Could there have been a happier bunch last night than the cast and creative team of HAMILTON? The show took home a whopping eleven Tony Awards, giving the producing team plenty to smile about. Below, watch as producer Jill Furman reacts to the news!
Could there have been a happier bunch last night than the cast and creative team of HAMILTON? The show took home a whopping eleven Tony Awards, giving the company plenty to celebrate after the festivities concluded at the Beacon Theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the show's after party and you can check out some photos from the special night below!
Howell Binkley was the recipient of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Hamilton. Following his win, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge caught up with Binkley, where he opened up about taking home the award!
The cast of HAMILTON performed a medley of songs on the 70th Annual TONY AWARDS, including 'History Has Its Eyes on You' and 'Yorktown'. Watch video from the highly anticipated performance below!
Paul Tazewell received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Hamilton. Tazewell's other Broadway credits include Doctor Zhivago, Side Show, A Streetcar Named Desire, Magic/Bird, Jesus Christ Superstar, Memphis, The Miracle Worker, The Color Purple, In the Heights, On The Town, Caroline, or Change, Guys and Dolls, Drowning Crow, A Raisin in the Sun, Elaine Strich at Liberty, Def Poetry Jam, and Noise/Funk. Check out what he had to say on the honor below!
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the recently Tony-nominated Phillipa Soo has set the date for her final HAMILTON performance. She will reportedly leave the show after July 9th, the day that many of the current company members' contracts expire. Earlier this month, THR also reported that Lin-Manuel Miranda will leave the show that day.
On today's CBS THIS MORNING, Tony-nominated actresses Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo along with Jasmine Cephas Jones shared their thoughts about working on the groundbreaking show. HAMILTON.
Just last night, The Public Theater presented its Annual Gala, THE UNITED STATES OF SHAKESPEARE at the Delacorte Theater. Directed by Jeremy McCarter, the always highly-anticipated gala included scenes from Shakespeare's greatest works and the American poems, songs, and stories they inspired, performed by some of The Public's and the nation's, most celebrated actors and musicians.
BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the big night below!
There is a shake-up in the creative team for Disney's Broadway-bound FROZEN. According to Variety, Tony winner Christopher Gattelli (NEWSIES) will join as choreographer in place of Peter Darling (MATILDA, BILLY ELLIOT). Darling reportedly departs the production due to conflicts with another new musical- GROUNDHOG DAY, which is due to premiere in London later this year.
HAMILTON director Thomas Kail and Tony nominees Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom, Jr. joined WNYC's THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW yesterday, where they opened up about the show's background, their parts, and the making of the music. You can listen to the full interview below!
Tonight's planned live Facebook Q&A with HAMILTON's Phillipa Soo has been pushed to tomorrow, Friday, June 3 at 5:30PM EST, it was announced on the show's Twitter account this evening.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, HAMILTON star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is due to depart his hit show this summer. According to the Hollywood Reporter, his exit date is set- July 9, 2016.
In the latest episode of ENTRANCES, EXITS, & EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, the YouTube documentary series following Tony-winning legend Patti LuPone and created by her son Joshua Johnston, audiences get an inside glimpse at her recent stop at the Richard Rodgers Theater, where she took part in HAMILTON's popular #Ham4Ham live lottery show. Check it out below!