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In 1946, Riley Puckett, one of the pioneers of recorded old-time country music, died in East Point, Ga., at age 52. His death was due to blood poisoning from an infected boil on his neck. Among ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Revolutionary hit musical "Hamilton" and author Ron Chernow, whose book inspired it, will be awarded the ...
The Broadway musical ''Hamilton'' and the historian whose book inspired it will collect the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal this fall, an award for efforts to spread liberty around the ...
Seller has been a key behind-the-scenes figure for some of Broadway's biggest hits including, Hamilton and Rent, but he got ...
Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she ...
“Hamilton” is playing at the KeyBank State Theatre, 1519 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, through July 6. Tickets, $69-$197, can be purchased at playhousesquare.org.
On the Criterion Collection DVD commentary for Nashville, director Robert Altman matter-of-factly says at the beginning, “Nashville‘s a musical, really.” It almost sounds like he’s trying ...
After Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" became a smash hit, visitorship to Alexander Hamilton's historic home tripled.
It's noted that Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, out of wedlock. Aaron Burr, the rival who will kill Hamilton in a duel, calls him "a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman." ...
The “Hamilton” creator, who crafted the soundtrack for the new prequel to “The Lion King,” reflects on writing songs that have a universal appeal. Listen to this article · 7:50 min Learn more ...
B y our estimates, Lewis Hamilton has traveled more than 80,000 miles this year, both for his job as one of the premiere drivers in Formula 1, and for leisure, as a perpetual tourist who’s ...