News: Lin Manuel-Miranda to Host SNL October 8!

[ Written on September 28 2016 by Francesca ]

Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to host the Oct. 8 telecast of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

Miranda, who is making his “SNL” hosting debut, recently finished his Broadway run as the composer, lyricist and performer in the musical sensation “Hamilton.”

Twenty One Pilots will make their “SNL” debut alongside Miranda. The duo (Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun) recently made history becoming the first alternative group ever with two simultaneous singles in the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 — “Ride,” from their multi-platinum studio album “Blurryface,” and “Heathens,” from “Suicide Squad: The Album.”

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Photos: National Archives Foundation Honors Hamilton

[ Written on September 27 2016 by Francesca ]

I’ve updated the gallery with photos of Lin attending the National Archives Foundation event in DC a couple of days ago where Lin himself, Tommy Kail & Ron Chernow were honoured for Hamilton.

Feature: Lin-Manuel Miranda for Variety

[ Written on September 27 2016 by Francesca ]

On the 212th anniversary of Hamilton’s death, the playwright has come to this place, situated among the skyscrapers in Manhattan’s financial district, to commemorate the American founding father who inspired his Tony-winning, smash-hit, Broadway musical.

Three nights earlier, on July 9, he chopped off his signature black, shoulder- length locks minutes after the last curtain came down on his final of 375 Broadway performances. On that night, scalpers (no pun intended) asked upward of $10,000 a ticket for the last chance to see the pop-culture sensation with the man who created, composed, and starred in it. [Source]