HWD Daily – Welcome Home, Hamilton
Welcome Home, Hamilton
Wait for it: you can now watch Hamilton from the comfort of your very own couch. What’s more, says critic Sonia Saraiya, the filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer Prize-winning hip-hopera—available now on Disney+—does exactly what it needs to do: “It’s worth seeing the play staged, no matter how many times you may have heard the album,” she writes. “Hamilton: The Movie doesn’t screw up its one job, of bringing the play home to a nation currently completely unable to see any version of Hamilton live—let alone the one on Broadway. If anything, it excels at getting out of the musical’s way, so that the spectacle can be transporting even though it’s simply a filmed stage play.”
Elsewhere in HWD, Rich McHugh speaks with lawyers for Harvey Weinstein’s victims about the nearly $19 million settlement they were awarded this week; Bob Odenkirk and Kaitlyn Dever stop by our Little Gold Men podcast; Hillary Busis dishes about The Baby-Sitters Club with creator Rachel Shukert and executive producer Lucia Aniello; and The Crown coronates its third Princess Margaret.
What’s His Name, Man?
Hamilton: The Movie does exactly what it needs to do: translate a seminal musical to the screen, without getting in the way of its revolutionary message.
“We Did the Very, Very Best That We Could”
So says one victim about this week’s class action settlement to a suit against Harvey Weinstein—but some attorneys say that victims “should not be forced into a settlement.”
Twice as Nice
Little Gold Men presents interviews with a pair of powerful Emmy contenders: Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk and Unbelievable’s Kaitlyn Dever.
Say Hello to Your Friends
Creator Rachel Shukert and executive producer Lucia Aniello on their charming Baby-Sitters Club adaptation, which brings Ann M. Martin’s classic books into the 21st century.
Hear, Hear
Oscar nominee Lesley Manville will bring Princess Margaret across the finish line in the fifth season of The Crown.
