Lin-Manuel Miranda has released a new star-studded ensemble track called “Almost Like Praying” to benefit relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. All proceeds from the song will go to the Hispanic Federation’s UNIDOS Disaster Relief Fund. More
Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced “Almost Like Praying,” a new benefit single for Puerto Rico. The song interpolates a line from “Maria” from the musical West Side Story. More
Hollywood’s stars are coming out in support of the American Civil Liberties Union tonight at the Oscars. More
This weekend will be the first time “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has attended the Academy Awards, and it comes after a lifetime of watching the show. In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Miranda recounts the reasons the show has always been special to him. More
Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones — the artists who played Eliza, Angelica and Peggy Schuyler in the original cast of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” — put their own spin on the first verse of “America the Beautiful” before Super Bowl LI on Sunday in Houston.
The three, who have since left the Tony-winning production, tweaked the…
Alex Lacamoire’s ear for innovative sounds, incisive eye for a complex score and infectious energy have made him one of the most in-demand musical directors on Broadway (he’s already won two Tonys and two Grammys, for Hamilton — where he was music director, orchestrator and is still music supervisor — and In the Heights). More
When Lin-Manuel Miranda started work on Disney’s animated feature Moana nearly three years ago with his musical collaborators, Grammy-winning composer Mark Mancina and Somoan Opetaia Foa’i, Hamilton had yet to hit the stage, much less become a theatrical juggernaut. More
A new generation-defining musical is putting millennials on a journey of self-discovery— to find a phone. #Drama.
Millennials: The Musical is the latest brainchild of Moana collaborators Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dwayne Johnson. The show, which the pair teased last week on YouTube, is one part adventure, one part coming-of-age, but all wrapped in a satirical package.
As Johnson says, “Tonight is opening night,” and fans young and old can learn a thing or two about the titular generations’ idiosyncrasies displayed through song. The star of the story, Crystal, seems to be on the up-and-up in life — she works for a…