Admittedly, Lin-Manuel Miranda hasn’t spent that much time in Vegas — only a handful of adventures — but all his trips to the Strip bear special recall.
“I’ve been here once in college, once as an adult. The first was spring break senior year with three friends. Not a lot of time and even less money. I was the guy who held everyone’s debit cards. I’ll be by the bar, making sure we don’t spend our money, we need to get back home,” he laughs. “My second trip was with my late abuela, who was the inspiration for abuela Claudia in In The Heights. She loved a slot machine. I brought her here for three days. And we had a wonderful, lovely, cherished memory.”
Visits three and four?
In November, Miranda performed with the cast of his show Freestyle Love Supreme at the Summit Showroom in the Venetian.
“I’ve been here once in college, once as an adult. The first was spring break senior year with three friends. Not a lot of time and even less money. I was the guy who held everyone’s debit cards. I’ll be by the bar, making sure we don’t spend our money, we need to get back home,” he laughs. “My second trip was with my late abuela, who was the inspiration for abuela Claudia in In The Heights. She loved a slot machine. I brought her here for three days. And we had a wonderful, lovely, cherished memory.”
Visits three and four?
In November, Miranda performed with the cast of his show Freestyle Love Supreme at the Summit Showroom in the Venetian.
- 1/13/2023
- by Melinda Sheckells
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wife and husband team Rebecca Romijn (“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) and Jerry O’Connell (“The Talk”) will co-host CBS’ upcoming reality series “The Real Love Boat,” the network announced Tuesday.
Inspired by the ’70s scripted series “The Love Boat,” “The Real Love Boat” is a dating show that sees contestants mingling on a luxury cruise ship, sailing through the Mediterranean. The show will feature destination dates and challenges between the couples that form, with one couple winning a cash prize and a free trip from Princess Cruises.
“The Real Love Boat” is set to premiere Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. Et on CBS, following “Survivor” and leading into “The Amazing Race.” Eureka Production produces the series in association with Buster Productions. Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening and Jay Bienstock executive produce the series for Eureka.
Also in today’s TV news:
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“Making the Cut” is returning to Prime Video...
Inspired by the ’70s scripted series “The Love Boat,” “The Real Love Boat” is a dating show that sees contestants mingling on a luxury cruise ship, sailing through the Mediterranean. The show will feature destination dates and challenges between the couples that form, with one couple winning a cash prize and a free trip from Princess Cruises.
“The Real Love Boat” is set to premiere Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. Et on CBS, following “Survivor” and leading into “The Amazing Race.” Eureka Production produces the series in association with Buster Productions. Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening and Jay Bienstock executive produce the series for Eureka.
Also in today’s TV news:
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“Making the Cut” is returning to Prime Video...
- 6/29/2022
- by Wilson Chapman, Sasha Urban and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has unveiled plans for its 46th annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular special. NBC News’ Today anchors Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer will return for the second time to co-host the two-hour event which airs Monday, July 4 from 8-10 Pm on NBC and will stream on Peacock. An encore presentation will follow from 10-11 Pm Et/Pt on NBC.
The special will feature musical guests 5 Seconds of Summer, Brett Eldredge, Carly Pearce, and Pitbull with Filmore. Freestyle Love Supreme‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Monroe Iglehart, Kaila Mullady, Dizzy Senze and Anthony Veneziale will appear for a special performance. Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical cast members Jacqueline B. Arnold, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tasia Jungbauer and Jeigh Madjus will also perform, and celebrity chef and barbecue expert Chef David Rose will appear.
This year’s broadcast, as in years’ past, will include inspirational stories from everyday heroes and...
The special will feature musical guests 5 Seconds of Summer, Brett Eldredge, Carly Pearce, and Pitbull with Filmore. Freestyle Love Supreme‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Monroe Iglehart, Kaila Mullady, Dizzy Senze and Anthony Veneziale will appear for a special performance. Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical cast members Jacqueline B. Arnold, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tasia Jungbauer and Jeigh Madjus will also perform, and celebrity chef and barbecue expert Chef David Rose will appear.
This year’s broadcast, as in years’ past, will include inspirational stories from everyday heroes and...
- 6/28/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Being engaged, while looking confused is a very fine line,” declares Utkarsh Ambudkar about playing a living person on “Ghosts.” For our recent webchat he continues, “If you don’t dance it just right, chaos could ensue. The whole show could fall apart.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Ghosts” is a CBS comedy about a house haunted by people who have died there over the course of history. The eclectic group of ghouls includes a Viking, revolutionary officer, lady of the manor, native American and scout troop leader. Amdubkar plays Jay, who along with his wife Sam (Rose McIver) inherits the property. The couple moves into the residence to start a bed and breakfast. The actor explains, “They’re two different shows. We’re basically doing a two person romantic comedy, and then we’re doing an ensemble family comedy in the same show.”
SEEBrandon Scott Jones interview: ‘Ghosts’
After a near death experience,...
“Ghosts” is a CBS comedy about a house haunted by people who have died there over the course of history. The eclectic group of ghouls includes a Viking, revolutionary officer, lady of the manor, native American and scout troop leader. Amdubkar plays Jay, who along with his wife Sam (Rose McIver) inherits the property. The couple moves into the residence to start a bed and breakfast. The actor explains, “They’re two different shows. We’re basically doing a two person romantic comedy, and then we’re doing an ensemble family comedy in the same show.”
SEEBrandon Scott Jones interview: ‘Ghosts’
After a near death experience,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Veteran actor-host Wayne Brady has joined forces with Freestyle Love Supreme Academy and Speechless Inc. to launch a virtual business and educational training platform built around improv acting techniques.
Brady will become chief creative officer of the venture dubbed Fls Plus. Steve Johnston, former president and managing partner of the of the famed Second City improv group, is on board as an investor and will serve as president.
The deal company brings together the assets of Fls Academy, an offshoot of the acting troupe behind the Off Broadway hit “Freestyle Love Supreme,” and Speechless, a San Francisco-based improv company that offers training services, live entertainment and video production services.
Fls Plus is supported by seed money from investors including several Broadway producers. The goal is to target corporate and institutional clients with virtual services. The partners strive to eventually build brick-and-mortar training centers in major cities to serve underprivileged youths and other hard-to-reach communities.
Brady will become chief creative officer of the venture dubbed Fls Plus. Steve Johnston, former president and managing partner of the of the famed Second City improv group, is on board as an investor and will serve as president.
The deal company brings together the assets of Fls Academy, an offshoot of the acting troupe behind the Off Broadway hit “Freestyle Love Supreme,” and Speechless, a San Francisco-based improv company that offers training services, live entertainment and video production services.
Fls Plus is supported by seed money from investors including several Broadway producers. The goal is to target corporate and institutional clients with virtual services. The partners strive to eventually build brick-and-mortar training centers in major cities to serve underprivileged youths and other hard-to-reach communities.
- 1/26/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Update, with additional Mrs. Doubtfire cancellations Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme offered up some bad news-good news today, with the improvisational hip-hop revue canceling tonight’s performance due to Covid (the bad news) but revealing four previously unannounced appearances by co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for this week (the good news).
Miranda will be appearing in the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shows at 7 p.m. and a Friday show at 5 p.m. Those newly added Miranda appearances at the Booth Theatre join his previously announced appearance on Monday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.
This past weekend, Freestyle Love Supreme, co-created by Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, canceled its Saturday performances due to breakthrough Covid cases, producers announced.
In addition to Freestyle Love Supreme, Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire canceled the performance on Sunday, and has now canceled this week’s Tuesday and Wednesday performances due to the detection of positive Covid test results in the company.
Miranda will be appearing in the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday shows at 7 p.m. and a Friday show at 5 p.m. Those newly added Miranda appearances at the Booth Theatre join his previously announced appearance on Monday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.
This past weekend, Freestyle Love Supreme, co-created by Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, canceled its Saturday performances due to breakthrough Covid cases, producers announced.
In addition to Freestyle Love Supreme, Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire canceled the performance on Sunday, and has now canceled this week’s Tuesday and Wednesday performances due to the detection of positive Covid test results in the company.
- 12/14/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme and Off Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors canceled at least some of their weekend performances due to Covid, joining, as previously reported, Mrs. Doubtfire.
Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational hip-hop show originally created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, canceled its Saturday night, Dec. 11, performances due to breakthrough Covid cases, producers announced. The next scheduled performance at the Booth Theatre is tonight.
At Off Broadway’s Westside Theatre, the popular revival of Little Shop of Horrors starring Jeremy Jordan, Tammy Blanchard, and Christian Borle canceled its Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 performances following one breakthrough positive case of Covid within the company, producers said. The production is expected to resume performances Tuesday, Dec. 14.
As previously reported, Mrs. Doubtfire canceled its Sunday performances yesterday due to a positive test within the company. The show is expected to resume on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational hip-hop show originally created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, canceled its Saturday night, Dec. 11, performances due to breakthrough Covid cases, producers announced. The next scheduled performance at the Booth Theatre is tonight.
At Off Broadway’s Westside Theatre, the popular revival of Little Shop of Horrors starring Jeremy Jordan, Tammy Blanchard, and Christian Borle canceled its Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 performances following one breakthrough positive case of Covid within the company, producers said. The production is expected to resume performances Tuesday, Dec. 14.
As previously reported, Mrs. Doubtfire canceled its Sunday performances yesterday due to a positive test within the company. The show is expected to resume on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
- 12/13/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Additional performers and presenters have been announced for The Tony Awards Present: Broadway’s Back!, the two-hour live concert special airing on CBS and Paramount+ this Sunday following the livestream-only presentation of the 74th Annual Tony Awards.
Joining the special’s roster are Jon Batiste, Stephanie J. Block, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss, Robbie Fairchild, Beanie Feldstein, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jordan Fisher, Santino Fontana, Andrew Garfield, Jared Grimes, Josh Groban, Jennifer Holliday, Nikki M. James, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Norm Lewis, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jennifer Nettles, Lynn Nottage, Adam Pascal, Bernadette Peters, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rapp, Anika Noni Rose, Lea Salonga, Ali Stroker, Black Thought, Courtney B. Vance, Daniel J. Watts and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The telecast also will feature performances including David Byrne and the cast of American Utopia, John Legend and the cast of Ain’t Too Proud,...
Joining the special’s roster are Jon Batiste, Stephanie J. Block, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss, Robbie Fairchild, Beanie Feldstein, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jordan Fisher, Santino Fontana, Andrew Garfield, Jared Grimes, Josh Groban, Jennifer Holliday, Nikki M. James, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Norm Lewis, John Lithgow, Lindsay Mendez, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jennifer Nettles, Lynn Nottage, Adam Pascal, Bernadette Peters, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rapp, Anika Noni Rose, Lea Salonga, Ali Stroker, Black Thought, Courtney B. Vance, Daniel J. Watts and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The telecast also will feature performances including David Byrne and the cast of American Utopia, John Legend and the cast of Ain’t Too Proud,...
- 9/23/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Special Tony Awards will be presented in September to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, David Byrne’s American Utopia and Freestyle Love Supreme, the awards administration committee announced today.
Special Tony Awards are presented to outstanding productions, artists and organizations who do not fall into any of the competitive categories.
In a joint statement, Heather Hitchens, CEO and President of the American Theatre Wing and Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League, said that the Broadway Advocacy Coalition “has provided an unparalleled platform for marginalized members of our theatre community and tools to help us all do better as we strive for equity,” while Utopia and Freestyle “take theatre to the next level, delivering outside-of-the-box presentations that have gone beyond the stage and brought theatre into the homes of millions of people around the world.”
The Bac is an arts-based advocacy nonprofit dedicated to “building the capacity of individuals, organizations...
Special Tony Awards are presented to outstanding productions, artists and organizations who do not fall into any of the competitive categories.
In a joint statement, Heather Hitchens, CEO and President of the American Theatre Wing and Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League, said that the Broadway Advocacy Coalition “has provided an unparalleled platform for marginalized members of our theatre community and tools to help us all do better as we strive for equity,” while Utopia and Freestyle “take theatre to the next level, delivering outside-of-the-box presentations that have gone beyond the stage and brought theatre into the homes of millions of people around the world.”
The Bac is an arts-based advocacy nonprofit dedicated to “building the capacity of individuals, organizations...
- 6/22/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Update (6/16): Freestyle Love Supreme, the improv-driven show created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Veneziale and Thomas Kail, announced that it will return to Broadway October 7th. The show will be staged at the Booth Theatre and its limited run will wrap January 2nd. A selection of special guests will join the core Freestyle Love Supreme company throughout the run, including Miranda, Christopher Jackson, David Diggs, Wayne Brady, James Monroe Iglehart, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Bill Sherman and Utkarsh Ambudkar. Tickets will go on sale June 23rd at 10 a.m. Et.
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- 6/16/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational rap musical revue co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is returning to Broadway’s Booth Theatre for a strictly limited three-month engagement in October, producers announced today.
“If live theater is coming back, so is Fls,” said Miranda, who co-created the show with Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale. “Our most important collaborator is the audience, and we can’t wait to get back in the Booth.”
The limited engagement begins Thursday, October 7, and runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022.
“We are thrilled to be back on Broadway and part of this theatrical community we love so much,” said Kail, who directs. “The immediacy of our show, with its content driven by audience suggestion, makes it one of the rare shows that can speak to whatever is happening in the moment.”
The production’s core performers will include Andrew Bancroft Aka Jelly Donut, Tarik Davis Aka Tardis Hardaway, Aneesa Folds Aka Young Nees,...
“If live theater is coming back, so is Fls,” said Miranda, who co-created the show with Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale. “Our most important collaborator is the audience, and we can’t wait to get back in the Booth.”
The limited engagement begins Thursday, October 7, and runs through Sunday, January 2, 2022.
“We are thrilled to be back on Broadway and part of this theatrical community we love so much,” said Kail, who directs. “The immediacy of our show, with its content driven by audience suggestion, makes it one of the rare shows that can speak to whatever is happening in the moment.”
The production’s core performers will include Andrew Bancroft Aka Jelly Donut, Tarik Davis Aka Tardis Hardaway, Aneesa Folds Aka Young Nees,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Two of the country’s major theatrical venues announced reopening plans today, with the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. set to house Broadway productions beginning in November and October, respectively.
In Los Angeles, the Ahmanson’s 2021-22 season will start later than previously announced – instead of an August opening with Daniel Fish’s Tony Award-winning reimagining of Oklahoma!, the venue will now reopen on Nov. 30 with the Jack Thorne-Matthew Warchus staging of A Christmas Carol. (Oklahoma! is now scheduled for September 2022).
Other productions planned for the Ahmanson’s upcoming season are Hadestown, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Prom, among others.
In D.C., the Kennedy Center announced that its new season will kick off on Oct. 13 with Hadestown in the Opera House, followed in December by Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. At the Center’s Einsenhower Theater,...
In Los Angeles, the Ahmanson’s 2021-22 season will start later than previously announced – instead of an August opening with Daniel Fish’s Tony Award-winning reimagining of Oklahoma!, the venue will now reopen on Nov. 30 with the Jack Thorne-Matthew Warchus staging of A Christmas Carol. (Oklahoma! is now scheduled for September 2022).
Other productions planned for the Ahmanson’s upcoming season are Hadestown, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Prom, among others.
In D.C., the Kennedy Center announced that its new season will kick off on Oct. 13 with Hadestown in the Opera House, followed in December by Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. At the Center’s Einsenhower Theater,...
- 4/13/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Blu DeTiger, the 21-year-old bassist who went viral on TikTok thanks to her skills, breaks down the intricacies of the instrument, gives a beginner’s class on music theory, and helps fledgling bassists pick out the right instrument in this installment of Rolling Stone’s 101 series.
DeTiger, whose debut EP How Did We Get Here? is out today, also discusses her own path toward mastering the bass, from learning simple scales and how to read music before advancing toward the bass-driven genres like jazz and funk.
“Funk music is my thing now,...
DeTiger, whose debut EP How Did We Get Here? is out today, also discusses her own path toward mastering the bass, from learning simple scales and how to read music before advancing toward the bass-driven genres like jazz and funk.
“Funk music is my thing now,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Hulu premiered filmmaker Andrew Fried’s We Are Freestyle Love Supreme documentary in July — which chronicles the past 15 years of the upbeat improv hip-hop group — after it originally debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Fried began following Fls with his camera back in 2005, when they were still rapping on New York City sidewalks and playing small clubs and venues. Over the years, the fanbase for the hip-hop collective has grown — as has the stature of founding members, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, and director Thomas Kail before Hamiltonmania.
- 8/20/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
In 2005, Andrew Fried met a group of young men who he’d seen perform a somewhat unclassifiable stage show. They took elements of Second City/Ucb-style comedy, starting with gathering suggestions from the audience; scraps of paper with words were dropped into pails stationed at the front of the theater. Then they’d create on-the-spot, off-the-dome M.C. spiels around whatever they pulled from the bucket. Imagine battle raps, but friendlier and covering everything from comic books to daily commutes. The dual brainchild of two former Wesleyan students, Anthony Veneziale and Thomas Kail,...
- 7/16/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
For years, the Freestyle Love Supreme experience was a “completely ephemeral” one, as founding member Thomas Kail puts it. Only those in the small, usually 99-seat, theaters who witnessed one of the hip-hop improv group’s shows live shared in the unique memory and magic of what they delivered. But through Andrew Fried’s documentary “We Are Love Supreme,” debuting on Hulu July 17, some of those performances have been given more permanence.
“It was like we were writing poetry and lighting it on fire. And later we ended up writing a couple of novels and people liked our novels,” Kail, who also executive produced the documentary, says of the difference between Freestyle Love Supreme’s shows and “In The Heights” and Hamilton.” “We thought, ‘Well, what if we go back and show them some of the poetry we wrote?’ It informed and infused the novels.”
As Freestyle Love Supreme founding...
“It was like we were writing poetry and lighting it on fire. And later we ended up writing a couple of novels and people liked our novels,” Kail, who also executive produced the documentary, says of the difference between Freestyle Love Supreme’s shows and “In The Heights” and Hamilton.” “We thought, ‘Well, what if we go back and show them some of the poetry we wrote?’ It informed and infused the novels.”
As Freestyle Love Supreme founding...
- 7/16/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
Utkarsh Ambudkar is probably best known as Donald from the Pitch Perfect franchise, the resident smooth-talkin’ beatboxer of the acapella group the Treblemakers. He also appeared in The Mindy Project as Mindy Kaling’s younger brother. His other film and TV credits include the comedy feature Brittany Runs a Marathon, the IFC series Brockmire and he lends his voice to the Disney Junior animated series Mira, Royal Detective. He also appears in a whole slate of films including the rom-com The Broken Hearts Gallery, the comedy action pic Free Guy alongside Ryan Reynolds and Disney’s Godmothered — but did you know that he played Aaron Burr in early workshops for Hamilton?
Even before Hamilton, he was part of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, the subject of the Hulu documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme which hits the streamer July...
Even before Hamilton, he was part of the hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, the subject of the Hulu documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme which hits the streamer July...
- 7/14/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
A surefire way to further sate your appetite for “Hamilton” (now on Disney+) and “In the Heights” (in theaters next year), Andrew Fried’s “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme” is a fond look back at Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other other claim to fame, an improv rap collective that was started by some dorky college boys back in 2005 and wound up changing the face of Broadway over the decade that followed. More accurately, ; Fried himself is a key part of that friendship, and his gentle time capsule prioritizes fondness over intimacy in a way that makes you feel like you’re watching someone write in his buddies’ yearbook. But if the film never aspires to be any heavier than one of Fls’ unscripted comedy shows, it would be wrong to write it off as a fans-only proposition — not when Fried so palpably captures the universal thrill of going out into the...
- 7/14/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Lin-Manuel Miranda is currently living in the past. Or maybe it’s that, at this particular moment in time, the past just seems to keep catching up with him, tapping him on the shoulder, nudging him in the ribs. The 40-year-old playwright/actor/director/producer has spent the previous week watching Hamilton — the musical about one of our nation’s founding fathers that went from off-Broadway hit to Broadway gamechanger to cultural phenomenon — once again become a heavily debated, must-see national obsession, courtesy of a four-year-old idea. Back in 2016, when...
- 7/10/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus released the trailer for its new drama series “Little Voice” and Hulu dropped a teaser for “The Handmaid’s Tale” upcoming fourth season.
Renewals
Quibi has announced that its LGBTQ+ comedy competition “Gayme Show” has been renewed for a second season. Hosted by Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni, “Gayme Show” pairs two straight contestants with a celebrity “life partner” to complete challenges in order to be crowned “Queen of the Straights.” “Gayme Show” is produced by Jax Media and executive produced by Rogers, Mizzoni, showrunner Genevieve Aniello, Brooke Posch, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Tony Hernandez.
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Netflix announced Jim Jefferies’ fourth streaming stand-up special, “Jim Jefferies: Intolerant,” will premiere July 7. This time, the Australian comedian cracks jokes about things he just can’t tolerate, namely lactose, germaphobes and people with peanut allergies. Watch a trailer below.
Amazon Prime Video announced “World’s Toughest...
Renewals
Quibi has announced that its LGBTQ+ comedy competition “Gayme Show” has been renewed for a second season. Hosted by Matt Rogers and Dave Mizzoni, “Gayme Show” pairs two straight contestants with a celebrity “life partner” to complete challenges in order to be crowned “Queen of the Straights.” “Gayme Show” is produced by Jax Media and executive produced by Rogers, Mizzoni, showrunner Genevieve Aniello, Brooke Posch, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Tony Hernandez.
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Netflix announced Jim Jefferies’ fourth streaming stand-up special, “Jim Jefferies: Intolerant,” will premiere July 7. This time, the Australian comedian cracks jokes about things he just can’t tolerate, namely lactose, germaphobes and people with peanut allergies. Watch a trailer below.
Amazon Prime Video announced “World’s Toughest...
- 6/24/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
F Is for Family, Season Four
The animated comedy’s new season promises plenty of Lamaze classes, brawls on the hockey rink, and a lifetime’s worth of family resentment. As Frank Murphy (voiced by Bill Burr) prepares for the birth of his fourth child, he’s confronted by the return of his absent father and the unresolved emotions that resurface as a result. For the Murphy family, these father-and-son feuds slip into the next generation as Frank struggles to raise his own kids. (June 12th)
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The animated comedy’s new season promises plenty of Lamaze classes, brawls on the hockey rink, and a lifetime’s worth of family resentment. As Frank Murphy (voiced by Bill Burr) prepares for the birth of his fourth child, he’s confronted by the return of his absent father and the unresolved emotions that resurface as a result. For the Murphy family, these father-and-son feuds slip into the next generation as Frank struggles to raise his own kids. (June 12th)
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- 5/30/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s TV News Roundup, Hulu released a trailer for upcoming documentary “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme,” and Cmt added new celebrities to the line-up for its upcoming special celebrating those continuing to work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Casting
CBS has announced the 12 challengers competing on its upcoming reality series “Tough as Nails,” which aims to celebrate Americans with tough jobs that help keep the country running. The competitors include Linnett Key, a welder from Lecanto, Fla.; Danny Moody, a drywaller from Spokane, Wash.; Melissa Burns, a farmer from Milford Center, Ohio; Lee Marshall, a roofer from St. Louis, Mo.; Kelly “Murph” Murphy, a Marine Corps veteran from Paragon, Ind.; Linda Goodridge, a deputy sheriff from Marion, N.Y.; Luis Yuli, a scaffolder from the Bronx, N.Y.; Michelle S. Kiddy, a gate agent from Alexandria, Ky.; Callie Cattell, a fisherman from Bend, Ore.; Young An, a firefighter from Alexandria,...
Casting
CBS has announced the 12 challengers competing on its upcoming reality series “Tough as Nails,” which aims to celebrate Americans with tough jobs that help keep the country running. The competitors include Linnett Key, a welder from Lecanto, Fla.; Danny Moody, a drywaller from Spokane, Wash.; Melissa Burns, a farmer from Milford Center, Ohio; Lee Marshall, a roofer from St. Louis, Mo.; Kelly “Murph” Murphy, a Marine Corps veteran from Paragon, Ind.; Linda Goodridge, a deputy sheriff from Marion, N.Y.; Luis Yuli, a scaffolder from the Bronx, N.Y.; Michelle S. Kiddy, a gate agent from Alexandria, Ky.; Callie Cattell, a fisherman from Bend, Ore.; Young An, a firefighter from Alexandria,...
- 5/28/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
“This was before Hamilton; Heights doesn’t happen if it isn’t for this,” actor Christopher Jackson says in the trailer for the new We Are Freestyle Love Supreme documentary. “It’s a nucleus of a lot of that creative energy.”
Filmmaker Andrew Fried’s doc about the relentlessly upbeat improv hip-hop group premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it debuts on Hulu on June 5th. The new teaser gives more of a glimpse of the footage he’s been shooting since the guys — including Lin-Manuel Miranda,...
Filmmaker Andrew Fried’s doc about the relentlessly upbeat improv hip-hop group premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and it debuts on Hulu on June 5th. The new teaser gives more of a glimpse of the footage he’s been shooting since the guys — including Lin-Manuel Miranda,...
- 5/28/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Before Hamilton became a pop culture phenomenon and before In the Heights first catapulted Lin-Manuel Miranda to fame, there was Freestyle Love Supreme. A hip-hop improv group founded by Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale, the group included would-be Hamilton stars like Christopher Jackson and finally made its Broadway debut last year. But it was 15 years of hard work and […]
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- 5/1/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
For all those Lin-Manuel Miranda fans who are waiting for that movie version of the Hamilton musical to premiere next year, this may be the most rapping uplift you’re gonna get for a while. We Are Freestyle Love Supreme debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and Hulu has announced that the the documentary from filmmaker Andrew Fried — which chronicles the past 15 years of the upbeat improv hip-hop group — will debut on its streaming platform on June 5th.
Fried began following Freestyle Love Supreme with his camera back...
Fried began following Freestyle Love Supreme with his camera back...
- 4/30/2020
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
The Andrew Fried-directed documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme produced by Hamilton icon Lin-Manuel Miranda has found a home at Hulu and will hit the streamer June 5.
The docu made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and spotlights the 15-year journey of the hip-hop improvisational group founded by Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale. The group called Freestyle Love Supreme was formed long before Hamilton and In The Heights hit Broadway. Fried began chronicling the group in the summer of 2005, documenting the early days of Freestyle Love Supreme beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks. Fast forward 14 years later and Fried brings us to a reunion with a series of shows in New York City that led to a triumphant run on Broadway.
In addition to Miranda, Kail and Veneziale, the docu features Arthur Lewis, Christopher Jackson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Sullivan, Bill Sherman, James Monroe Iglehart and Andrew Bancroft.
The docu made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and spotlights the 15-year journey of the hip-hop improvisational group founded by Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale. The group called Freestyle Love Supreme was formed long before Hamilton and In The Heights hit Broadway. Fried began chronicling the group in the summer of 2005, documenting the early days of Freestyle Love Supreme beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks. Fast forward 14 years later and Fried brings us to a reunion with a series of shows in New York City that led to a triumphant run on Broadway.
In addition to Miranda, Kail and Veneziale, the docu features Arthur Lewis, Christopher Jackson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Sullivan, Bill Sherman, James Monroe Iglehart and Andrew Bancroft.
- 4/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
For any Lin-Manuel Miranda fans whose hearts sank almost as quickly as they rose upon hearing that, yes, there’s a “Hamilton” movie, and no, it won’t be out for another 20 months, succor may be on the way in the form of a probably faster-arriving movie that features Miranda in almost as big a role, playing himself. “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme,” which bowed at the Sundance Film Festival, is ostensibly the history of an improvisational comedy-hip-hip troupe that Miranda co-founded and occasionally still jumps into. But the doc also serves as an effective origin story for “In the Heights” and ultimately “Hamilton,” not just because some other members of the collective went on to be part of those productions, too, but because
To its credit, the film takes a while to even getting around to identifying Miranda by name on screen, much less invoking the specter of the...
To its credit, the film takes a while to even getting around to identifying Miranda by name on screen, much less invoking the specter of the...
- 2/15/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a cultural sensation with Hamilton and In the Heights, he was part of a scrappy hip-hop/improv fusion troupe in New York City called Freestyle Love Supreme along with director Thomas Kail and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale. Director Andrew Fried began filming the troupe in the summer of 2005 when Freestyle Love Supreme was beat-boxing on NYC sidewalks, eventually following the group to their much-anticipated reunion tour in 2019. Cinematographer Bryant Fisher elaborates on the limitations of shooting live performances on We Are Freestyle Love Supreme. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being […]...
- 1/27/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a cultural sensation with Hamilton and In the Heights, he was part of a scrappy hip-hop/improv fusion troupe in New York City called Freestyle Love Supreme along with director Thomas Kail and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale. Director Andrew Fried began filming the troupe in the summer of 2005 when Freestyle Love Supreme was beat-boxing on NYC sidewalks, eventually following the group to their much-anticipated reunion tour in 2019. Cinematographer Bryant Fisher elaborates on the limitations of shooting live performances on We Are Freestyle Love Supreme. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being […]...
- 1/27/2020
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme, co-created by Hamilton team Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, has recouped its investment after 14 weeks, making it one of the first shows of the season to recoup.
The improvisational production, which blends hip-hop and comedy, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 12 at the Booth Theatre. The show began previews on September 13, 2019 and officially opened on October 2. When it closes, Freestyle Love Supreme will have played 23 previews and 118 regular performances.
Directed by Kail, the production has a core group of performers – Andrew Bancroft, Aneesa Folds, Arthur Lewis, Kaila Mullady, Chris Sullivan, Anthony Veneziale and Utkarsh Ambudkar – that’s often been joined by special guests including Wayne Brady, Daveed Diggs, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson, Alex Lacamoire, Sarah Kay, Bill Sherman, and Miranda. Surprise appearances have been made by Josh Groban, Jimmy Fallon, Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren.
The...
The improvisational production, which blends hip-hop and comedy, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, January 12 at the Booth Theatre. The show began previews on September 13, 2019 and officially opened on October 2. When it closes, Freestyle Love Supreme will have played 23 previews and 118 regular performances.
Directed by Kail, the production has a core group of performers – Andrew Bancroft, Aneesa Folds, Arthur Lewis, Kaila Mullady, Chris Sullivan, Anthony Veneziale and Utkarsh Ambudkar – that’s often been joined by special guests including Wayne Brady, Daveed Diggs, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, James Monroe Iglehart, Christopher Jackson, Alex Lacamoire, Sarah Kay, Bill Sherman, and Miranda. Surprise appearances have been made by Josh Groban, Jimmy Fallon, Ian McKellan and Helen Mirren.
The...
- 1/7/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Freestyle Love Supreme, the critically acclaimed improv troupe founded by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale, is now accepting applications for the winter Freestyle Love Supreme Academy classes and intensives. The Fls Academy is the first ever freestyle school created and run directly by Fls members, including teachers and guest facilitators, in partnership with long-time Fls producers Kail, Miranda, Ars Nova founders Jenny and Jon Steingart, and Hamilton co-producer Jill Furman.
- 12/9/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
David Byrne brought a touch of his wild, wild life to Broadway last week (feel free to come up with your own Talking Heads reference), playing the first three previews of his American Utopia at the Hudson Theatre, nearly selling out and scoring one of the strongest average ticket prices among the recent raft of theater district newcomers.
David Byrne’s American Utopia, in which the former Talking Heads frontman fronts an ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the world, grossed $395,604, about 86% of the Hudson tenant’s potential for three performances, filling all but a barely noticeable 29 seats for a 99% of capacity total.
Perhaps most promising for the production, though, was the average ticket price: $142, a figure on par with The Lion King‘s average and a few bucks pricier than the average for Ain’t Too Proud, the Temptations bio-jukeboxer that’s proven to be one of last season’s strongest commercial arrivals.
David Byrne’s American Utopia, in which the former Talking Heads frontman fronts an ensemble of 11 musical artists from around the world, grossed $395,604, about 86% of the Hudson tenant’s potential for three performances, filling all but a barely noticeable 29 seats for a 99% of capacity total.
Perhaps most promising for the production, though, was the average ticket price: $142, a figure on par with The Lion King‘s average and a few bucks pricier than the average for Ain’t Too Proud, the Temptations bio-jukeboxer that’s proven to be one of last season’s strongest commercial arrivals.
- 10/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Freestyle Love Supreme I saw on Broadway last week won’t be the Freestyle Love Supreme theatergoers see tonight or tomorrow or any other night in its limited, 16-week run. An energetic, insistently likable mash-up of rap, improvisational comedy, hip hop, R&b crooning and, crucially, audience participation, Fls – in its own shorthand – is both the show and the rotating troupe of performers who have been bringing it to unique life off and on, in various venues, since around 2003, now including the Booth Theatre, where it opens tonight.
If you’ve heard of it – or have seen it, and a significant percentage of the audience at the reviewed performance were repeat and clearly devoted attendees – you most likely associate Fls with its co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, a link that strikes me as a for-better-and-worse proposition. But more about that shortly.
For the uninitiated, a description: Performed on any given night...
If you’ve heard of it – or have seen it, and a significant percentage of the audience at the reviewed performance were repeat and clearly devoted attendees – you most likely associate Fls with its co-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, a link that strikes me as a for-better-and-worse proposition. But more about that shortly.
For the uninitiated, a description: Performed on any given night...
- 10/3/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda is about to make your Hump Day so much better. The Hamilton mastermind stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night with his musical, improv group Freestyle Love Supreme—and the talented singers performed a live version of "Tonight Show Pet Peeves." The group, comprised of Miranda, Anthony Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aneesa Folsd, Kaila Mullady, Andrew Bancroft, Arthur Lewis, and Chris Sullivan, took suggestions from the audience and transformed them into instant riffs and full-length musical numbers. "We, of course, are called Freestyle Love Supreme, but we don't love everything," Veneziale said while introducing the...
- 10/2/2019
- E! Online
Lin-Manuel Miranda joined the cast of Broadway show Freestyle Love Supreme for a completely improvised rap performance on The Tonight Show. Their song, titled “Tonight Show Pet Peeves,” used audience suggestions, commenting on problematic issues like bunions, open-plan seating and higher education.
Miranda takes on open-plan seating, spitting, “Open-plan seating is not the move/ I’m trying to do some work/ I don’t have anything left to prove.” Later he adds, “Karen comes over/ Looks like a case of the Mondays/ Go away Karen!/ Can I have my own office?...
Miranda takes on open-plan seating, spitting, “Open-plan seating is not the move/ I’m trying to do some work/ I don’t have anything left to prove.” Later he adds, “Karen comes over/ Looks like a case of the Mondays/ Go away Karen!/ Can I have my own office?...
- 10/2/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Broadway tiptoed another step into the fall season last week, with a hefty batch of newcomers mostly toting less than hefty bags of box office receipts. Total box office for all Broadway productions were up a wispy 2% over the previous week, tallying $29,894,777.
Total attendance was 260,498, just 2% more than the previous week despite reflecting a larger-by-one, 33-show roster.
Departing the boards was Sea Wall/A Life, the limited-engagement critically praised pair of solo one-acts starring Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal. The production grossed a solid $854,678 in its final week at the Hudson Theater, about 84% of potential with 97% of seats filled.
As for the newcomers, the most recent of the recent arrivals is The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s Olivier Award-winning two-part London smash that re-envisions E. M. Forster’s Howards End in modern-day New York with three generations of gay men. Week 1 saw only two previews performed, and both were for Part...
Total attendance was 260,498, just 2% more than the previous week despite reflecting a larger-by-one, 33-show roster.
Departing the boards was Sea Wall/A Life, the limited-engagement critically praised pair of solo one-acts starring Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal. The production grossed a solid $854,678 in its final week at the Hudson Theater, about 84% of potential with 97% of seats filled.
As for the newcomers, the most recent of the recent arrivals is The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s Olivier Award-winning two-part London smash that re-envisions E. M. Forster’s Howards End in modern-day New York with three generations of gay men. Week 1 saw only two previews performed, and both were for Part...
- 9/30/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s fall season kicked into gear last week, with no fewer than eight new shows in previews, including three that just began performances. Overall box office, alas, was pretty much stuck in the summer doldrums, with total receipts of $29,320,908 up a measly 1% over the previous week – and that’s with three additional shows running.
Total attendance of 254,824 was up by a barely-worth-noting .4%.
Keep in mind, a hefty percentage of the newcomers were at subscription-heavy (so discount priced) non-profit theaters, keeping receipts low. Also, none of these shows had been reviewed – so raves, pans or anything in between hadn’t yet gotten the word out. That said, only one show attracted some big-spending ticket buyers. More about that Lin-Manuel Miranda-related exception below.
In order of opening nights, the newcomers are:
The Height of the Storm, opening tomorrow at the Samuel J. Friedman, the Manhattan Theater Club presentation of the...
Total attendance of 254,824 was up by a barely-worth-noting .4%.
Keep in mind, a hefty percentage of the newcomers were at subscription-heavy (so discount priced) non-profit theaters, keeping receipts low. Also, none of these shows had been reviewed – so raves, pans or anything in between hadn’t yet gotten the word out. That said, only one show attracted some big-spending ticket buyers. More about that Lin-Manuel Miranda-related exception below.
In order of opening nights, the newcomers are:
The Height of the Storm, opening tomorrow at the Samuel J. Friedman, the Manhattan Theater Club presentation of the...
- 9/23/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Freestyle Love Supreme, the critically acclaimed improv troupe founded by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Anthony Veneziale, announced the expansion of Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, the first ever freestyle school created and run directly by Fls members, including teachers and guest facilitators, in partnership with long-time Fls producers Kail, Miranda, Ars Nova founders Jenny and Jon Steingart, and Hamilton co-producer Jill Furman.
- 9/23/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Freestyle Love Supreme co-creator Anthony Veneziale has a very specific goal in mind as he steps out on stage each night to perform the improv-driven show. “I’m looking for those ‘oxygen deprivation’ moments — where the audience has a gasp of air,” he says. “The more the audience has those, ‘A-ha! moments,’ the more I know this is the direction that we need to go.”
A recent visit to the latest production, which is currently in previews on Broadway (it runs through January 5th, 2020), illustrated just how good he and...
A recent visit to the latest production, which is currently in previews on Broadway (it runs through January 5th, 2020), illustrated just how good he and...
- 9/18/2019
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
A raft of newcomers and previewers on Broadway’s box office roster kept the industry tally afloat last week, with a total of 29 productions reporting a combined weekly gross of $29,092,571. That’s a 12% jump over the previous week, with total attendance rising a commensurate 13% to 253,685.
The figure loses a bit of sparkle, though, when the roster count is considered – the 29 shows were four more than the previous week’s 25. Most of the newcomers just haven’t caught fire yet, nearly all of the buzzed-about previewers, from The Great Society to Slave Play, grossing well below their potentials.
But keep in mind, with the exception of Freestyle Love Supreme at the Booth, all of the newcomers are non-musicals; no one’s expecting Hadestown welcomes. So on that note, and in order of opening nights:
Derren Brown: Secret, the ecstatically reviewed evening of illusion and trickery, opened at the Cort Theatre last night,...
The figure loses a bit of sparkle, though, when the roster count is considered – the 29 shows were four more than the previous week’s 25. Most of the newcomers just haven’t caught fire yet, nearly all of the buzzed-about previewers, from The Great Society to Slave Play, grossing well below their potentials.
But keep in mind, with the exception of Freestyle Love Supreme at the Booth, all of the newcomers are non-musicals; no one’s expecting Hadestown welcomes. So on that note, and in order of opening nights:
Derren Brown: Secret, the ecstatically reviewed evening of illusion and trickery, opened at the Cort Theatre last night,...
- 9/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda did two important things on Tuesday’s “Tonight Show”: participate in an epic freestyle-rap battle with The Roots’ Black Thought and he announced that he’s going be taking his talents back to Broadway this fall with “Freestyle Love Supreme,” the improvisational hip-hop group co-founded by Miranda in 2004.
“Before ‘Hamilton,’ before ‘In the Heights,’ my first time performing in New York was with a freestyle hip-hop group called ‘Freestyle Love Supreme,'” Miranda said, after finishing the rap competition on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show. “We are coming to Broadway this fall at the Booth Theater. It’s an entirely made-up Broadway show, you don’t know who is gonna show up. Black Thought might show up, I might show up one night, Chris Jackson might show up one night. You don’t know what’s gonna happen. Come see us in September!”
Miranda will co-produce the...
“Before ‘Hamilton,’ before ‘In the Heights,’ my first time performing in New York was with a freestyle hip-hop group called ‘Freestyle Love Supreme,'” Miranda said, after finishing the rap competition on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show. “We are coming to Broadway this fall at the Booth Theater. It’s an entirely made-up Broadway show, you don’t know who is gonna show up. Black Thought might show up, I might show up one night, Chris Jackson might show up one night. You don’t know what’s gonna happen. Come see us in September!”
Miranda will co-produce the...
- 6/19/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Freestyle Love Supreme, the hip hop theatrical improv show co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2004 and staged intermittently since, will make its Broadway debut in September, producers – including Miranda – have announced.
The show, which recently completed an Off Broadway run, will begin previews at Broadway’s Booth Theatre on Friday, September 13, with an official opening on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The strictly limited 16-week run concludes Sunday, January 5, 2020.
The show combines singing, rapping, comedy, beat-boxing and human percussion, with the performers taking suggestions from the audience to create “humorous bits, instantaneous songs and riffs, and fully realized musical numbers.”
The production’s core company will be Andrew Bancroft Aka “Jelly Donut,” Arthur Lewis Aka “Arthur The Geniuses,” Bill Sherman Aka “King Sherman,” Chris Sullivan Aka “Shockwave,” Anthony Veneziale Aka “Two-Touch,” and Utkarsh Ambudkar Aka “Utk.” Special unannounced guests are planned for select performances during the run, including Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, and James Monroe Iglehart,...
The show, which recently completed an Off Broadway run, will begin previews at Broadway’s Booth Theatre on Friday, September 13, with an official opening on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The strictly limited 16-week run concludes Sunday, January 5, 2020.
The show combines singing, rapping, comedy, beat-boxing and human percussion, with the performers taking suggestions from the audience to create “humorous bits, instantaneous songs and riffs, and fully realized musical numbers.”
The production’s core company will be Andrew Bancroft Aka “Jelly Donut,” Arthur Lewis Aka “Arthur The Geniuses,” Bill Sherman Aka “King Sherman,” Chris Sullivan Aka “Shockwave,” Anthony Veneziale Aka “Two-Touch,” and Utkarsh Ambudkar Aka “Utk.” Special unannounced guests are planned for select performances during the run, including Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, and James Monroe Iglehart,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on The Tonight Show to reveal his plans for a new Broadway show created by his hip-hop collective Freestyle Love Supreme. Titled Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvised show will open at the Booth Theater in September and feature an unannounced rotating cast each night.
“Before Hamilton, before In the Heights, my first time performing in New York was with a freestyle hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme,” Miranda told host Jimmy Fallon. “We are coming to Broadway this fall at the Booth Theater. It’s an entirely made up Broadway show.
“Before Hamilton, before In the Heights, my first time performing in New York was with a freestyle hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme,” Miranda told host Jimmy Fallon. “We are coming to Broadway this fall at the Booth Theater. It’s an entirely made up Broadway show.
- 6/19/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Hamilton maestro and overall modern-day renaissance man Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter earlier today and teased that he would be announcing some news. From the forthcoming Mary Poppins Returns to the developing In The Heights film adaptation to the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, Miranda has a lot of plates spinning so the news could have been a number of things. But his recent announcement doesn’t have anything to do with the big screen but more of his pre-Hamilton days. Miranda revealed that he is reviving his hip-hop improvisational hip-hop group and show Freestyle Love Supreme for an Off-Broadway run.
Miranda will co-produce the show and be an occasional guest performer of the show which will run from January 30 to March 2 at the Greenwich House Theater in New York for 32 performances. The regular cast will include Anthony Veneziale, Andrew Bancroft, Arthur Lewis, Bill Sherman, Chris Sullivan, Anthony Veneziale,...
Miranda will co-produce the show and be an occasional guest performer of the show which will run from January 30 to March 2 at the Greenwich House Theater in New York for 32 performances. The regular cast will include Anthony Veneziale, Andrew Bancroft, Arthur Lewis, Bill Sherman, Chris Sullivan, Anthony Veneziale,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The former head of the defunct NBCUniversal subscription video platform Seeso is looking to make a splash with a new production company, and this time, he's not throwing away his shot. Evan Shapiro's EshapTV is behind Bartlett, a six-episode comedy series that features Hamilton virtuoso Lin-Manuel Miranda as one of its guest stars.
Bartlett stars Anthony Veneziale as an ad man who is looking to make a better life for himself. Its hard to get a strong sense of the exact plot from the show's trailer, which introduces a wide cast of characters and also makes sure to show off Miranda's role as some sort of self-help guru.
Shapiro joined NBCUniversal in 2014 and was instrumental in the launch of Seeso, which arrived in 2016 as a hub for comedy fans. The service struggled to attract paying customers, and Shapiro left his role in 2017, just a few months before Seeso closed for good.
Bartlett stars Anthony Veneziale as an ad man who is looking to make a better life for himself. Its hard to get a strong sense of the exact plot from the show's trailer, which introduces a wide cast of characters and also makes sure to show off Miranda's role as some sort of self-help guru.
Shapiro joined NBCUniversal in 2014 and was instrumental in the launch of Seeso, which arrived in 2016 as a hub for comedy fans. The service struggled to attract paying customers, and Shapiro left his role in 2017, just a few months before Seeso closed for good.
- 1/31/2018
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Lin-Manuel Miranda will be taking his last bow in his Broadway hit “Hamilton” come summertime. But the prolific writer-actor will not be sitting on his laurels. In addition to his previously announced leap into “Mary Poppins” with Emily Blunt, Miranda will also be working on a new improv music show for NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Seeso entitled “Freestyle Love Supreme.” The show, which will stream exclusively on the outlet created for “comedy super fans” June 23, incorporates cues from the audience for a lyrically-driven performance and a different taste of the skills that birthed “Hamilton.” Read: The Streaming Service Where Ucb, Monty Python, and SNL Meet Below, the Pulitzer-, Tony-, and Grammy-winning artist discusses the origins of his “Mic Check” segment with fellow performer Anthony Veneziale. “I think it started out of necessity,” says Miranda. “It was a good way for us to actually check the sound of our microphones while...
- 6/10/2016
- backstage.com
Goodbye, Hamilton. Hello, Freestyle Love Supreme. After Lin-Manuel Miranda takes his final bow on Broadway this summer, fans won't have to go far to get their fix of the actor's impressive rapping skills. Miranda, 36, is set to appear alongside his improv group Freestyle Love Supreme in a new musical improv show of the same name to air on NBC's new online comedy platform Seeso. The show is based on a series of live performances in which Fls get cues and inspiration from the audience and turn them into nonstop, hip-hop-infused musical riffs and numbers. In this exclusive video, Miranda and...
- 6/10/2016
- by Jodi Guglielmi, @JodiGug3
- PEOPLE.com
Ars NovaJasonEagan, Artistic Director Renee Blinkwolt, Managing Director has announcedperformers slated to appear atThe Ars Nova Revolution, celebratingArs Nova All StarsJill Furman,Thomas KailandLin-Manuel Miranda, fromFreestyleLove SupremeArs Nova, 2004 toHamiltonBroadway, 2015, in a night of revelry benefiting Ars Nova's artist community.The Ars Nova Revolution, takingplaceMonday, September 21at630pmatThe Edison Ballroom, features performances byDaveed Diggs,Renee Elise Goldsberry,Mandy Gonzalez,Jonathan Groff,Christopher Jackson,Jasmine Cephas Jones,JoLampert,Arthur Lewis,Lin-Manuel Miranda,Leslie Odom Jr.,Okieriete Onaodowan,Anthony Ramos,Bill Sherman,Phillipa Soo,Chris Sullivan,Shaina Taub,Anthony Veneziale,and more.
- 9/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ars NovaJasonEagan, Artistic Director Renee Blinkwolt, Managing Director has announcedperformers slated to appear atThe Ars Nova Revolution, celebratingArs Nova All StarsJill Furman,Thomas KailandLin-Manuel Miranda, fromFreestyleLove SupremeArs Nova, 2004 toHamiltonBroadway, 2015, in a night of revelry benefiting Ars Nova's artist community.The Ars Nova Revolution, takingplaceMonday, September 21at630pmatThe Edison Ballroom, features performances byDaveed Diggs,Renee Elise Goldsberry,Mandy Gonzalez,Jonathan Groff,Christopher Jackson,Jasmine Cephas Jones,JoLampert,Arthur Lewis,Lin-Manuel Miranda,Leslie Odom Jr.,Okieriete Onaodowan,Anthony Ramos,Bill Sherman,Phillipa Soo,Chris Sullivan,Shaina Taub,Anthony Veneziale,and more.
- 9/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Lin-Manuel Miranda now has what he considers a "superpower" thanks to his years rapping with his hip-hop improv group Freestyle Love Supreme. That "superpower," an ability to rhyme with ease on a deadline, has not only affected his own work for the stage, it's also one of the reasons he was tapped to compose closing raps for two of Neil Patrick Harris's Tony hosting stints. And now that superpower, along with the others who possess it, has a platform: a Freestyle Love Supreme TV show premieres on Pivot tonight. EW chatted with Miranda—best known as the star, composer...
- 10/17/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
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