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Remembering Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his birthday
Remembering Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his birthday
Look around, look around — how lucky we are to be alive right now: Lin-Manuel Miranda, the literal genius behind “Hamilton,” just promoted an old recording of the Jewish a capella group he sang with in college, the Mazel Tones. And you don’t have to wait for it to listen — here’s a snippet: Hey…
Jason Brown is one of the most formidable names in men’s figure skating, known for his flawless spins and extension and astonishing flexibility. And it’s not just that Brown is a graduate of the Union of Reform Judaism camp systems whose tight knit Jewish family celebrates holidays together and spent Brown’s bar mitzvah party volunteering…
When we last saw Larry David, who with Gal Gadot and Ruth Bader Ginsberg makes up the holy trinity for Jews, he was running from an assassin. The end of the long-awaited 9th season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” found our hero breaking with Lin Manuel Miranda over creative choices and being pursued by a would-be…
How does a bastard, balding, elderly man/Who likes samples and grousing/Living in Bernie Sanders’ shadow/Get a guest star who has music superpowers? Ladies and gentlemen, the pop-culture moment you didn’t even realize you had been waiting for: Lin Manuel Miranda is guest-starring right now on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the show about the man who will…
What, exactly, has Stephen Sondheim contributed to musical theater? Lin-Manuel Miranda, in a profile of Sondheim penned for The New York Times Style Magazine, has an answer. “He is musical theater’s greatest lyricist, full stop,” Miranda writes. “The days of competition with other musical theater songwriters are done: We now talk about his work the…
Why do we fantasize about life during the galactic civil war in a galaxy far away? Would it really be worth it to live under the fascist Sith regime, just for the chance to train with Yoda and marshall the force? Yes. And why do so many of us harbor dreams of receiving our Hogwarts…
We were thrilled to report Regina Spektor would be putting her own spin on the “Hamilton” song “Dear Theodosia” for “The Hamilton Mixtape,” and we’re even more excited now we’ve heard the final version. Listen to her honey-toned version, featuring Ben Folds, below.
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