Theatre Nerd Wrong Side of History You know how, when everyone really likes a thing, someone gets jealous or sick of how well that thing is doing, and there’s a backlash? Jennifer Lawrence, Scandal, Paleo? Well, someone decided it was time for a Hamilton backlash—except they really picked the wrong battle. The open call By Duana • Mar 31, 2016 10:58 am
Emma Watson #HeForShe For Hamilton For Hogwarts Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emma Watson had a conversation for #HeforShe, the U.N. gender equality initiative for which Emma is a vocal and active representative. The interview, in four parts, is about an hour(!) long, and really becomes an in-depth discussion of Hamilton, the references, the inspirations…all through a By Duana • Mar 17, 2016 03:38 pm
Barack Obama Intro for March 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, Goal for the day: avoid Duana. Not because I don’t love her, obviously I do. But because the cast of Hamilton went to the White House yesterday, performing at the invitation of the President and the First Lady to an audience that included educators and students, to By Lainey • Mar 15, 2016 09:39 am
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, March 14, 2016 On a Sunday most parents are freezing their asses off at soccer or at a hellish indoor playground for a birthday party, and NPH and his twins are on a walking food tour in Greenwich Village. Yesterday the family went on a walking tour of Greenwich Village restaurants, courtesy of By Maria • Mar 14, 2016 04:09 pm
Celebrity Social Media Smutty Social Media, February 22, 2016 Book signing anxiety is real! (Unless you are J.K. Rowling or something.) I have a signing at Barnes & Nobel at The Grove tomorrow at 730! I'm so nervous no one will come. I might pay people like a Ben Carson rally— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 22, By Maria • Feb 22, 2016 05:04 pm
Music Hamilton at the Grammys Last night the opening number of Hamilton, “Alexander Hamilton”, was performed live from their home stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. If you know Hamilton, you squealed along at seeing it in ‘real life’, instead of just 15-second sound-ups in the 60 Minutes specials, and then checked to see if By Duana • Feb 16, 2016 11:04 am
Tom Cruise Christmas Cruise Hamilton. Broadway’s darling. Duana’s darling. I swear not a day goes by when I don’t get some kind of tweet about Hamilton from her. Everyone’s been to Hamilton. And last night, Tom Cruise was at Hamilton. Check him out, accompanied by his son Connor, hanging out By Lainey • Dec 24, 2015 10:29 am