Englishman In San Diego

As the world awaits the release of the filmed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s HAMILTON – arriving globally on Disney+ on Friday 3rd July – The Convention Collective has been incredibly lucky to be able to talk to one of the ground-breaking cast members of the original Broadway run, reprising his role of Aaron Burr for the film: Sydney James Harcourt is a fascinating performer and Nadia Kean-Ayub was granted time to talk to him about his time on the most popular and most culturally affecting musical in living memory… BIOGRAPHY Sydney James Harcourt was born and raised in Detroit, the unexpected outcome from the chance meeting of a touring jazz pianist and a public-school English teacher. He was an Original Cast Member of Broadway’s Hamilton where he was cast as James Reynolds and made history as one of the only people to play almost every male lead in the show including Jefferson, Lafayette, Washington, King George and ultimately taking the role of Aaron Burr after Leslie Odom Jr departed. He reprised his