Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Hamilton in Dublin: The action barely pauses long enough to let an ecstatic audience applaud

Theatre: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s artful history of the establishment of the United States is also a showcase for some exceptional performers’ talents

Sat Sept 21 2024 - 10:49

Hamilton in Dublin will be incredible. It has evidence of the Brits being at it again in spades

Seats are already very limited, but if you’re going or thinking of it, here’s a survival guide

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00

Hamilton: ticket sales for Dublin shows break records as eager fans queue to secure seats

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre will host award-winning musical for a nine-week run in 2024

Fri Apr 28 2023 - 12:09

Andrew Garfield: ‘I needed to be with these freaks and lunatics’

Now starring in The Eyes of Tammy Faye the former web-slinger is tipped for an Oscar

Sat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00

Breda O’Brien: Women need to work with men who despise misogynist behaviour

Righteous anger should spur us to bring about change but also needs careful handling

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 00:00

Rita Moreno: ‘Was Brando a good lover? Oh, yes! Incredible’

The Hollywood veteran on West Side Story, dating Brando and Elvis Presley, and joy at 90

Thu Dec 02 2021 - 06:00

Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91

Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd

Fri Nov 26 2021 - 23:14

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I do know what it is like to be a struggling songwriter’

The Hamilton creator reflects on his career and his debut film, Tick, Tick… Boom!

Sat Nov 20 2021 - 05:00

Tuning out: The strange case of the apparent death of the film musical

Dear Evan Hansen screen adaptation comes during a fraught period for the always imperilled genre

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 05:00

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

Donald Clarke: Sing it with me – the musical will outlive its boring detractors

It has been driven underground at times, but the form remains reassuringly resilient

Sat Jun 19 2021 - 05:00

Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees

Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 11:00

Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?

Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards

Sun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00

Kavanagh death mask and miniature Ming bowl to headline upcoming sales

Poet Patrick Kavanagh's death mask and portrait of campaigner Vicky Phelan are among auction highlights

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in October

Highlights include Rebecca, Emily in Paris, The Trial of the Chicago 7, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 05:00

We are world masters of The Slag – but Niall Horan fans don’t get it

The Irish experts at expressing themselves through ironic aggression rather than sincere affection

Sat Jul 04 2020 - 05:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in July

Including The Old Guard, The Umbrella Academy, Unsolved Mysteries and Say I Do

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 06:00

So long, Coogan’s: Covid-19 wipes out a little piece of Irish America

The New York Irish pub had to shut its doors on St Patrick’s Day. Now they won’t reopen

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 06:00

Shutdown show-stoppers: Broadway and West End stars sing in these six home videos

Stars from Hamilton, Mamma Mia! and more perform hit songs to raise Covid-19 morale

Thu Apr 16 2020 - 12:30

Calm down online bores, colour-blind casting isn’t ‘woke’

With Dev Patel as David Copperfield, movies have caught up with theatre’s creative approach

Sat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

As Notre Dame burned, so too did a part of us

Jennifer O’Connell: You don’t have to have lived in Paris to have had a visceral reaction to seeing Notre Dame gutted

Tue Apr 16 2019 - 12:15

The Chrysler Building is for sale, but does anyone want it?

New Yorkers love the 1920s skyscraper but not so much as a workplace

Sat Jan 19 2019 - 00:00

Mary Poppins Returns: Emily Blunt is good, but the film is average-alidocious

Review: This sequel, which is practically a remake, lacks the zip of the original

Wed Dec 19 2018 - 05:30

Children’s books: what were the standout titles of the year?

Peter Donnelly’s ‘The President’s Cat’, Louise O’Neill’s ‘The Surface Breaks’ and more

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 05:00

‘Beat’: A rapping, rhyming throwdown to toxic masculinity

Fionntán Larney’s ‘Hamilton’-influenced hip hop musical theatre show is now an album

Thu Nov 29 2018 - 05:00

US protests over Trump’s ‘zero humanity’ immigration policy

Families Belong Together rallies take place in over 700 locations across the country

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 21:29

Bojack Horseman: not puns or pastiche, but great comedy pedigree

The Netflix series, which has celebrity guests fighting for a place, is in it for the long run

Fri Sept 08 2017 - 16:40

Tara Lee: a raw talent cooking up a music and acting career

She’s been in ‘Raw’, ‘The Fall’, ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ and stars in newfilm ‘Moon Dogs’, but the 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Donard didn’t always see herself as an actor

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 05:00

Oscars 2017 predictions: What should win, and what will win

‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’? Emma Stone or Natalie Portman? Casey Affleck or Denzel Washington? Donald Clarke makes his predictions for Sunday night's Oscars ceremony

Thu Feb 23 2017 - 05:00