Lin-Manuel Miranda is promoting his movie In the Heights. It is a movie that never would have been had it not started out as a Broadway musical.
For the first time, Broadway needs him more than he needs it. Therefore, yesterday when he was on The Tonight Show, he and Jimmy Fallon paid tribute to the Great White Way returning in September.
So, the two men called their famous friends up, reworked Hamilton’s You’ll Be Back, and performed a song and dance number that is worthy, of well, Broadway. September can’t come soon enough.
The lights on Broadway have been dark for over a year now, and the whole community wants to get back to work. The fastest way they can do that is if they all get vaccinated. Therefore, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Lin-Manuel Miranda opened up a location just for them to get the COVID-19 vaccine in the Theater District.
When Stephen Colbert heard this, he and the Late Show writers reworked Hamilton’s song My Shot for the occasion. I am normally not a fan of Colbert’s work, but this is f*cking brilliant. It is enough to make King George III go mad. And not in the angry sense.
BTW My Shot was on my vaccination playlist when I got the first injection. Now, I am going to add this song to it for when I get the second shot in 11 days. It is not like I am counting or anything.
https://youtu.be/vo_s6PsVogI
On July 4th, Hamilton is coming to Disney+, and the Lin-Manuel Miranda came up with an interesting to promote the streaming debut with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. The Tony winner got Phillipa Soo and the women from the original cast to sing Helpless from their homes with some help from The Roots, who used instruments from their houses.
Even though the coronavirus pandemic makes us feel like we are helpless, this upbeat Broadway musical number reminds us that we are not. Although people will think that we are because all we will be doing is singing the chorus in public.
We might not get fireworks this Fourth of July, but we will have them inside our homes. That is because Bob Iger, Executive Chairman, The Walt Disney Company, and Lin-Manuel Miranda announced on Good Morning America this morning that Hamilton will be coming to Disney+ on July 3rd.
This recording of the Broadway show’s performance was recorded for three days back in June 2016 before some of the original cast members left the musical to pursue other opportunities. It is directed by the man who directed the original production.
Miranda described it as, “just imagine having the best seat in the house.” Now, we have the best seat in that house, in our houses anytime we want! See fireworks!
This movie was originally slated to hit the big screens in October 2021, I am so thankful Disney moved it because it is exactly what we all need now.
Billy Eichner asked Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell him five jobs he had before he was a Tony-Award winning producer. They were:
1) McDonalds cashier
2) Intern at PBS/WNET (unpaid but $10 a day transportation stipend!)
3) nude model for Drawing 1 in college
4) bar mitzvah dancer
5) 7th grade English teacher
I can understand all the jobs, but not the third one. When it comes to that one, I want to see painting proof, otherwise, it did not happen. Am I the only one who wants proof?
