TIMES OF ISRAEL
Daveed Diggs leaps to Broadway stardom in ‘Hamilton’
by Cathryn J. Prince
January 30, 2016
There is a moment in “Hamilton” when Daveed Diggs delivers the fastest lyrics in the fastest song in Broadway history: 19 words in 3 seconds. It’s a display of verbal athleticism that Diggs executes with the precision of a snare drum. It’s a talent he’s honed over many years as a freestyle rapper. But it’s not a skill Diggs ever thought he’d bring to Broadway, let alone to the roles of two historical giants: Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette. Then he saw the play Lin-Manuel Miranda was writing. Based on the Ron Chernow biography, “Hamilton” tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant orphan possessed with soaring ambition who wrote his way out of poverty into the ranks of the founding fathers. READ MORE
Daveed Diggs raps as Marquis de Lafayette in Hamilton
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