Lin-Manuel Miranda Biography: New!
Our Lin-Manuel Miranda biography is now live. Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Only the certified genius who created, wrote and stars in the Broadway mega-show Hamilton. And also the Tony-winning writer …..
Posts tagged: Broadway
Lin-Manuel Miranda Rhymes ‘POTUS’ with ‘You Know This’
This was part of a day of Hamilton at the White House, with the cast (and First Lady) working and sharing with a group of high school kids. Would you give your left arm to be there? I would.
Lunch With Orson Welles
Read the transcript of a 1983 chat between filmmaker Henry Jaglom and name-dropper Orson Welles.
Jack Klugman Biography: Lovable Slob Has Died at 90
When you play Oscar Madison in a hit TV show, you know which adjectives are coming in your obituary.
Eddie Redmayne Biography: New!
You’ve seen him in the recent Les Misérables promotions and thought he looked familiar. Our new biography will tell you why.
Ben Vereen Sings a Song from ‘Pippin’ — Plus Notes on Fosse vs. Schwartz
Did the director and the playwright want to kill each other? Not necessarily. Vereen rocked, in any case.
Alan Menken Biography: New!
He’s the most-Oscared person alive (sort of) and he just won his first Tony. Do you know him?
The Curse of the Standing Ovation
Theater critic Ben Brantley fires both barrels at “ovation inflation.”
A Brief Interview with Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu, she’s “artistic, altruistic” and more!
Broadway Shocker: Fired After Only 9832 Shows
George Lee Andrews is being let go by The Phantom of the Opera a mere 23 years after he joined the Broadway cast. After 9832 shows he is back out on the street.Let’s look at the embarrassing details.
Frances McDormand Wins a Tony
Actress Frances McDormand has won a Tony, and you can read about it here. She won the award for her performance in the play Good People, which, judging from this …..
Arthur Laurents, Broadway Legend, Dead at 93
Writer and director Arthur Laurents has died of pneumonia.
Robin Williams is Bewhiskered and On Broadway
Robin Williams last night after making his Broadway acting debut in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
‘The Book of Mormon’ Opens to Raves
The creative team of ‘The Book of Mormon’ takes a bow after opening on Broadway last night.
Nuclear Bomb Interrupts ‘Spider-Man’ Rehearsal
The Onion has the story.They have had their share of problems, all right.(Hat tip: Ed Harlow)
The Curse of the Spider-Man
Who will step in and shut down this insane Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?
Broadway’s Perfectly Mortgageable Musical!
It was just a matter of time until someone wrote the Great American
Musical about credit default swaps. With a shove
from This American Life, we have the first song, penned by Robert Lopez
of Avenue Q: “Bet Against the American Dream.”