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It would have been enough if Lin-Manuel Miranda, the genius behind Broadway hitHamilton, had appeared on Jeopardy! to read a category of questions related to the Founding Father, but instead, he sang them. That wasn’t the only treat viewers got, though. Credit: Howard Sherman via YouTube Check out the video below,courtesy of Vulture. $200:In the show, this rival prophetically warns Hamilton, “Talk less, smile more. Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for....

The internet also announced the rest of its fall slate PBS is not throwing away its shot. The internet has finally confirmed the airdate for itsHamiltondocumentary. Hamiltons America, which is part of itsGreat Performanceseries, will air Friday, Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. (Miranda suggested the doc would debut in October, but not specifically on Oct. Credit: Theo Wargo/WireImage In addition to theHamiltonnews, PBS also announced the rest of its fall slate....

This refers to the fact that James Hamilton abandoned his family in St. Croix to seek his fortune elsewhere. Chernow goes so far as to speculate that they reallywerebrothers. Somehow, though, the hit Broadway musicalStevensdoesn’t quite have the same ring to it. Credit: Joan Marcus Even as an orphan immigrant, Hamilton found a home in New York. It shaped him politically, and his later treasury policies greatly aided the city’s merchant class....

Now the indie rockers have detailed a full album and shared a second single, In a Black Out. Both songs will appear onI Had A Dream That You Were Mine, which is out Sept. 23. Since announcing hisdeparturefrom Vampire Weekend earlier this year, Batmanglij has collaborated with Santigold andRa Ra Riot. (He also produced Carly Rae Jepsens 2015 song Warm Blood.) Hamiltons voice has been converting non-believers for more than a decade, Batmanglij said in a press release....

I felt like it wasnt broken, so it didnt necessarily need fixing. But were not putting this out for comparisons sake… they both have a life of their own. Many of the artists on the dream team, we were able to get, Trotter says. Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images; Noam Galai/WireImage [Its] a pretty brilliant cast of characters. Everyone who we approached [wanted to be involved], whether it worked out schedule-wise or not....

Im onstage for nine minutes, so I watch the show a lot. Three times a week I sneak into the audience. No one had even really heard the music before. Credit: Joan Marcus There was such a sense of event around the show, even as we were in previews. I mean, President Obama came to the fifth preview of the show the fifthpreview! We hadnt even opened yet, and the President was in the audience at our second Saturday matinee....

Lin-Manuel Miranda penned new songs for the Disney animated feature. Phillipa Soo and Lin-Manuel Miranda are back together again, and theyre not even apart yet. EW has learned that Soo will be playing a villager of Motunui, Moanas home island. Credit: Matthew Eisman/Getty Images Miranda is working on the films music along with Opetaia Foai and Mark Mancina. Moanasails into theaters on Nov. 23, 2016. Disney

Theres no need to wait for the Tonys to see theHamiltoncastperform. CBS shared a behind-the-scenes, 360-degree video of the insanely popular Broadway musicals cast rehearsing on stage. Leslie Odom Jr., who plays Aaron Burr, is front-and-center singing his ballad Wait For It. Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images Hamiltonis up fora record 16 Tony Awardson Sunday, including Best Musical. Odom Jr. and Miranda will go head-to-head as nominees for Best Performance by a Leading Actor....

This kid is out. BroadwaysHamiltonsaidfarewellto another original cast member on Friday night,as Daveed Diggsleft the show. Gregory Haney, a swing for the production, posted video of Diggs final bows. Credit: Theo Wargo/Getty Images The actor received an uproarious standing ovation from the audience and cast. Every second of it has been awesome. Diggs replied, Dont make me cry yet. Another member of theHamiltoncrew,Renee Elise Goldsberry, also honored her departing cast mate....

Obama, Chris Jackson, George Washington. It was such a trip, Diggs said earlier this month during the Tony nominees press day. And he was singing One Last Time! Credit: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Really like, the most American thing we have about our process. The tears all over the building were so real. When they said my name I was like, Ah! and then they said Chris Jacksons name and then I burst into tears....

The episode, titled Forty-One Witnesses, features Diggs returning to the character of defense counselor Louis Henderson. For Ramos, the appearance marks hisSVUdebut. I think Henderson gives him a run for his money. Credit: Will Hart/NBC A run for his money meaning a rap battle, perhaps? No rap battle, Diggs says with a laugh. Unless they keep those cuts in, but I expect they didnt make the actual episode. I got to hang out with Ice-T on the show, and Ive been a fan of Ice-T sinceColors....

The online ticket lottery will continue, so you still have a shot at getting tickets. Right Hand Yankovic Feb. 13, 2016 8. Here comes General Elmo Feb. 14, 2016 #Ham4Ham didnt just attract human celebrities. Credit: Theo Wargo/WireImage Elmo traveled from Sesame Street to the Richard Rodgers Theatre to help Chris Jackson sing The Story of Tonight. To celebrate Star Wars Day (a.k.a. May the Fourth), Abrams stopped by to perform their cantina song....

But take the long view, Motown Philly. Who really won that deal in the end? D.C. is synonymous with institutional dysfunction, partisan in-fighting, and political gridlock. Credit: Matt Rourke/AP You win every time. Every story you choose to tell, by necessity, omits others from the larger narrative, Miranda said. One could make five totally different musicals from Hamiltons singular American life without ever overlapping incidents. I include King George at the expense of Ben Franklin....