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Lin-Manuel Miranda is gearing up to bring Hamilton to Puerto Rico, on top of his various other projects. He chatted with CBS Sunday Morning recently about what it's like to be bringing the show to his island, and what his goals are for the run.

Today, December 2, the creators of Hamilton, including writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, and music director Alex Lacamoire, will receive a unique Kennedy Center Honors as 'trailblazing creators of a transformative work that defies category.'

Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning composer and arranger Alex Lacamoire has come aboard FX's highly-anticipated Fosse/Verdon limited series as Supervising Music Producer, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions.

#EduHam is a series of HAMILTON Wednesday matinees made available to New York City schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families for the ticket price of only $10. This educational partnership, made possible through a $1.46 million grant by The Rockefeller Foundation, is not only providing 20,000 NYC public school students with the opportunity to see HAMILTON on Broadway, but provides educational material by Gilder Lehrman to incorporate material from the musical into the American History curriculum.

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Multi-Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and actress Gloria Estefan will host the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors, on Sunday, December 2, 2018. The Honors Gala will be recorded for broadcast on the CBS Television Network for the 41st year as a two-hour primetime special on Wednesday, December 26 (8:00-10:00 pm., ET/PT). This will be Estefan's first time hosting the special. She received a Kennedy Center Honors in 2017.

It's not often that a Broadway musical creates so much press and hype that almost every US citizen has heard of the phenomenon that is HAMILTON. The show that got it's start off Broadway at NY's Public Theatre has taken the country by storm. Still the hottest ticket on Broadway 3 years after it has opened, the touring production has been anticipated in almost every US National tour market for a full two years prior to it actually surfacing. This has created record breaking subscription ticket sales just so everyone could be guaranteed a seat for HAMILTON.

Due to popular demand, a new block of tickets for performances May 28 through June 30, 2019 will be released for the highly anticipated first international production of the Tony & Grammy Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Produced by Stacey Mindich in partnership with David Mirvish, the new block of tickets will go on general sale Saturday December 1, 2018.

As previously reported by BroadwayWorld, the cast of HAMILTON's three-week long engagement in Puerto Rico will launch a third national tour of the musical phenomenon. The show's creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda will play the title character in Puerto Rico, with Julius Thomas III (The Scottsboro Boys, Motown the Musical) taking over at the tour's next stop in San Francisco. Donald Webber Jr. (Motown the Musical, Holler if Ya Hear Me) will play Hamilton's nemesis, the formidable Aaron Burr.

Producer Jeffrey Seller and the Peace Center announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show's first performance (December 4) in Greenville at the Peace Center. Forty (40) tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each. The digital lottery will open at 11:00 AM ET on Sunday, December 2 for tickets to the Tuesday, December 4 performance. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.

Playhouse Square announced today that individual tickets for the Cleveland premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN will go on sale Friday, December 7 at 11:00 a.m. Tickets will be available in person at the Playhouse Square Ticket Office (1519 Euclid Ave.), by calling 216-241-6000 or online at playhousesquare.org.

As BroadwayWorld reported in July, the John F. KENNEDY Center for the Performing Arts will present the 2018 KENNEDY CENTER HONORS for lifetime artistic achievements on December 2, and the event will be held with an empty Presidential box for the second year in a row. NBC reports that President Trump and the first lady will not attend the ceremony, which is typically attended by the first couple.

Imagine standing in line for four days in hopes of getting Hamilton tickets, only to find out, when you finally get your shot, you're $20 short? According to NYPD News on Twitter, that's exactly what happened to one fan.

According to the Miami Herald, Broadway actress turned teacher and mentor Paula Wayne has passed away at age 84. She died on November 9th following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Producer Jeffrey Seller, Shea's Performing Arts Center, and Albert Nocciolino announce a digital lottery for HAMILTON tickets will begin in conjunction with the show's first performance (November 20) in Buffalo at Shea's Buffalo Theatre.  Forty (40) tickets will be sold for every performance for $10 each.  The digital lottery will open at 11:00 AM ET on Sunday, November 18 for tickets to the Tuesday, November 20 performance.  Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.  

Julius Thomas III and Donald Webber Jr. will lead the third national tour of HAMILTON as Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, respectively.

Producer Jeffrey Seller and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati presented by TriHealth announce today that single tickets for HAMILTON will go on sale to the public on Friday, November 16 at 9 a.m. (ET) at CincinnatiArts.org and in person at the Aronoff Center Ticket Office (650 Walnut Street). Tickets will be available for performances February 19 - March 10, 2019.

Dear Evan Hansen producer Stacey Mindich has just announced today that Andrew Barth Feldman, the 16-year-old winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Awards (known more commonly as the Jimmy Awards), will make his Broadway debut as 'Evan Hansen' on January 30, 2019. Feldman - who is currently a high school junior at Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, New York - takes over the role from Taylor Trensch, who plays his final performance on January 27, 2019 after a year in the title role. Original Broadway cast member Michael Lee Brown will continue his run as the 'Evan' alternate.

The Peace Center announced today that individual tickets for the Greenville premiere of Dear Evan Hansen will go on sale Friday, Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased by calling 864.467.3000 or 800.888.7768, in person at the Peace Center Box Office or online at www.peacecenter.org.

Single tickets for HAMILTON will go on sale to the public on Friday, November 16 at 9 a.m. (ET).  Guests are encouraged to purchase online at drphillipscenter.org. Tickets also may be purchased in person at the Dr. Phillips Center. Tickets will be available for performances January 22 - February 10, 2019.