Hamilton

Long before Lin-Manuel Miranda was an award-winning performer, composer and playwright, he was a student here in Connecticut at Wesleyan University in Middletown. He made a big impression on his fellow students and even the professors there. Professor Emeritus John Carr was the Wesleyan Theatre Department Chair when Miranda was a student there in the early 2000s. He said...

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A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence that he was a slave trader and owner himself

Lin-Manuel Miranda held auditions for his hit musical “Hamilton” in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday, June 13.

While it’s just acting, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s wife can’t help but voice her disapproval in the most hilarious way every time her “Hamilton” star and creator husband kisses someone onstage. “I always boo when Lin kisses someone else on stage, and people sitting around me look at me like I’m a crazy person,” Miranda’s wife, Vanessa Nadal, wrote on Twitter. Nadal, who has...

To borrow a phrase from the Broadway smash “Hamilton,” this weekend millions of Americans will have the opportunity to be in “the room where it happens.” Only that room will probably be their living room, NBC News reports.

Lin-Manuel Miranda shares his thoughts on “Hamilton” lyrics appearing at Black Lives Matter protests and the show’s tone shifting based on what’s going on in the United States.

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This July Fourth holiday, you’ll be able to see the original Broadway cast of “Hamilton” perform the musical smash from the comfort of your couch

Now that really is some good news. On Sunday, John Krasinski released the second episode of his YouTube series “Some Good News,” a broadcast focused on the good things happening across the globe in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. And in this episode Krasinski was accompanied by a few musically inclined friends….the original Broadway cast of Hamilton.

Next year, you’ll be able to see the original Broadway cast of “Hamilton” perform the musical smash from the comfort of a movie theater

The wildly popular musical “Hamilton” ended in chaos Friday night in San Francisco’s Orpheum Theater after several attendees required medical attention during the performance.

A Disney-owned cable network has taken aim at critics who disagreed with the decision to cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming adaption of “The Little Mermaid.”

A Disney-owned cable network has taken aim at critics who disagreed with the decision to cast Halle Bailey as Ariel in the upcoming adaption of “The Little Mermaid.”

Halle Bailey, half of the sister duo Chloe x Halle, will next be going under the sea, starring as Ariel in the upcoming adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.”

New Haven police have arrested a mother accused of leaving her two young children alone in a home Thursday.

An exhibition that producers tout as a 360-degree immersive experience to expand on “Hamilton” the hit Broadway musical will enjoy a Chicago debut. “Hamilton: The Exhibition” is opening Saturday in a temporary building erected on the city’s Northerly Island along Lake Michigan. Producers said the exhibit’s 19 rooms chronicle the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The musical’s creator, Lin-Manuel...

Oprah Winfrey is giving back. The philanthropist, global leader, book club connoisseur and media mogul has pledged $2 million to help revive Puerto Rico’s arts and cultural programs, which took a hit after the devastating 2017 Hurricane Maria. Winfrey’s donation will benefit two separate funds and organizations.

“Hamilton: An American Musical” will return to the Bushnell in Hartford for the 2020-2021 season.