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    Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan to Celebrate Latinos in Broadway Benefit Show

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    The ‘Hamilton’ creator and the ‘Conga’ hitmaker have been confirmed to take part in the upcoming star-studded charity event ‘Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices’.
    Aug 30, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan are among the top acts gathering to celebrate Latinos in theatre at “Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices”.
    West Side Story legend Chita Rivera and Mexican pop icon Thalia, who produced 2018 play “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical”, are also booked as headline acts for the upcoming digital benefit concert.
    Bosses behind the show, to be directed and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, aim to celebrate the history and achievements of Latino theatre stars while also focusing on Hispanic representation, inclusion and diversity.
    “It’s going to celebrate the past,” Sergio tells the Associated Press of the show. “It’s going to pay attention to the present and look to the future.”
    The online event will also feature snapshots of Broadway-bound musicals and plays from Latin stars, including a peek at John Leguizamo’s latest work, “Kiss My Aztec”.
    Andrea Burns, star of 2005 Tony Award-winning Latinx musical “In the Heights”, will host “Viva Broadway! Hear Our Voices.”
    The concert will be broadcast on Playbill.com, Playbill’s YouTube Channel, and on The Broadway League’s Viva.Broadway website on 1 October (20), with proceeds from the function benefitting the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and Broadway Bridges charities.

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      Lin-Manuel Miranda Gracefully Accepts Criticisms of 'Hamilton' Glorifying Slave Owners

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      Amid the recent success of the ‘Hamilton’ movie debut, the musical is under scrutiny again over its portrayal of Alexander Hamilton, who has been accused of being complicit in the slave trade.
      Jul 8, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lin-Manuel Miranda has responded after “Hamilton” came under fire over accusation that it glorifies slave owners. In light of the massive success of the “Hamilton” movie which debuted this past weekend, the show is under scrutiny again over its portrayal of Alexander Hamilton, who has been accused of being complicit in the slave trade.
      In the musical and the film, Hamilton is depicted as a “young, scrappy, and hungry” immigrant and someone who was passionate about the abolition of slavery. The real Alexander Hamilton, who was the inspiration behind the musical, has been accused of being complicit in the slave trade as he had several friends who owned slaves, including George Washington.
      Though he despised slavery, Hamilton married into a prominent New York slave-holding family and managed the sale of slaves for his in-laws. He also did accounting for a Caribbean trading company that engaged in the slave trade.
      Following the release of the movie version, people demand “Hamilton” cancellation, with the hashtag “#CancelHamilton” growing on Twitter. “How is Hamilton not canceled? Alexander Hamilton owned and traded slaves. I think we need to cancel Hamilton,” one person wrote on Twitter. Another added, “Hamilton was a slave trader. Tear down the statues NOW and #CancelHamilton.”
      Writer Tracy Clayton posted a series of tweets debating the issue with “Hamilton”, writing that the play and the movie version “were given to us in two different worlds & our willingness to interrogate things in this way feels like a clear sign of change.”
      The host of the weekly Netflix podcast “Strong Black Legends” added that “Hamilton” is “a flawed play about flawed people written by an imperfect person that gave my flawed and imperfect little life a big boost when i needed it most, so again i know im biased, but i do appreciate the change this illustrates & will be following the convo’s evolution.”
      Miranda, who wrote the music and lyrics as well as starred in the original Broadway show, later responded to the backlash by commenting on the thread. Taking the criticisms in stride, he wrote, “Appreciate you so much, @brokeymcpoverty. All the criticisms are valid.”

      Lin-Manuel Miranda responded to the ‘Hamilton’ backlash.
      The 40-year-old playwright went on admitting his shortage in creating the musical, “The sheer tonnage of complexities & failings of these people I couldn’t get. Or wrestled with but cut. I took 6 years and fit as much as I could in a 2.5 hour musical. Did my best. It’s all fair game.”

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      Lin-Manuel Miranda Accused of Romanticizing Slave Owners With 'Hamilton'

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      The ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ actor locks his social media as his new movie debuts on streaming site and receives mixed reactions as it gets criticized for glorifying slave owners.
      Jul 4, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Lin-Manuel Miranda has locked his Twitter account after “Hamilton” debuted on Disney+.
      The singer/songwriter and actor debuted the film version of his Broadway smash on the streaming platform on Friday (03Jul20) and, following the release, went private on on the social media site.
      Celebrating the premiere, Miranda participated in a live-tweeting party with fans and the rest of the cast from 7 pm until 10 pm ET, shortly after which he locked his account.
      In his final public post, the star signed off, saying, “Thank you for tonight. I’m so grateful you just have the whole thing now. With this extraordinary company and crew. It’s yours.”
      While he didn’t give a solid explanation as to why he quit the platform, fans have speculated it may be due to backlash online over the musical’s focus on a group of men that were slave owners, with some people calling the show racist for glorifying the people in history.
      Miranda previously insisted “Hamilton” has taken on a whole new significance in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests across the U.S. and worldwide.
      “There’s nothing new about what’s happening,” he told WSJ magazine. “It’s been interesting to see the different things that pop up, because I was trying to tell this specific story, but I was grabbing from the America I know. So it all hits in different ways, based on where America is.”

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      Lin-Manuel Miranda Pushes Back Movie Release in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter Activists

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      The ‘Hamilton’ creator has decided to postpone the release of his new documentary ‘We Are Freestyle Love Supreme’ amid the nationwide protests against racial injustice.
      Jun 5, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Broadway star Lin-Manuel Miranda has put the release of his new documentary on hold in light of the Black Lives Matter protests taking place across the U.S.
      The “Hamilton” creator and actor had been due to share “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme”, a film about his improv hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme, on Hulu this week, but he has since delayed the launch to show solidarity with social and racial justice advocates.
      “We will be postponing the release of the We Are Freestyle Love Supreme documentary and look forward to sharing it with you in the future,” reads a group statement posted on Twitter.
      The announcement also included ways for followers to help and support the Black Lives Matter movement.
      The message continued, “We are for the freedom of expression, creativity, inclusion, equality, and most of all, love,” the group said. “Our work has always centered around creating a safe space for those ideals to flourish. Our show does not exist without the operations of brilliant black artists that created two of our most beloved American art forms, jazz and hip-hop.”
      “Today our country, our world struggles to reach an end to this systemic racial injustice, intolerance, police brutality and hate. We add our voices to that fight.”
      “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme”, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, chronicles Miranda’s reunion with a number of his Hamilton collaborators, with whom he had performed improv shows before and after the show became a Broadway smash.
      A new launch date has yet to be revealed.
      It is thought to be the first film to have its release postponed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer in Minnesota last week.
      The news comes days after Miranda personally expressed his deep regret for not taking an official stand on police brutality, racism, and white supremacy issues sooner, branding his previous silence “a moral failure.”

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      Lin-Manuel Miranda and Broadway Stars Slam CBS for Replacing Tony Awards With 'Grease' Sing-Along

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      The ‘Hamilton’ creators and many other Broadway stars are furious at the TV bosses for filling the vacant slot left by the 2020 Tony Awards with a sing-along viewing.
      May 18, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Broadway stars are furious after U.S. network bosses decided to replace the annual Tony Awards ceremony broadcast with a sing-along viewing of movie musical “Grease”.
      Chiefs at CBS announced that the classic 1978 musical, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, will fill the June 7, 2020 time slot vacated by the 2020 Tony Awards due to the coronavirus pandemic.
      However, the decision has been slammed by Broadway stars, who took to Twitter to express their disappointment over the move.
      Gideon Glick of “To Kill a Mockingbird” tweeted, “I’m certain there are a million gays out there who could help you curate a greatest hits of the Tony Awards to air instead!”
      “(Not) a retrospective of past great Tony performances and speeches and moments? Or something highlighting the amazing work that people in theatre do for their community? Or literally anything other than this?” “Frozen” star Patti Murin mused of the network’s move.
      Lyricist Benj Pasek, “Hamilton” ‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda, and “Wicked” star Andy Mientus also took to the platform to object to the broadcast.
      Since New York government officials announced a ban on gatherings over 500 on March 12, 2020, Broadway has remained shut, marking the longest hiatus in its history. The Great White Way will remain dark until at least September 2020.
      “The Grease” sing-along will air on CBS on 7 June at 8.30 P.M. ET.

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