Thomas Jefferson News

Lin-Manuel Miranda shared the news on Twitter that there will be a special Ham4Ham performance taking place in front of the Richard Rodgers Theatre at 5:55 pm!

Ryan Coogler, director of the Rocky reboot CREED, as well as the recent acclaimed film FRUITVALE STATION, revealed that he would love to take the reins on a film adaptation of Broadway's HAMILTON.

The two young actors earn places in the Hollywood and Entertainment division of the magazine's prestigious list.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ The Children's Book Council (CBC), Every Child a Reader (ECAR), and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (CFB) have announced the appointment of Gene Luen Yang, Printz Award winner and two-time National Book Award finalist, as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. The program was established by the three organizations in 2008 to highlight the importance of young people's literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education, and the development and betterment of the lives of young people. Yang will travel nationwide over the course of his two-year term promoting his platform, 'Reading Without Walls,' showing kids and teens that reading is a vital part of their lives, and speaking to parents, teachers, librarianseveryone invested in young people's literacyabout how better to connect with kids and teens and help them love reading. Yang succeeds beloved and esteemed authors Jon Scieszka (20082009), Katherine Paterson (20102011), Walter Dean Myers (20122013), and Kate DiCamillo (20142015) in the position. Gene Luen Yang is the first-ever graphic novelist to be named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Meet your new obsession, HAMILTON fans.

The President's first visit to HAMILTON is included in Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza end of year gallery.

The HAMILTON star has organized a program with company members to benefit Graham Windham, an outgrowth of Eliza Schuyler's orphanage.

Remember that famous line from THE ROOM -- 'Oh Hi Mark'? If you don't, skip along! But if you do, a new sketch called 'Oh Hi Hamilton,' described as 'the mash-up of Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit musical Hamilton and Tommy Wiseau's disasterpiece THE ROOM that you never knew you needed...until now' just hit the web, and it's an epic homage to both works. Check it out below!

'I never dreamed that I would be autographing Playbills,' jokes 66-year-old author Ron Chernow in a new interview in this week's Wall Street Journal.

A historic relic believed to have belonged to Broadway's favorite founding father will soon be for sale.

Merry Christmas, Broadway fans! This season's hottest Broadway album is on sale for practically a steal.

Happy Holidays! It's the last week to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

What happens when you cross Alexander Hamilton with Margaret Hamilton? Lin-Manuel Miranda knows, of course! Check out what happened when his pal Seth Rudetsky suggested a slight change in subject matter to his hit musical:

The Public Theater team is celebrating the holidays founding father style with a new lip synch video to HAMILTON's title track. Check it out below!

Leslie Odom Jr., who portrays the complex, sometimes charming, sometimes villainous character of 'Aaron Burr' in Broadway's HAMILTON, recently spoke to NPR about living in the role from the musical's first workshops to Broadway. Listen to the in-depth interview below!

There's a new $10 founding father without a father in town today.

Daveed Diggs, who is making his Broadway debut as Thomas Jefferson in HAMILTON, is the latest subject in the show's series of vintage style photographs taken by Josh Lehrer using an 1839 lens. Check it out below!

Lin-Manuel Miranda's historical hip-hop musical wins another fan among Washington insiders.

Time is running out to vote for the 2015 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 18. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31!

Classic moments from the musical as imagined by animation student Patrycja Cmak.