Tag Archives: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Vivo Preview

Posted on April 29, 2021 by boz

Sony Pictures Animation has released a teaser for its upcoming computer-animated feature Vivo, its first musical film. The movie is directed by Kirk DeMicco and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords, from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes and DeMicco, based on … Continue reading →

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Tour the Heights with Miranda

Posted on April 16, 2021 by boz

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda travels back home to New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood to revisit some of the inspirations for his first musical, In the Heights, as part of a virtual tour of “the greatest city in the world” in a … Continue reading →

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Broadway Birthday: John Kander

Posted on March 18, 2021 by boz

Happy Birthday to EGOT nominee John Kander, born March 18, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo. After earning his bachelor’s from Oberlin (1951) and master’s from Columbia (1954), he began his career as a music director in summer stock, before making … Continue reading →

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In the Heights Preview

Posted on March 17, 2021 by boz

Warner Brothers has released two teasers for the upcoming adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical In the Heights, which was filmed primarily on location in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The film will premiere in theaters on June 11 … Continue reading →

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Funko Hamilton Figurines

Posted on February 26, 2021 by boz

The collectible manufacturer Funko has announced a new set of figurines based on the musical cultural phenomenon Hamilton. The Funko Pop Hamilton collection will include four-inch vinyl figurines and three-inch keychain versions of Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. … Continue reading →

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Yellen: The Musical

Posted on December 3, 2020 by boz

When President-elect Joe Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for Treasury Secretary, he suggested that her historic nomination deserved the Hamilton treatment. “You might have to ask Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the musical about the first Secretary of the … Continue reading →

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Hamilton Review Roundup

Posted on July 7, 2020 by boz

The film of the 2015 musical Hamilton has received near universal acclaim. Edited from three performances of the original Broadway cast in June 2016, Disney+ advanced the film’s release from October 15, 2021, to July 3, 2020. (watch here) The creative … Continue reading →

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Essential Film Musicals: Mary Poppins

Posted on June 2, 2020 by boz

Walt Disney’s daughters fell in love with the Mary Poppins books and made him promise to make a film based on them. He first attempted to purchase the film rights from author P.L. Travers as early as 1938. However, she … Continue reading →

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Essential Musicals: Hamilton

Posted on May 19, 2020 by boz

Once in a generation, a musical comes along that resets the theatrical atmosphere and perhaps enters the wider popular culture. Hamilton is such a show — as Show Boat was in the 1920s, Oklahoma! in the 1940s, Hair in the … Continue reading →

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Making Musicals: The Rhymes

Posted on April 16, 2020 by boz

Rhyming is using similar sounds among words. A song doesn’t have to rhyme, but it will help people remember your music — and your message. One-syllable rhymes are called “masculine” rhymes, such as “glad / sad” and “today / sleigh.” … Continue reading →

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