Trey Curtis Taking Over ‘Hamilton’ Role On Broadway

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Trey Curtis, the actor-musician whose credits include numerous roles in various productions of Hamilton, will take on the lead role in the Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway musical this month.

The Houston native will take over for Miguel Cervantes, whose final performance is January 7. Curtis becomes the sixth actor to take on the role since the musical’s 2015 debut.

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Curtis has been associated with the musical since 2019, appearing as various characters in Hamilton stagings in Puerto Rico, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Melbourne and Manila. He joined the Broadway cast last January as part of the ensemble and understudied most of the principal roles including Alexander Hamilton before going back out on tour.

Curtis’ early credits include Five Points, the Facebook series produced by Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street and Jon Avnet’s Indigenous Media. He performs and records his own music under the single name TREY, and he created his own Instagram series Revival Series.

He is represented by Achieve Entertainment, Benjamin Rubinfeld at Ziffren Brittenham, and Shelter PR.

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