

“I came to New York for school, and then I did this amazing show that was received very well, with a great group of people, and I felt like I was creating something that I was really proud of, and then ‘Hamilton’ was my next big thing in New York,” she says.


Shortly after graduating, she was cast in the acclaimed off-Broadway pop opera “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” and gave what the New York Post described as a “star-is-born performance.” In December 2013, she joined “Hamilton” when it was in its earliest incarnation. It’s not like, ‘And now we’re here, on Broadway!’ We’re changing lines, we’re re-blocking…”Ī Chicagoan who practically grew up on the stage - her grandmother was a concert pianist, her mother worked secretarial jobs in the theater - Soo came to New York in 2008 to attend school at Juilliard - recent Tony winner Alex Sharp was among her classmates. The actress, who plays Eliza Hamilton, is at a café near the Rodgers taking a rare break from rehearsals just a few days before opening night on Aug.
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“My life is just full ‘Hamilton’ right now,” Phillipa Soo says. Kim Kardashian’s Paris Couture Week Style
