Neither my friend nor I won tickets in today's lotteries (both the digital lottery and the write-your-name-on-a-piece-of-paper one), but we did show up, despite the rain and sudden chilliness, and so we were there, outside the theatre, and heard today's #Ham4Ham live, and I peered around people's hoods and hats to see Lin, there he was, in the ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've passed along a good Hamilpost, but I came across this essay today from the Oxford University Press Blog, and I like the way the author says the things I already know:

Though some scholars quibble about historical details, I argue that Hamilton is “Shakespeare history” - historical dramatization remaining true to the ( Read more... )

Hello, headache, my old friend. In spite of this, I took a nice walk today, and spent some quality time writing, and honestly any time I am able to function with a headache I give myself points. (I should devise a sticker system for that, too. Extra sticker-points for headache days, because I did not give up.) I had three whole meals today, plus ( Read more... )

Hi there, how are you doing? Well I can tell you that my day was vastly improved by watching members of the cast of Hamilton perform at the White House this evening.

You can read more about how that came to be, and how it all went down, in The Federalist Freestyle's Bam4Ham tag, because it's gold, it's all gold, and then you can watch it yourself ( Read more... )

I may or may not've fallen for a few April Fools jokes today -- well, only because they were coming from trusted sources and it only took me until the second read-through to realize what was going on. Also I had forgotten what day it was. (I knew this was fake right away but if it wasn't it would be awesome. Says the person who still wants a Nerf ( Read more... )

May or may not've just spent the past three hours finishing a short story. The good news? I finished a story, yay! The not-so-good (for you) news? It's fanfic. Which you will never see ( Read more... )

Tonight Chris and I are seeing Coriolanus and I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. WHEE. I finished reading the play this morning; my only foreseeable regret is that I'll only be able to see this production once, so I'll have to really pay attention.

The New York Times has a lovely write-up about the play, and two others also starring ( Read more... )

What's better than a movie adaptation of The Hunger Games? A movie adaptation of The Hunger Games with Beanie Babies.

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First of all, I saw The Hunger Games tonight with my dear friend Julia, and it was great. Really great. I mean, not "great" on the "Oh my God! This is as good as The Lord of the Rings' adaptations!" scale, but definitely "great" like, "Wow I wish Harry Potter had been this good ( Read more... )

There's a new trailer out for the upcoming film Snow White and the Huntsman, and while I will tell you that I thought the original teaser looked pretty cool, this one makes the movie look fantastic. I wish I was gonna be in-country when it comes out (though by the time I get back, it'll prolly be on DVD ( Read more... )