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It clearly is more than evident at this dinner: politics and religion are two topics one would consider to be off topic at any social gathering. What playwright Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced shows is that both topics, central and crucial in one play, makes for an evening of theatre spent on the edge of your seat.

Twenty-two fascinating references in Lin-Manuel Miranda's lyrics explained.

Grobengieser calls it, 'A brick-based interpretation of the logo of the astounding new Broadway musical.'

The Brooklyn-born rap artist analyzes Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical and comments on its hip-hop authenticity.

Rosie O'Donnell has set up a page on CharityBuzz to auction off a premium seat next to her for a performance of Hamilton, followed by a backstage visit with Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast.

The annual fall gathering for booklovers, the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, will return to the Hynes Convention Center in Boston's beautiful Back Bay, November 13-15, 2015.  More than 120 dealers from the United States, Australia, England, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and The Netherlands will exhibit and sell a vast selection of rare, collectible and antiquarian books, illuminated manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, modern first editions, photographs, and fine and decorative prints.  

Star of Broadway's HAMILTON Chris Jackson performed the National Anthem at last night's Game 2 of the NLCS at New York's Citi Field.

They're at it again! Melanie Brook, Anna Ty Bergman, and Kerri George are back with a new video on YouTube - this time mashing up what else, but Mariah Carey and Hamilton. Below, check out their version of 'Helpless' and 'Always Be My Baby,' featuring Alexander Sage Oyen on the guitar.

The HAMILTON team has released yet another photo in their fun series of photographs using an 1800s camera lens.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter world got very meta earlier this week.

Now that the HAMILTON cast album has been out in the world for a bit, and the company of the hit musical is planning to celebrate. On October 16, Lin-Manuel Miranda took audience questions then be joined by cast members to sign the original Broadway cast recording at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble (150 East 86th Street). Check out photos from the event below!

Disgraced, Ayad Akhtar's edge-of-your-seat Pulitzer Prize- winning play about a successful Muslim-American lawyer whose dinner guests' discussion of race and identity explodes to reveal racial prejudices and personal secrets plays at the Temple of Music and Art from tonight, Oct. 17 through Nov. 7. I. Michael and Beth Kasser are Arizona Theatre Company's 2015-16 Season Sponsors.

Lin-Manuel Miranda did say he was thinking of Destiny's Child when he wrote HAMILTON's 'Helpless.'

Now that the HAMILTON cast album has been out in the world for a bit, and the company of the hit musical is planning to celebrate. Today, October 16 (3:30 PM), Lin-Manuel Miranda will take audience questions then be joined by cast members to sign the original Broadway cast recording at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble (150 East 86th Street).

In celebration of reaching 96,000 followers on Twitter, HAMITLON's Lin-Manuel Miranda opted to share the first draft of 'My Shot' from the runaway Broadway hit. Check it out below!

Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will revive Martin Duberman's IN WHITE AMERICA, one of the signature plays of the Civil Rights Era, in a Off-Broadway production tonight, October 15, to November 15 at Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street.

On last night's 2015 BET HIP HOP AWARDS, Black Thought and Questlove introduced cast members of Broadway's HAMILTON, , Renee Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as they put on their cypher masks for this year's Hip Hop competition.

Our $10 Founding Father is breaking the bank on Broadway!

Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre, in association with Castillo Theatre, will revive Martin Duberman's IN WHITE AMERICA, one of the signature plays of the Civil Rights Era, in a Off-Broadway production October 15 to November 15 at Castillo Theatre, 543 West 42nd Street.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON is busy breaking box office records and boundaries on Broadway, but what will happen when the hip-hop hit is licensed to high schools? From a shortage of boys to lack of diversity, creator of the web series LANKY SCIOLIOSIS Tim Murray (currently in 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL) imagines a somewhat problematic Ohio production of HAMILTON in the hilarious parody below!