Are film critics living in a bubble? That's been the basis of a lot of discourse in recent weeks and months. But have they really become so far out-of-touch with the general public that it's become a problem?
Two major cultural happenings, at least not related to COVID-19, have taken place in the first half of July 2020: 'Hamilton' debuted on Disney+, and a massive culture-wide debate has been had over "cancel culture." So naturally, the two have intersected.
Disney has typically been keeping its streaming service family-friendly, and to keep with that trend, the 'Hamilton' movie will have exactly two less f-bombs.
Disney announced Monday that a movie version of the millennial's most successful Broadway musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton: An American Musical', will be released in theaters October 2021.
Popular opinion on covering songs has changed over time, but what does it mean for accessibility to different genres of music?
The fabled EGOT — when a single performer wins an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony over the course of their career — has only been achieved by 16 people in history, and 2021 could be the year that Lin-Manuel Miranda joins that prestigious list.
The streaming version of the popular musical 'Hamilton,' it would appear, is a hit. Will its apparent success open the floodgates for other streaming releases of popular Broadway musicals?
Word got out that the original cast of 'Hamilton' was planning to hold a singalong via Zoom, but then, Friday came and went. What happened?
Members of the United States Congress making reference to famous hip-hop lyrics is a relatively new phenomenon in American politics. Also new? Reporters not knowing that they're hip-hop lyrics.
In early April, the "Crazy Ex-Girlfiend Live" tour came to Philadelphia from the stage at the venerable Philly rock venue, The Trocadero, to a crowd of wildly diverse spectators. It demonstrated a cultural phenomenon that’s begun to sneak up lately: Musicals, across multiple media, are booming. And it’s not necessarily the traditional “theater kids” who are driving it.
