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Leslie Odom Jr., who last Sunday won the Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a musical, announced this afternoon that he will leave the cast of best musical winner Hamilton when his contract ends on July 9. That brings to four the number of leading roles in the show that will be taken over by…

Leslie Odom Jr has been upped to series regular on NBC‘s Broadway drama Smash. Last season he recurred as Sam, the new love interest for Tom Levitt (Christian Borle). Odom, who recently closed in the Broadway musical Leap Of Faith, is repped by BRS Agency and Joan Sittenfield Management. In an additional Smash casting…