Hamilfans, don’t throw away your shot: You, too, can be in the room where it happens—namely, your local movie theater—come October 15, 2021. A little more than six years after Hamilton opened on Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s trailblazing musical will make its way to cinemas, as announced yesterday. #Hamilfilm isn’t a Hollywood adaptation of the show, […]

While directing and choreographing the Paper Mill Playhouse production of the musical Bandstand, Andy Blankenbuehler found himself tied into knots. After the wild success of the juggernaut Broadway musical Hamilton, for which he would win the 2016 Tony Award for Best Choreography, he began comparing his unsatisfactory rehearsal rut to what he called “the best […]