Aaron Michael Ray (Current Cast – Okieriete Onaodowan as Mulligan and others)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
Fortunately, I get to play at least five characters in the show. Ultimately my favorite role to spoof has to be Stephen Sondheim. I mean, how many people can say that they’ve played the legend himself in a musical before? When I looked at all of the characters I knew I was going to play, this one excited me the most, especially because of the wig I’m wearing.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
Speaking of wigs...in the scene where I’m playing Sondheim, I sing an entire song to Dan [who plays Lin/Hamilon] and I get a little carried away flipping the hair from my wig. There have been a couple of nights where that long hair gets caught in the side of my mouth while I’m singing and all Dan does is just smile at me because there is truly nothing he can do. As soon as I get off stage I feel like I’m coughing up a hairball!

Christine Pedi (Original Cast - Guest Diva)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
I love Barbra Streisand because it’s maximum effect with minimum effort, at least when she is speaking. She’s so understated, but so unique and impactful. And she introduces the 11 o’clock number for the cast, the title of which I prefer not to give away because it’s so damn funny!

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
The most memorable night as an impressionist was when I did my Liza Minnelli number and realized her sister, Lorna Luft, was in the audience. She’s a living doll…But still it was a weird feeling. However, the audience was out of control with laughter, so mission accomplished. A good time was had by all, including Lorna, who was delightful afterward and took photos with the cast.

Glenn Bassett (Original Cast – The King)
You only play King George. Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
Yes! The night that Stephen Sondheim came to see Spamilton was amazing. Because I enter and exit through the audience, I got to see him up close cheering and laughing for me. Stephen Sondheim whooped for me! It was a thrill of a lifetime!

Claudia Yanez (Female Swing)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
My favorite bit that we do in the show is the J Lo/Beyoncé/Gloria Estefan bit because it’s always a lot of fun to try and make Dan (as Lin Manuel-Miranda) break during the bit. I always try to push the impressions far enough that he is always a little on his toes for it.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
One of the craziest experiences during my ten months in Spamilton has to be getting sent out to Chicago with 12 hours notice to perform the show [with that production]. The staging in the show is a little bit different in Chicago so it was a crazy challenge to learn all of the choreography and staging and then do all four shows with a completely different company. During the first show I completely broke onstage and stopped the show because David, the actor who was playing Annie, made me laugh so hard. It took a solid minute-and-a-half for me to be able to breathe and finish the song.

Cameron Amandus (Male Swing)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
The Ben “Sondheim” Franklin part is my favorite, because it’s such a ridiculous idea, and when it’s realized onstage, people really enjoy it.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you? Do tell.
I was on for the Sondheim Franklin role, and at the end of the number we all do a sassy snap. Well I went to do the first one, and the wig flew clean off my head and across the stage. I quickly dipped down, grabbed the wig, and proudly swished it for the next snap. The audience loved it.

Juwan Crawley (Original Cast – Okieriete Onaodowan as Mulligan and others)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
My favorite role, hands down, was Annie. The audience burst into hysterics whenever I appeared on stage in the iconic red dress and curly-haired wig singing “NYC” from Annie and for me, personally, that moment in Spamilton always felt surreal. I missed my last day of college to audition for Spamilton and here I was working in New York shortly after graduating from school. The original lyrics to “NYC” sung by the star-to-be expressed the idea of coming to New York with very little and trying to “make it.” That always resonated with me and now I was in a wonderful Off-Broadway show beginning to live out my dream.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
There is a section in Spamilton where I came out dressed in an Aladdin-like Genie costume with a big turban. I found out that I was going to be the new standby for The Genie in Aladdin on Broadway while I was wearing that outfit. This was a role I aspired to play, but never thought I would get that opportunity less than a year after joining the company of Spamilton—making my Broadway debut at the age of 22.

Larry Owens (Replacement – Okieriete Onaodowan as Mulligan and others)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
My favorite role by far was Benjamin “Sondheim” Franklin during the Broadway ‘Yesteryear’ sequence of the show. A 20-something black guy playing the greatest living musical theatre composer is the definition of inclusive casting—which Hamilton is so great about. Gerard’s lyrics were as taut as the original by Stephen Sondheim. The song: “Children Will Listen. I am the Bernadette Peters of my generation.”

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
One of the best gags in the show involves me playing the little orphan Annie. My definitive version is the 1999 Rob Marshall directed version with the all-star cast that includes Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Kathy Bates, and Lizzie McGuire star Lalaine—which I watched every night in seventh grade. The lyricist and director of Annie, Martin Charnin, came to the show...and loved it. It was a childhood dream come true!

Lauren Villegas (Replacement - Schuyler Sisters and others)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
At the end of the show, I get to spoof Phillipa [Soo] and sing “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Cries” which is my favorite part, hands down. Her voice is so unique. Her vibrato and placement are sooo fun to tap into. I also loved doing the Barbra Streisand character, though the impersonation is very difficult. A close family relative who impersonates Barbra helped me learn the craft, and he got to come see me do his Babs onstage and it was one of the coolest moments of my career so far.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
Learning the show and joining the cast in only six days was one of the craziest things I’ve ever had to do and also probably one of the things I’m proudest of in my career so far. I never could have done it without Dan Rosales. He’s one of the best dance captains and leaders I’ve ever worked with. His professionalism, positivity, and kindness are unflappable. Getting to work on a show with a cast where the majority of us all spoke Spanish was a first and a joy. April Fool’s Day with the Spam Fam was EPIC. Azalea (Wardrobe Supervisor) and I told the boys we had come in that morning and spotted a mouse in the dressing room. It became a casual topic of conversation throughout our two-show day, talking about whether or not we would see the mouse. During the evening show Azalea dropped the “mouse” on the floor in the middle of the boys dressing room and they all screamed and one even jumped on top of a chair. It was marvelous.

Robert Ariza (Replacement - Male Swing)
What is your favorite role to spoof in the show?
Playing the King (Queen, really) is pretty great cause you come on, sing a silly diddy, make the audience laugh, and then sashay right off, never to be seen again. It makes me feel like an old-time star for some reason.

Was there one night in particular playing this role that stands out to you?
The last time I went on was as an emergency cover for the Lin-Manuel track was very exciting. I hadn’t performed the role in four months and I was contacted a few days before I would have to go onstage. I was in rehearsal for a reading during the days that week, so I had ZERO time for a brush-up rehearsal, but I did the track twice in one day regardless, and it was thrilling because I didn’t know what was going to happen. It’s amazing how the brain will rise to the occasion when it’s under pressure!

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