Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls His Sons The 'Greatest Beta Testers' In The World

Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme offered up some bad news-good news today, with the improvisational hip-hop revue canceling tonight’s performance due to Covid (the bad news) but revealing four previously unannounced appearances by co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for this week (the good news).

latest at the box office, the outlet noted that “West Side Story,” along with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” perhaps struggled in the Latinx demographic because “‘West Side Story’ and ‘In the Heights’ are, respectively, Puerto Rican immigrant and Dominican Republic and islanders’ stories, tales which don’t necessarily resonate with Mexican Americans.”Shortly thereafter, Perez chimed in on the description, calling on Deadline to correct what they had written.“Respectfully, Puerto Ricans

Billie Eilish was the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week, and her duties included directing a “hip-hop nativity” – watch the video below:In the sketch, Eilish was joined by Heidi Gardner as they tried to update the story of the birth of Jesus by teaching a group of actors to twerk, strut and pole dance. The closing scene says that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to direct the full-length film version.

20th Century Studios/Amblin/Disney’s West Side Story grossed $800K last night in Thursday night previews that began at 5PM at 2,820 locations. Industry projections for Steven Spielberg’s first feature musical are between $12M-$17M.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Freestyle Love Supreme” will rap its way through the U.S.A.Following a limited run on Broadway, the improv comedy hip-hop show is embarking on a nationwide tour with stops in Seattle, Boston, Portland and Los Angeles. The show closes on Broadway on Jan 2, 2022 prior to the national stint, which begins on Jan.

Rita Moreno and Steven Spielberg are celebrating a lot of things, from the release of their film “West Side Story” to their birthdays.

Academy Awards favorites and provide a boost to newly released or upcoming movies. Also making the AFI top 10 were: Sian Heder's “CODA,” Denis Villeneuve's “Dune,” Reinaldo Marcus Greene’s “King Richard,” Paul Thomas Anderson's “Licorice Pizza,” Guillermo del Toro's “Nightmare Alley,” Lin-Manuel Miranda's “tick, tick...

Clayton Davis Films from Paul Thomas Anderson, Jane Campion, Joel Coen, Guillermo del Toro, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Denis Villeneuve are recipients of the 2021 AFI Awards.The honors give a nice boost for the films’ awards campaigns leading up to the holiday break, especially as ballots are in the hands of Critics Choice and SAG voters.

Andrew Garfield is a talker. He’s got a lot to say in the best way possible.

Actress Olga Merediz stopped by Deadline’s Contenders: New York on Saturday to talk about reprising her role as Abuela Claudia from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Broadway musical In the Heights for Jon M. Chu’s Warner Bros film of the same name.

Clayton Davis By his own admission, Lin-Manuel Miranda went back to school this year. The Latino actor, director, writer, songwriter and composer had so many projects and commitments to juggle at once this year that the only way he made it through was to pretend he was back in college.The multi-hyphenate behind “Hamilton” saw the release of “In the Heights” (Warner Bros) the film adaptation of his first Broadway musical, which he co-wrote and produced with director Jon M.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about the effect that the pro-shot version of Hamilton, which is streaming now on Disney+, is having on Broadway ticket sales.

Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Many of Broadway’s biggest stars gathered in Times Square on Sunday (November 28) to honor the life and legacy of late composer Stephen Sondheim, two days after his death.

Miranda said in an interview with the New Yorker. “But he said, ‘One thing: the last voice-mail message to Jon, it sounds a little cliché.

Forever in their hearts. Following the death of Stephen Sondheim, celebrities and Broadway stars have taken to social media to honor the late songwriter, their experience working with his material and remembering his legacy.

Sebastián Yatra was asked to be part of he immediately replied, «Yes!»The 27-year-old Colombian artist sings the Spanish and English version of «Dos Oruguitas» for the Disney animated movie. Yatra worked alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and composed eight original songs for Encanto, to bring the song to life.«When I heard Lin-Manuel was involved in the movie, it was pretty shocking in a cool way because I admire Lin-Manuel so much.

Disney's latest animated film centers around the Madrigal family, who live in an enchanted town in the mountains of Colombia. While each family member has their own unique magical powers, Maribel (Stephanie Beatriz) is the only one without a special power.