Why songs get stuck in our heads,and what to do about it

Why songs get stuck in our heads,and what to do about it

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.

  • byMelissa Singer

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‘A beautiful challenge’:Hamilton finally set to open in Sydney

‘A beautiful challenge’:Hamilton finally set to open in Sydney

For its cast and creators,the level of scrutiny around the anticipated production is astounding.

  • byRobert Moran
Hamilton caused a rumble off Broadway,this time it’s giddy Zoom calls

Hamilton caused a rumble off Broadway,this time it’s giddy Zoom calls

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.

  • byGarry Maddox
The hidden (and very personal) meanings behind Hamilton’s costumes

The hidden (and very personal) meanings behind Hamilton’s costumes

Making more than 700 items for the Australian production during a pandemic posed some unique challenges.

  • byMelissa Singer
Hamilton sets Australian box office record with more than 250,000 tickets sold

Hamilton sets Australian box office record with more than 250,000 tickets sold

The smash-hit Broadway show,which has started previews in Sydney,raked in more than $40 million before its first day.

  • byNathanael Cooper
Staging a revolution:Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is here

Staging a revolution:Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton is here

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.

  • byNeha Kale
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda went from rapping about Vegemite to creating Hamilton

How Lin-Manuel Miranda went from rapping about Vegemite to creating Hamilton

Two years after performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2006,the American writer-performer read a book that changed his life.

  • byGarry Maddox
Planning to see Hamilton? Make sure you pay attention to the costumes

Planning to see Hamilton? Make sure you pay attention to the costumes

With thousands of buttons and metres of fabric,and a unique feature,the costumes in the Australian production of Hamilton are all nearing completion.

  • byNathanael Cooper
'My agent called and said I should sit down':Hamilton star on role of a lifetime

'My agent called and said I should sit down':Hamilton star on role of a lifetime

The production will be led by rising star Jason Arrow,who has been catapulted to one of the most coveted roles on stage.

  • byNathanael Cooper
At a time of global reckoning around race,Hamilton could be a salve
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At a time of global reckoning around race,Hamilton could be a salve

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.

  • byNathanael Cooper
The biggest surprise about Netflix's Song Exploder is how well it works

The biggest surprise about Netflix's Song Exploder is how well it works

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.

  • byKarl Quinn