Tony- and Grammy Award-winning multifaceted entertainer Leslie Odom, Jr. performs in honor of The Cooper Union’s 165th anniversary. The celebratory concert is part of The Cooper Union’s Gardiner Foundation Great Hall Forum series. 

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With a career that spans performance genres, Odom has received recognition for his excellence and achievements in Broadway, television, film, and music. In addition to his Tony and Grammy awards, Odom is a three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated vocalist, songwriter, actor, and New York Times bestselling author. Most recently, he made his long-awaited return to Broadway starring in, and co-producing, the new Broadway production of the classic American comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch by the legendary Ossie Davis, which opened in September 2023 to widespread critical acclaim. 

Odom is best known for his breakout role as ‘Aaron Burr’ in the hit musical Hamilton on Broadway as well as his critically acclaimed performance as legendary soul singer Sam Cooke in Regina King’s 2020 film, One Night in Miami. Other movies include The Exorcist: Believer (2023), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), and The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to David Chase’s award-winning HBO series The Sopranos (2021). 

A BMG recording artist who has released five full-length albums, Odom’s latest album,  released in November 2023 and his first of all-new original music since 2019, is When A Crooner Dies and features a collection of ten newly penned, original tracks that mark his most personal body of music to date. He has performed to sold-out crowds in halls around the country including The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Lincoln Center in New York City.