“Most of the time if you’re in the ensemble of a Broadway show you don’t get to have your own moment where you are forwarding the storyline and in this show, it’s such an ensemble show where everybody has their moments.” That Friday night, he played one his favorite roles, the bumbling General Charles Lee, who retreats at the Battle of Monmouth and faces off in the first duel foreshadowing Hamilton’s demise. Sitting down on a recent Sunday morning, he had just finished an exhausting week of filling in each night on top of his Tuck rehearsals. ![]() Much like its protagonist, the musical has made for an unlikely and stunning success in New York City.Īs a swing who can play six roles in the show, Haskell was indispensable to the Hamilton cast. Alexander Hamilton’s meteoric rise from bastard immigrant to secretary of the treasury is rapped by his assassin, Aaron Burr, played by Leslie Odom Jr. Miranda, who also stars as Hamilton, follows musical tradition in the vein of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, where the complicated villain narrates the story. But Tuesday through Sunday nights, plus two matinees, it was the aggressive, hip hop sound of Hamilton that demands his attention. From 10am to 6pm Monday through Saturday, Haskell rehearsed his ballet numbers in Tuck. Until recently, the Clarence native was pulling double duty on Broadway, dancing in the ensemble in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster hit, Hamilton, and preparing for a role in the new musical, Tuck Everlasting, based on Natalie Babbitt’s beloved children’s novel.
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