Hamilton

Former President Barack Obama has debuted on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart at number 22 with his gospel-inspired remix of a song by Lin-Manuel Miranda that originally appeared in the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton.” Obama’s “One Last Time (44 Remix)” dropped before Christmas as part of Miranda’s “Hamildrops” remixes and features cast member Christopher Jackson and gospel singer BeBe […]

”Black-ish” will break out in song for its October 3 season premiere with a Hamilton inspired musical tribute centered on the annual Juneteenth celebration. “Juneteenth… to be fair, if that was the last day when slavery was officially abolished [in the U.S.], isn’t that really Independence Day?”, show creator Kenya Barris told Deadline.com. “How can we […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Brady is about to get his shot in “Hamilton” — in Chicago. Producers of the hit musical said Monday that the comedian and game show host will play Aaron Burr from Jan. 17 until April 9 at The PrivateBank Theatre in Chicago. Brady won a Primetime Emmy Award for “Whose […]

  NEW YORK (AP) — Winning a Pulitzer Prize and a clutch of Tony Awards in a single one year would be enough for anyone. Not Lin-Manuel Miranda. Not in 2016. The “Hamilton” writer-composer picked up those honors and also earned a Golden Globe nomination, won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway megahit “Hamilton” has already spawned a best-selling cast album, a PBS documentary and a book about its creation. Now it’s spinning off a CD by fans who happen to be some of popular music’s biggest stars. The 23-track “Hamilton Mixtape,” set for release Friday, features covers by such artists […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York City are searching for a woman who they say stole items from several people who were waiting for performers from the Broadway hit “Hamilton” outside the theater. Police say that between May 25 and Nov. 6, six theatergoers had their belongings stolen as they waited outside the […]

Actor Brandon Victor Dixon of the Broadway smash Hamilton visited “CBS This Morning” to address President-Elect Donald Trump’s demand that the production apologize to his vice president-elect, Mike Pence. As previously reported, Pence attended Friday’s show at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and was leaving during the curtain call when Dixon, who plays Aaron Burr, addressed […]

NEW YORK (AP) — “Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community rallied to embrace the LGBT community after a shooting at a gay Florida nightclub. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury […]

News that the play has been nominated for a record-breaking 16 Tony Awards this year hardly comes as a surprise.

NEW YORK (AP) — The megahit musical “Hamilton” has grabbed a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations, the biggest haul in Broadway history and another notch in the show’s march into theatrical history. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary on Tuesday broke the 15-nominations record held by “The Producers” and “Billy Elliot.” […]

Hamilton,” Broadway’s sold-out hip-hop history lesson on Alexander Hamilton created by Lin-Manuel Miranda (pictured) has just nabbed the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Per Variety: The Pulitzer win could be the first of many victories for “Hamilton.” Much of the theater industry considers the show’s sweep of the Tony Awards as a foregone conclusion. “The […]

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