Every MC needs a good hype man, and Hamilton has three of them in the first act: Kyle Scatliff as Lafayette, Fergie L. Phillippe as Hercules Mulligan, and Elijah Malcomb as John Laurens.

Bruce, who attended Lee's Summit West High School, will play both Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the national tour of the musical. He is currently performing at the Kennedy Center ...