by Mike Haber | Jul 20, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton Tour (Downtown), News, Shows
RAISE A GLASS!!! Full Principal casting has been announced for the return of the West End company of
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Award winning hottest ticket
Hamilton. Under the direction of
Thomas Kail and choreography by
Andy Blankenbuehler, the return of London’s ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS will consist of…..
Karl Queensborough in the title role of THE 10 DOLLAR FOUNDING FATHER himself “Alexander Hamilton”,
Simon-Anthony Rhoden (West End’s
Kinky Boots) will be the show’s narrator and villain himself “AARON BURR, SIR”,
Ava Brennan (West End’s
Tina) as “Angelica Schuyler”,
Emilie Louise Israel will be playing double duty in the roles of “Peggy Schuyler” (AND PEGGY) along with “Maria Reynolds”,
Emile Ruddock will take on the dual roles of “Hercules Mulligan” and “James Madison”,
Khalid Daley will play the dual roles of “John Laurens” and “Phillip Hamilton”,
Waylon Jacobs will take on the showstopping dual roles of “Marquis de Lafayette” and “Thomas Jefferson”,
Harry Hepple will take on royal duties as “King George III”,
Additional casting will also include Nuno Queimado (recently in Regent Park’s production of
Jesus Christ Superstar) serving as the alternate “Alexander Hamilton” at certain performances.
HAMILTON will once again bring on THE REVOLUTION at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre starting August 19th, 2021. It’s also slated to reopen its inaugural production in our New York City backyard at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre starting September 14th, 2021. It’s also set to relaunch its ongoing North American Touring companies later this year. The show will also bring its Australian company to Melbourne beginning March 2022.
Full Casting Announced for the West End Return of HAMILTON (broadwayworld.com)
by Mike Haber | Jul 12, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, In The Heights Walking Tour, Shows, Washington Heights
ATENCION! Today is your last day to watch the hottest Movie Musical of the Summer on
HBO Max….. the film adaptation of
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Award winning debut musical
In The Heights. Don’t miss this powerful film that truly is a celebration of life, love, and community.
If you missed it on HBO Max, you can catch the film it either in Theaters. If not, you’ll have to wait a few months longer for the news on the release of the DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital Download. Announcements for all that will be revealed soon.
Thoughts?
Who loved the IN THE HEIGHTS film?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 9, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton Tour (Downtown), In The Heights Walking Tour
NO ME DIGA! Despite this past year and a half of hell, it’s not stopping Award winning mastermind
Lin-Manuel Miranda from creating. The
Hamilton and
In The Heights favorite has so much coming up including….
scores for the upcoming animated films VIVO (Netflix) and ENCANTO (Disney),
marking his movie directing debut with the upcoming
Netflix film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s
Tick Tick Boom,
That’s not all…. even with his hectic schedule, the beloved composer, writer, actor, singer, and rapper is aiming already plans for 2022 to begin work in creating his next major Stage Musical project. Even with some of his daily normal routines with being a father of 2 kids, walking his dog, and everything, Miranda already is getting some ideas down. Whatever the new musical is, we cannot wait!!! Lin’s work is a genius masterpiece.
He also has been expressing interest of bringing his debut musical (now a smash hit movie musical)
In The Heights back to Broadway!!!
So many great things Lin!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 22, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, In The Heights Walking Tour, Shows, Washington Heights
What a great way to have a CARNIVAL DEL BARRIO today by blasting this awesome soundtrack featuring songs created by a mastermind genius!!!
Congrats to the entire team behind the IN THE HEIGHTS film!!!
We love this soundtrack!!!
Who has seen in the new IN THE HEIGHTS film?
Who is blasting the # 1 hit soundtrack?!!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Shows
MIC CHECK!! After a successful sold out run during its 2019 limited engagement prior before everything shutdown,
Lin-Manuel Miranda is bringing back his acclaimed improv hip-hop troupe
Freestyle Love Supreme for an ENCORE on Broadway THIS FALL for a strictly limited engagement.
The full crew will reunite and take the stage once again at Broadway’s Booth Theatre for a full 4 month run from October 7th, 2021 through January 2nd, 2022.
In case anyone may not know, FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME was created by by Tony winners Lin Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail while still developing
In The Heights (in the basement of the original
Drama Book Shop) and long before
Hamilton. This group is an act like no other. Taking center stage features 5 incredibly talented, improvisational, and hip hop rappers performing original material on the spot based off of suggestions from the audiences… you never know what kind of a song, rap, or hip hop beat they will create. We are talking 85 minutes with NO INTERMISSION!!! Each performance is different every single night. The lineup performing all 8 shows a week will consists of…
Anthony Veneziale (a.k.a. “Two-Touch) – THE MC,
Andrew Bancroft (a.k.a. “Jelly Donut”),
Tarik Davis, (a.k.a. “Tardis Hardaway”),
Aneesa Folds (a.k.a. “Young Nees”),
Chris Sullivan (a.k.a. “Shockwave”) – THE SOUND EFFECT KING,
and
Arthur Lewis (a.k.a. “Arthur The Geniuses).
In addition, there will be a lineup of veteran members expecting to make surprise appearance at certain performances. You never know who may show up but the guest lineup appearing at selected shows will include…..
Lin-Manuel Miranda himself (a.k.a. “Lin-Man”),
Tony winner Daveed D. Diggs (a.k.a. Mr. Diggs”),
Tony nominee Christopher Jackson (a.k.a. C-Jack)
and
Bill Sherman (a.k.a. “King Sherman”).
FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME got their start performing around New York City both in the Drama Book Shop, on the streets, and various small venues in New York City including
Ars Nova and
Joe’s Pub. They also made their International debut overseas in Edinburgh, Scotland at their
Festival Fringe. They later have had their own TV show on Pivot. Miranda, Jackson, Sherman, and several members were also on board with a little
PBS Kids show called The Electric Company.
To commemorate their 15th Anniversary (following the success of HEIGHTS and HAMILTON), FREESTYLE LOVE SURPEME brought their act OFF Broadway playing the Greenwich Theatre downtown. It was well received, the production made their way ON Broadway back in 2019 playing the Booth Theatre for a limited engagement of over 130 performances.
Following the Broadway encore, the group will also be touring across North America.
We are so excited to have an amazing night of fun as Broadway reopens its doors with one of the hottest hip-hop improv groups ever.
WELCOME BACK FREESYLE LOVE SURPEME!!!!!
