Dylan and Connor are joined by Broadway’s newest leading man Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King, Hamilton). They dive right into hearing about Vincent’s time in the Pridelands so far, why the stampede and Shadowland sequences in The Lion King are undefeated, and how he’s putting his own mark on Simba. They discuss Julie Taymor and Lin Manuel Miranda being in their respective bags when creating their mammoth musicals. Vincent lifts up Ragtime and Passing Strange as benchmark moments in his journey to Broadway, and campaigns for himself to play The Youth in a Passing Strange revival. Call Stew! Vincent shares how his triple crown of In the Heights productions as Benny led to his casting in Hamilton, which also introduced him to his partner. They chat about friend of the pod Lyndon Watts, Anatomy of a Fall, Fellow Travelers on Showtime, and Bodies on Netflix, and Vincent even teases the upcoming White Girl in Danger cast album. Go see Vincent star in The Lion King on Broadway!

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