Musicals such as Hamilton are particularly ‘sticky’ in nature,but there is a simple trick to getting them out of our heads using an everyday grocery item.
For its cast and creators,the level of scrutiny around the anticipated production is astounding.
Hamilton’s Thomas Kail says the hip-hop musical is a show that asks its actors to “bring themselves to it”. The director himself,however,has been working all this time from 16,000km away.
Making more than 700 items for the Australian production during a pandemic posed some unique challenges.
The smash-hit Broadway show,which has started previews in Sydney,raked in more than $40 million before its first day.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton gives actors of colour the freedom to be messy,flawed and complicated – while rewriting our notions of history and legacy.
Two years after performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2006,the American writer-performer read a book that changed his life.
With thousands of buttons and metres of fabric,and a unique feature,the costumes in the Australian production of Hamilton are all nearing completion.
The production will be led by rising star Jason Arrow,who has been catapulted to one of the most coveted roles on stage.
After a casting process spanning more than a year,the producers of Hamilton have finally settled on their cast and will announce it on Monday morning.
A TV adaptation of the popular podcast was inevitable. It should be doomed to failure,but seeing hit songs come together before our eyes is solid gold.