OK, there wasn’t as much dance as we would have liked to see at this year’s Grammy Awards. But the night still included a few awesome dance-y moments. One word, guys: Hamilton! It’s always great when Broadway gets some love and recognition outside of the musical theater scene, so when the folks from Hamilton appeared […]
Thank you, musical theater gods, for (newly-crowned MacArthur genius) Lin-Manuel Miranda. He brought us In the Heights. He brought us Bring It On. And then he went and brought us Hamilton—that most unlikely and yet, somehow, most fantabulous rap musical about America’s Founding Fathers. As if that weren’t enough, he also instituted the daily #Ham4Ham […]
Hamilton, which had its first run at NYC’s Public Theater earlier this year, is an unlikely success story. Who would’ve guessed that a musical based on the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton would be such a hit? But thanks to the show’s creative dream team, which includes writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda and choreographer […]
Soooo have you all heard about the new Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, Hamilton? It’s possibly the least likely show of all time: It tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the United States’ founding fathers, through, um, rap and R&B. Here’s the thing, though: Apparently it’s incredible. Hamilton is currently playing off-Broadway at NYC’s Public […]
I’ll admit it: I’m addicted to the radio show “This American Life.” I’ve listened to almost every one of its hour-long episodes (that’s a little under 530 hours of my life); I’ve read countless books written by its contributors; I’ve watched its short-lived TV series on Showtime; and I’ve attended live events related to the […]
Did you catch the Kinky Boots Awards last night? Uh, I mean the Tony Awards? Yes, it seemed like Cyndi Lauper’s high-spirited, be-spangled musical took home just about every prize there was, including Best Musical. But at the risk of sounding totally cheesy, I’d say we, the audience, were the real winners last night—because hey, […]
Happy Tony Awards weekend, everyone! You’ve probably already feasted your ears on the Ultimate Broadway Playlist. But if you’re like us, you can never get enough of the Great White Way. So here are a few more song-and-dance treats: 9 standout moments from the Tony Awards themselves. In reverse chronological order: 1. Last year’s fantastic […]
What happens when songster Lin-Manuel Miranda, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and a bunch of peppy cheerleaders get together? That’d be Bring It On: The Musical, a high-flying production based on the movie everyone secretly (or, in my case, not so secretly) loves. We’ve all been drooling over this show since we first heard about it a […]