Mandy Gonzalez will get her shot from September 6 when she returns to Broadway and begins performances in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning Hamilton. She succeeds in demand Tony winner Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, who departed the production on September 3.
Gonzalez created the role of Nina Rosario in Miranda's In the Heights; she can currently be seen on screen in Madam Secretary and Quantico.
Directed by Thomas Kail and featuring a book, music and lyrics by Miranda, Hamilton is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and is running on the Main Stem at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
The current Broadway cast also includes Javier Muñoz as Alexander Hamilton, Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr, Lexi Lawson as Eliza Hamilton, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Rory O’Malley as King George and Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton. Michael Luwoye takes on the titular role once a week.