Thomas Kail News

Artistic Director Oskar Eustis has added a dash of star power to his 10th anniversary season at The Public Theater.

Christopher Jackson, who plays George Washington in the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON, stopped by this morning's TODAY to share how the concept of the show came about, and how they made the history accessible through the theater.

During the appearance, the actor revealed the vulgar 'term of endearment' he scribbled on the backstage VIP poster at Broadway's HAMILTON

NBC recently announced that this morning, January 21, Christopher Jackson, star of Broadway's Hamilton, will visit the 9:00 am hour of the TODAY show.

For today's digital #Ham4Ham performance, Lin-Manuel Miranda invited late-night host Jimmy Fallon to sing HAMILTON's 'You'll Be Back' in the style of several music icons, including the late, great David Bowie.

Even though Rydell High's easily excitable and enthusiastic head cheerleader, Patty Simcox, might not be the coolest kid in school, Elle McLemore, the equally as excited and enthusiastic actress who plays her in the upcoming GREASE LIVE!, is as sweet and likeable as can be. Most theatre fans know McLemore for playing less than loveable cheerleaders, first as the Machiavellian Eva in BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL, and then as the dim-witted Heather McNamara in HEATHERS THE MUSICAL. Despite some of her character's worst traits, McLemore is always disarmingly sweet and infectiously charming.

Grease is the word! CTV and CraveTV(TM) have joined forces to bring GREASE: LIVE first to audiences on CTV and CTV GO and then exclusively to subscribers of premium streaming service CraveTV.

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, PBS has confirmed that it will air Hamilton'S AMERICA, a feature film documentary providing intimate access to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his colleagues during the two years leading up to the Broadway opening of the musical Hamilton. Following the big announcement, Miranda took to Twitter to share a trio of behind-the-scenes shots from the film - check them out below!

At today's TCA press tour, PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger announced that it will air Hamilton'S AMERICA, a feature film documentary providing intimate access to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his colleagues during the two years leading up to the Broadway opening of the musical Hamilton.

An article in yesterday's New York Times warns that counterfeit tickets to the critically acclaimed hip-hop musical are becoming more and more prevalent.

Miranda gathered his old classmates together in their elementary school auditorium for a performance of 'Martin Luther King,' a song they used to sing in honor of MLK Day. Check out the fun performance below!

Aspiring storyboard artist and HAMILTON superfan Megan Lloyd recently made a storyboard for a film version of 'The World Was Wide Enough,' the final duel song from the show. The viral video has already reached Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the HAMILTON star/creator has tweeted his approval, 'Let's get this gal in front of a crowd!'

Below, watch as Andrew Chapelle's private well-wishes get crashed by Betsy Struxness and a group of ensemble members, plus the Schuyler Sisters deliver their own rendition, but not everyone got the memo.

Legendary Disney songwriter Alan Menken lent his talents to this week's #Ham4Ham, the first digital incarnation of the pre-lottery performance. Below, join Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda at the piano as the pair performs a medley of songs from THE LITTLE MERMAID!

He brought us a Tony-winning rap musical, IN THE HEIGHTS. He showed us another side of the founding fathers and landed Broadway squarely in the popular spotlight with HAMILTON. He's just an Oscar away from an EGOT. And he's 36 today.

In the video below, Signature Theatre's Residency Five playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes shares how Paula Vogel helped spark her collaboration with IN THE HEIGHTS creators Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail.

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NBC would love to take a shot at producing a televised performance of the smash Broadway musical HAMILTON, according to NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt.

Backstage at HAMILTON is the place to be. See who's left a souvenir John Hancock.

Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter late today to announce that the hugely popular #Ham4Ham shows will be going online.