Queen Latifah, Common among hip-hop artists on ‘Hamilton’ album
Queen Latifah is said to be planning to participate in a new "Hamilton" album. Credit: Getty Images / Kevork Djansezian
THE SHOW “Hamilton”
THE DEAL Two weeks since the original cast album of the Broadway smash won a Grammy Award, plans have been unveiled for a new album with major hip-hop artists performing selections from the score and new songs inspired by the musical, as first reported in Vanity Fair. According to Lin-Manuel Miranda, it will include performances from Busta Rhymes, Queen Latifah, Ben Folds and Common.
THE SHOW “Dead Poets Society”
THE DEAL A stage adaptation of the 1989 Robin Williams flick will be produced Off-Broadway next season by Classic Stage Company, under the direction of John Doyle (“The Color Purple”). The Classic Stage season will also include David Ives’ update of Pierre Corneille’s farce “The Liar” and the Stephen Sondheim musical “Pacific Overtures.”
THE SHOW “Broadway Backwards”
THE DEAL The annual benefit concert in which well-known Broadway songs are cleverly reinvented for same-sex context is set to return March 21 with a cast that includes Chita Rivera, Danielle Brooks, Tituss Burgess, Tony Yazbeck and Len Cariou.
THE SHOW “1776”
THE DEAL In the style of “Hamilton,” City Center Encores! has revealed multiracial casting for its upcoming concert-style revival of the Tony-winning musical, including John Larroquette as Benjamin Franklin; Santino Fontana and Christiane Noll as John and Abigail Adams; André De Shields as Stephen Hopkins; and Nikki Renee Daniels as Martha Jefferson.
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