#‘Hamilton’ Featurette Gives You a Crash-Course on the Broadway Hit Becoming a Cultural Phenomenon

“#‘Hamilton’ Featurette Gives You a Crash-Course on the Broadway Hit Becoming a Cultural Phenomenon” At this point, everyone knows about Hamilton. Even if you’ve somehow managed to never hear any of the songs, you’re well-aware of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s blockbuster, award-winning Broadway show that reinvents the founding of America through a modern lens. Blending several styles of…

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#Disney+ Joins Comic-Con at Home With Panels for the ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Movie, ‘Marvel’s 616’

“#Disney Joins Comic-Con at Home With Panels for the ‘Phineas and Ferb’ Movie, ‘Marvel’s 616’” Disney is joining the online festivities with Comic-Con at Home, the virtual experience hosted by San Diego Comic-Con. The streamer announced that it will be hosting virtual panels for three of its upcoming original titles, including the animated movie Phineas and…

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#How ‘Hamilton’ Director Thomas Kail Translated the Stage Sensation to the Screen [Interview]

“#How ‘Hamilton’ Director Thomas Kail Translated the Stage Sensation to the Screen [Interview]” In 2016, Hamilton was at the top of the world. The hip-hop musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda was a bonafide cultural phenomenon, blowing the doors wide open to the usually niche world of musical theater and becoming the most hotly-talked about topic in pop culture,…

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#‘Hamilton’ Review: Filmed Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical is Somehow Both Miraculous and Slightly Underwhelming

“#‘Hamilton’ Review: Filmed Version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical is Somehow Both Miraculous and Slightly Underwhelming” Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s hip-hop musical Hamilton is an unqualified masterpiece: a once-in-a-generation combination of brilliant writing, indelible performances, and spectacular music that became a genuine pop culture phenomenon and crossed over into the mainstream. So it feels strange to say that director…

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