.
1:06.0	And then L.A. and for about a month towards the end of L. with the Angelica company for a bit in Fort Worth and then finished LA, then went to Australia for six months.
1:22.9	Wow.
1:23.9	And you were like in the ensemble, you were playing
1:26.0	Hamilton, Burr, Lafayette, Jefferson.
1:27.9	Yeah, starting in the ensemble covering
1:30.6	and then moved to a standby, yeah it was Hamilton Burr Lof Jeff
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