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  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    ReviewFilm
    Halle Bailey is charismatic in bland Little Mermaid remake

    Submarine saga of star-cross’d passion is the best thing in an otherwise boring film

    A mermaid swims under water, holding up a fork and smiling at a seabird and a tropical fish
  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    FT SeriesHTSI spring arts special: creatives in their communities
    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Heights society

    The Hamilton creator on his vision to reshape Broadway

    Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum
  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    InterviewFilm
    Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘Musicals were never not cool to me’

    The ‘Hamilton’ creator reflects on his recent rush of films, losing Stephen Sondheim and a magic moment with Steven Spielberg

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    ReviewFilm
    In the Heights — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s riot of big dreams and romances

    Hamilton creator’s exuberant musical celebrates Manhattan’s Latin community of Washington Heights

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    ReviewFilm
    Hamilton still sings as it moves from Broadway to living rooms

    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical arrives on Disney+ with cine-savvy direction but a hint of melancholy

  • Thursday, 18 June, 2020
    Film
    The Hamilton effect on movies and the showdown to come

    As the stage hit comes to screens, we look ahead to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story

    IN THE HEIGHTS film still
  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Undercover EconomistTim Harford
    Three reasons to take a holiday — especially a short one

    There’s something fractal about rest: we need it daily, weekly and yearly

    People relax in the sunshine at Green Park in London, Britain July 1, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC13FB653CC0
  • Wednesday, 13 February, 2019
    Theatre to watch in New York
    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s co-produced musical Freestyle Love Supreme — the splendours and pitfalls of improvisation

    The hip-hop group’s on-the-hoof musical at New York’s Greenwich House Theater was an entertaining if somewhat tame affair

    From left: Chris Sullivan, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Veneziale and Utkarsh Ambudkar in 'Freestyle Love Supreme'
  • Thursday, 9 August, 2018
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Bring It On at Southwark Playhouse — frothy, frantic and hard to resist

    Co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this exuberant musical lifts the lid on high school cheerleading

    British Theatre Academy perform 'Bring It On'
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2017
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Hamilton opens in London — a playful and dazzling work of art

    Lin-Manuel Miranda’s exhilarating musical holds a mirror up to the world of the founding fathers — and also today’s

    From left, Rachelle Ann Go, Rachel John and Christine Allado in 'Hamilton'
  • Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
    ReviewMusic
    Working, a belt-and-braces musical from the book by Studs Terkel

    This denim-clad 1970s elegy to the dignity of labour still feels relevant

    LtoR Kerri Norville, Izuka Hoyle & Nicola Espallardo Production Photos: Working based on book by Studs Terkel at Southwark Playhouse from PR
  • Tuesday, 2 May, 2017
    World
    Which Broadway show will star in this year’s Tony Awards?

    How the 2017 nominees are faring as competition on the stage heats up

    NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12:  The cast of "Hamilton" performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City.  (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
  • Friday, 13 January, 2017
    Life & Arts
    ‘Hamilton’ fights off London ticket bots with new system

    Success of musical’s card-swipe technology will be watched by entertainment industry

    NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of 'Hamilton' perform onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
  • Thursday, 1 December, 2016
    ReviewLife & Arts
    Film review: Moana — ‘Lovable’

    Disney’s animation set in ancient Polynesia is this year’s Christmas movie treat

    'Moana' tells of a sea crossing to fulfil a mythic quest
  • Monday, 8 August, 2016
    News in-depthFT Data
    Have Broadway and other musicals risen up with Hamilton?
  • Saturday, 16 July, 2016
    News in-depthFT Data
    Wait for it: Last-minute tickets pay off with cheaper prices
  • Sunday, 10 July, 2016
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Touts in focus as ticket prices skyrocket for Broadway hit show

    Resellers scoop up more than $2.6m a week on ‘Hamilton’

    ‘Hamilton’ at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York, with Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Friday, 17 June, 2016
    Nilanjana Roy
    Afterword: All you need is love

    I prefer the company of those whose doubt or ambiguity makes them slow to condemn

  • Friday, 20 May, 2016
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Advertising: TV fights the future 

    US television executives are fighting back at the rise of digital campaigns

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2016
    FT AlphavilleDavid Keohane
    Further reading
  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2016
    World
    White House Countdown – Harriet and Hamilton
  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2016
    Sarah Hemming
    There is no manual for making a hit musical

    If historical characters rapping packs the stalls, nothing is off-limits, writes Sarah Hemming

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2015
    ReviewLife & Arts
    In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre, London — ‘Infectious, dazzling’

    Set in a New York Hispanic neighbourhood, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical is a fizzing delight

    Sam Mackay as Usnavi. Photo: Johan Persson
  • Thursday, 6 August, 2015
    Life & Arts
    Hamilton: the hip-hop musical that pleases both camps

    How does this show — now opening on Broadway — exert appeal across the political spectrum?

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, centre, as Alexander Hamilton
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2015
    Life & Arts
    Tony Awards: the nominations for 2015

    The omissions, predictions and sure bets on this year’s list

    'An American in Paris' is nominated for 12 awards
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