International musical theater actress Rachelle Ann Go has been named Best Actress in a New Production of a musical by BroadwayWorld UK.
Go won for her role as Eliza Schuyler in the West End production of Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton,” announced BroadwayWorld UK on Wednesday.
Best Actress in a New Production of a Musical is @gorachelleann for @HamiltonWestEnd! #BWWAwards pic.twitter.com/CngvRlxxId
— BroadwayWorld UK (@BroadwayWorldUK) November 28, 2018
“Thank you everyone!!! thank you @BroadwayWorldUK,” Go wrote in a tweet.
Thank you everyone!!!❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽 thank you @BroadwayWorldUK 🙏🏽 https://t.co/FW1QM3Q4EP
— Rachelle Ann Go (@gorachelleann) November 28, 2018
“Hamilton” also bagged Best New Production of a Musical, Best Actor in a New Production of a musical for Giles Terera on his role as Aaron Burr and Best Supporting Actor in a New Production of a Musical for Jason Pennycooke on his role as Thomas Jefferson.
https://twitter.com/HamiltonWestEnd/status/1067783023326826496
Go joined the West End production of the acclaimed hip-hop musical in January 2017. She is with another Filipina, Christine Allado who portrays Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the musical.
“Hamilton,” a sung- and rapped-through musical about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, made its Broadway debut in 2015. /cbb