Lin-Manuel Miranda dismisses cancel culture: 'That's having opinions'

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.

The stars are set for the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema. The group said today that Clifton Collins Jr, Natalie Morales, Eugenio Derbez, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Olga Merediz and the creative team behind Vivo — including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan — are among the honorees.

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.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed that Stephen Sondheim actually re-wrote on of the scenes in tick, tick…Boom! that involved him.

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.

widely panned by critics, pulled in $3.39 million at the box office on the lightly attended holiday, Deadline.com reported. The flick is expected to earn $23 million before the holiday weekend is out.

Stephen Sondheim was one of the most renowned lyricists and composers of the Broadway stage.Sondheim was one of the first people to whom Lin-Manuel Miranda reached out in 2008 for feedback on his early drafts of “Hamilton.” More than half a century earlier, Sondheim had learned to compose music and lyrics at the knee of his mentor, Broadway great Oscar Hammerstein II.In between learning from one generation’s preeminent Broadway influencer and mentoring another’s, Sondheim reinvented the Broadway

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.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is opening up about having his sons be his test audience for all of his projects.

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.

Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton”) in both English and Spanish, the animated film is set in Colombia in Disney’s latest expansion of representation and diversity. The musical comedy promises a bright, colorful and beautiful new animated story about family.

It’s a big Thanksgiving week for multihyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda: His feature directorial debut, Jonathan Larson’s tick, tick…Boom! dropped Friday on Netflix and today the Disney animated musical, Encanto, which he wrote all the songs and has a story by credit on, hits movie theaters.

Disney Plus Dec. 24. OK, it’s no “Frozen” — a “Let It Go” only comes around once every couple of ice ages — but it’s nonetheless a heartfelt and joyful take on a good old dysfunctional family. This clan, the Madrigals, happens to be magical.

Netflix released a music video of students from performing arts public high schools in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas and New York performing “Louder than Words” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” the film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s musical of the same name. The four participating public high schools and one non-profit youth theater include the Baltimore School for the Arts, Booker T.