Just came across real footage of the rude patron that disrupted the Chicago company of Hamilton: An American Musical. What a jerk! He deserves to be banned from going near that show or seeing any other Broadway In Chicago shows.
An audience member at a Chicago performance of “Hamilton” was arrested after he allegedly caused a politically charged disturbance. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole reports.
Today is the 260th Birthday of the man we all know on the 10 dollar bill as ALEXANDER HAMILTON. On this same day 5 years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda took center stage at Lincoln Center during their Great American Songbook concert series giving the audience a sneak preview of what would go on to become his now worldwide hit Hamilton: An American Musical.
This performance was from the concert presenting an early rendition of the fan favorite and the show’s anthem MY SHOT along with a future Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (while he was doing Memphis The Musical on Broadway).
Alexander Hamilton was born on this day in 1757. Five years ago today in a performance for Lincoln Center?s American Songbook, Lin-Manuel Miranda presented 12 songs from a new project ?The Hamilton Mixtape? that formed the basis of the phenomenal Broadway hit, Hamilton: An American Musical. Here?s one of the musical?s signature songs, ?My Shot,? recorded in front of a live audience in its premiere performance at the Appel Room. ?My Shot? is one of the tracks on the just-released compilation, also called ?The Hamilton Mixtape,? of covers of some 20 songs by a Who?s Who of musical artists.
Speaking of rude Theatre Etiquette behaviors, yesterday was the 8th anniversary of 2 time Tony winner Patti LuPone’s infamous rant on the 2nd to last night of the revival of Gypsy (the musical). For those who may not know, LuPone stopped the show during the musical’s big finale ROSE’S TURN to scream at 2 audience members who decided to take 3 illegal flash photographs of the actress on stage. LuPone threw the 2 jerks out and started the number all over again.
To the rude man who heckled at Hamilton: An American Musical, we just want to ask you WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!!
It was January 10, 2009. Patti Lupone was heading into the climax song of ‘Gypsy,’ “Rose’s Turn,” when Lupone realized that “You either have it — Or you’ve …
BREAKING NEWS: Lea Michele is back in the music scene. The Glee, Spring Awakening Broadway, and Scream Queens favorite is gearing up to launch her 2nd album and will be headlining 3 intimate concerts to go with the theme of the album.
As of now, you can see Lea Michele on the following dates….
January 23rd, 2017: The Hotel Cafe is Los Angeles, California
January 26th, 2017: The Appel Room at Lincoln Center in New York City
January 30th, 2017: The Broad Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Congrats to the cast, crew, musicians, and creative team of the National Tour of Something Rotten The Musical which officially began previews at Proctors in Schenectady, NY last night. It will run in Schenectady till January 15th, 2017 before officially launching in Boston at the Boston Opera House on January 17th, 2017.
If you have not seen the show in NYC at the St. James Theatre, be sure to catch it now touring across America with Tony nominees Adam Pascal and Rob McClure along with Josh Grisetti reprising their roles (fresh off of closing the Broadway production).
On January 26th, Praise “La Vie Boheme” with your tour guides as they tell you stories about Jonathan Larson and the actors who helped build the show. https://www.facebook.com/events/1313474825361060/
