NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Tony and
Grammy Award-winning performer LESLIE
ODOM, JR. will sing "America The Beautiful" as part of
Super Bowl LII pregame festivities at U.S. Bank Stadium on
Sunday, February 4, the NFL and NBC
announced today. The performance will be televised live on NBC
prior to kickoff.
The Super Bowl is annually the most-watched television program.
The appearance will be the first time Odom, Jr. an original cast
member of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit "Hamilton: An
American Musical," will perform on the Super Bowl stage.
Odom, Jr. joins VICKI CARR
(Super Bowl XI), RAY CHARLES
(Super Bowl XXXV), MARY J.
BLIGE & MARC
ANTHONY (Super Bowl XXXVI), ALICIA KEYS (Super Bowl XXXIX),
FAITH HILL (Super Bowl
XLIII), QUEEN LATIFAH (Super
Bowl XLIV & XLVIII), LEA
MICHELE (Super Bowl XLVI) in singing "America The
Beautiful" at Super Bowl. In 2013, JENNIFER HUDSON, along with 26 children
from the Newtown, CT community,
sang the song in advance of Super Bowl XLVII.
The NFL previously announced that P!NK will perform the
National Anthem, ALEXANDRIA
WAILES will sign the National Anthem and "America The
Beautiful" and JUSTIN
TIMBERLAKE will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LII
Halftime Show. The pregame and halftime shows are an NFL NETWORK
PRODUCTION and will be executive produced by RICKY KIRSHNER.
ABOUT LESLIE ODOM,
JR.
Tony and Grammy Award-winning performer,
Leslie Odom, Jr. has taken the
entertainment world by storm across a variety of media – spanning
Broadway, television, film, and music. Best known for his breakout
role as 'Aaron Burr' in the smash hit Broadway musical,
Hamilton, Odom, Jr. won the Tony Award for "Best Actor in a
Musical" for his performance. He most recently appeared opposite
Kenneth Branagh, Penelope Cruz and Judi
Dench in Murder on the Orient Express for Twentieth
Century Fox. Odom, Jr. is one of the stars of the forthcoming
feature length directorial debut of pop music sensation Sia. He
also recently returned to the New York stage in a solo concert at
Jazz at Lincoln Center, which will be broadcast as an hour-long PBS
special on April 24, 2018. This
spring, Odom, Jr. adds the title of "Author" to his resume with the
release of his book – FAILING UP: HOW TO TAKE RISKS, AIM HIGHER,
and NEVER STOP LEARNING. The book is being published by Feiwel
& Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, for release
March 27, 2018.
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