Thomas Kail News

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast. Today is a very special day for Hamilton, because it's Jonathan Groff's birthday! Not only that, but Jonathan Groff will also be taking over the Ham4Ham videos next week while Lin-Manuel Miranda is on vacation. Check out the video below!

On Thursday, Fortune Magazine released a list of The World's 50 Greatest Leaders, and Hamilton creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda was named among them! Other leaders on the list include Pope Francis, John Oliver, John Legend, and many more.

Idina Menzel paid a visit to HAMILTON last night, and stopped by her old dressing room from the IF/THEN days after the show. Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted a photo of the visit. Check it out below!

Don't miss a special 'Tweet-Along' Encore of GREASE: LIVE airing Easter tonight, March 27 (7:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX!

The legendary shop has been much-talked about lately, after Lin-Manuel Miranda (of Hamilton fame) launched an internet campaign to bring sales into the flooded shop. And now, tonight, March 26th, stars of stage and shop employees will gather for a night of stories and songs to celebrate and benefit the legendary Drama Book Shop at Feinstein's/54 Below. The 7pm concert will feature many of the all-star Broadway talent who frequent the shop on a daily basis.

Just in time for today's worldwide theatrical release of BATMAN V SUPERMAN, the comedy group known as Turtle Cameron brings you a mashup of the caped crusader, Batman and America's $10 Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

Anxiously waiting for WAITRESS to begin previews tonight? Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'

As BroadwayWrld previously reported, Sir Cameron Mackintosh (producer of OLIVER!, LES MISERABLES, PHANTOM, MARY POPPINS, MISS SAIGON and CATS) plans to bring Broadway's box-office blockbuster HAMILTON to the West End in 2017. Now the Daily Mail now writes that Mackintosh is eyeing the Victoria Palace Theatre, where BILLY ELLIOT will give its final performance on April 9.

Following the performance, star Lin-Manuel Miranda donned an iconic T-Bird leather jacket, making him an honorary member of the gang!

Don't miss a special 'Tweet-Along' Encore of GREASE: LIVE airing Easter Sunday, March 27 (7:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX!

HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda recently sat down with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric at the NYC restaurant Joe Allen to talk about the Broadway show's runaway success, as well as its upcoming mixtape, which will feature artists such as Common, The Roots and Regina Spektor.

Popular Broadway vlogger, Tyler Mount, just unveiled the latest episode of his web series, THE TYLER MOUNT VLOG. Below, catch the YouTube star's 3-minute rendition of Broadway's hit musical HAMILTON!

During Wednesday's performance of the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON, creator and star Lin Manuel Miranda and his cast paid tribute to A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg, who passed away earlier this week

Daveed Diggs never expected to be on Broadway, but it's been an unexpectedly emotional experience.

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this means that digital #Ham4Ham is back, featuring surprise performances from the cast. After the company's appearance last week week on Capitol Hill, today's #Ham4Ham features Lin-Manuel Miranda and his fellow stars from HAMILTON doing a WEST WING-style 'walk and talk' scene at the White House. Check out the video below!

Hulu has shared an interview with HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda which aired on CHARLIE ROSE.

The national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will play in Las Vegas as part of the 2017-2018 season, it was announced today by producer Jeffrey Seller and The Smith Center. 

Signature Theatre has confirmed casting for the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes' DAPHNE'S DIVE, featuring a slew of stage and screen stars.

The Public Theater presents the world premiere play Dry Powder by Sarah Burgess, directed by Thomas Kail. Part of Oskar Eustis' 10th Anniversary season, this deliciously funny new drama about the people shaping, and skewing, the American economy has been extended a final week to Sunday, May 1. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!

Thomas Kail's bracing production matches the playwright's vicious verbal chess match with plenty of pop and vibrancy.