--- title: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Made Hamilton Star Javier Munoz Nervous description: He collapsed because Beyonce is more important than that other guy in the audience President. canonical: https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-12T20:04:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:34:20.315Z og:title: See How Nervous Beyoncé and Jay-Z Make the New Hamilton Star og:description: "I squealed like a child and collapsed behind the dressing chair." og:url: https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How Nervous Beyoncé and Jay-Z Make the New Hamilton Star twitter:description: "I squealed like a child and collapsed behind the dressing chair." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See How Nervous Beyoncé and Jay-Z Make the New Star of _Hamilton_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 12, 2016 8:04 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jul 12, 2016 8:04 PM UTC There’s new evidence that to one important man, Beyoncé is way more relevant than the President of the United States. TODAY’s Hoda Kotb [interviewed](http://www.today.com/video/new-hamilton-star-i-squealed-when-beyonce-jay-z-came-to-show-723463235571) actor Javier Muñoz, who [replaced](http://time.com/4384946/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-last-show/?iid=sr-link2) [Lin-Manuel Miranda](http://time.com/4299633/lin-manuel-miranda-2016-time-100/) in the title role of _Hamilton_. Does he get stage fright filling his partner’s shoes? Not at all. “I don’t get nervous. Nervous means that I doubt myself.” Big talk, new guy. President Obama showed up to his performance, but so did Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z. Hoda asks him, “who was more unnerving?” “Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Totally more unnerving. Oh my gosh, man, I squealed like a child and collapsed behind the dressing chair in my underwear,” Muñoz said. This is what happens on the joyous night that the queen descends from the kingdom of heaven where she recorded “Halo,” to drop in on a humble theater. There’s a subterranean rumble, more powerful than the most powerful leader of the world. Because to the star, he’s nothing more than a B-class fanboy in comparison. Watch to see the picture of him losing his mind below. \[[Today](http://www.today.com/video/new-hamilton-star-i-squealed-when-beyonce-jay-z-came-to-show-723463235571)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/"},"headline":"See How Nervous Beyoncé and Jay-Z Make the New Star of Hamilton","datePublished":"2016-07-12T20:04:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:34:20.315Z","description":"\"I squealed like a child and collapsed behind the dressing chair in my underwear\"","url":"https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","Theater","Hamilton"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4403368/beyonce-jay-z-hamilton-javier-munoz/","name":"See How Nervous Beyoncé and Jay-Z Make the New Star of Hamilton"}}]}] ```