Original Broadway Cast, 2015 (Atlantic, 2CDs) From start to finish, this recording marvelously captures the vibrancy of composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking and record-…
How does a Berklee hotshot halfway to an EGOT end up playing keyboards on a tribute to a melting pot, spend half a decade working to eliminate its weak spots, and find himself sitting at the…
Happy New Year Pop Culture Aficionados To mark the start of 2016, 'Some Like it Pop' is making the move to becoming a realish podcast. Matt and Jenn discuss 'Hamilton,' 'Star Wars The Force …
It’s no secret that Hamilton is the hottest ticket in town — breaking box office records and Internet websites alike. And although its creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who deserve…
“This is history!” Steven Spielberg scribbled. “No words — just exaltation,” wrote Oprah. "The best show ever! (Outside The Producers)" – Mel Brooks. &…
Should I listen to the cast recording before I see the show? It's a question one wonders before seeing any musical, and just like everything else in this world, it depends. Some people alway…
The Broadway box office took its traditional post-holiday tumble last week, but seven musicals " four long-running favorites and relative newcomers “Hamilton,” “On Your Fee…
Two. Two-two two thousand. Two-two two thousand " 2016. A cast of wildly talented singers/rappers/actors, seemingly born to play the Founding Fathers and Mothers, in an unlikely Broadwa…
Yesterday, the cast of Broadway's SPRING AWAKENING had fun some backstage performing 'Satisfied' from Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON. Featured in the impromptu video below are stars Robert Ar…
It’s Alexander Hamilton’s 259th (or 261st, depending on who tells your story) birthday, and here’s just one more way to celebrate the Founding Father’s big day. The b…
David Bowie, the most theatrical of rock stars, died two days after his 69th birthday, while his first musical, Lazarus, is still being performed at the New York Theatre Workshop. Of the 18 …
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A powder horn that some experts believe was used by Alexander Hamilton goes up for auction Monday on would have been his birthday....
Alexander Hamilton was born on Jan. 11, 1755. In celebration, let's take another look at Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed new musical that fuses the contemporar…
Ever wondered what would happen if Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical "Hamilton" met Tommy Wiseau's famously disastrous cult film "The Room?" Wonder no more. Written by Jeremy Fassler and Zach…
