Theatre Nerd Intro for June 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, For a few years there in the second half of the last decade, Hamilton was Duana’s entire personality. She managed to somehow work it into every conversation we had, especially when we were doing the Show Your Work podcast. So I texted her after the Tony Awards By Lainey • Jun 09, 2025 09:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey in The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid, Disney’s latest live-action reboot of a classic animated film, begins with a quote from Hans Christian Andersen about suffering. It really sets the stage for what comes next. The Little Mermaid, in this incarnation written by David Magee and directed by Rob Marshall, is neither the By Sarah • May 26, 2023 11:50 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Little Mermaid highlights poor Caribbean representation The Little Mermaid is making quite the splash following the world premiere in Hollywood, which Sarah wrote about here. For the most part, Black people across the globe have been ecstatic to finally have a Black Ariel. But the excitement came to a bit of a halt, replaced instead with By Stephanie • May 12, 2023 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Under the sea with MONSTERS The world premiere of The Little Mermaid (live action redux) was last night in Los Angeles. Everyone turned up: Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay—grown up!—Daveed Diggs, who voices Sebastian in the film, and Viscountess Bridgerton herself, Simone Ashley, who plays one of Ariel’s By Sarah • May 09, 2023 09:57 am
Movie Reviews and Previews #Hamilfilm Teaser Delivers On The Promise If you don’t know by now that Hamilton will drop on Disney+ on Friday, July 3rd, I assume it’s because you don’t need that information – which is fine, I get it. For those who do know, who have known, though… The anticipation for the #Hamilfilm is intense, By Duana • Jun 29, 2020 01:18 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Daveed Diggs in Blindspotting Daveed Diggs is the name you know, but Blindspotting is a work made with his creative partner Rafael Casal. They co-wrote, co-produced, and co-star in it, and it feels top to bottom like a collaboration—a story about two sides that requires two perspectives. Navigating between their voices is director By Sarah • Jul 30, 2018 04:04 pm
Amazingness Hamilton at the Tony Awards “I am inimitable, I am an original” You could be forgiven if you felt a little overwhelmed by the amount of Hamilton coverage lately. It’s so ubiquitous because Lin-Manuel Miranda and the show Hamilton are at once separate entities and inextricably linked. Miranda won two Tonys personally last night, By Duana • Jun 13, 2016 02:40 pm
