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.
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?
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.
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.
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?
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.
Popular opinion on covering songs has changed over time, but what does it mean for accessibility to different genres of music?
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.
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.
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?