How A ‘Hamilton’ Superfan Became A ‘Hamilton’ Cast Member (No, Don’t Take This As Encouragement, Most Of America!)

A guy from a small town in Texas gets a break in a Richard Linklater film, and through a lot of memorization of lyrics and timing, he’s suddenly on Broadway as Hercules Mulligan – and James Madison. But other than the route to the theater, he knows little about New York, honestly: “I never really planned to live in New York, I had never even thought about it.”