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An elementary–aged rapper, an award–winning composer, and a dancer defying the stigmas of cerebral palsy, come together in the Kennedy Center Next 50, a new cultural leadership initiative.

In a new half-hour featurette from Netflix, Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel and the creatives of tick, tick...BOOM! discuss honoring Jonathan Larson's Broadway legacy. Check out the new featurette, which also includes new behind the scenes footage of the making of the film, below!

GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 finalist Gottmik announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories live via GLAAD’s TikTok channel.

Today's top stories include this past weekend's Golden Globe Awards, during which awards were given to Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, MJ Rodriguez, Andrew Garfield, and more. Plus, the Broadway League has announced that its mask and vaccination policy has been extended to April 30. 

Last night, the winners were announced for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Among this year's winners were Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose for West Side Story, MJ Rodriguez from Pose, and Andrew Garfield for tick, tick...BOOM!

Netflix has shared the tick, tick...BOOM! cast party featurette, featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joshua Henry, Robin de Jesús, Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, and Alexandra Shipp. In the video the cast discusses their favorite moments from the film, Joshua Henry performs 'Green Green Dress', and Andrew Garfield shows off his juggling skills!

Last month marked the Netflix premiere of tick, tick...BOOM!, the film adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The film marks the directorial debut of In the Heights and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read the full screenplay here!

We're giving one reader a chance to win a copy of the brand new graphic novel adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, adapted by Cavan Scott with art by José María Beroy. Check out the giveaway, live now on our Instagram!

Watch a new parody trailer for Netflix's tick, tick...BOOM! film adaption, starring The Muppets! Watch Kermit the Frog as Jonathan Larson in the fictional 'Muppets Tick Manhattan' trailer now.

Watch a new parody trailer for Netflix's tick, tick...BOOM! film adaption, starring The Muppets! Watch Kermit the Frog as Jonathan Larson in the fictional 'Muppets Tick Manhattan' trailer now.

Films such as West Side Story, tick, tick...BOOM!, Cyrano, Encanto, and In the Heights were recognized this morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press. Nominees also included Peter Dinklage, Denzel Washington, Cynthia Erivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ewan McGregor, Uzo Aduba, Aaron Sorkin, Hannah Waddingham, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and more.

Netflix has released a new song clip from Lin-Manuel Miranda's tick, tick...BOOM! film. Watch Andrew Garfield, Joshua Henry, and Vanessa Hudgens perform 'Louder Than Words', the final song from the film, now! The video also features appearances by Robin de Jesús, Jelani Aladdin, Alexandra Shipp, MJ Rodriguez, Laura Benanti, and more.

Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on Netflix Film Club to discuss his directorial debut with tick, tick...BOOM! He discusses how the film is personal to him, how it's similar to Hamilton and In the Heights, and approaching the film as if it were a reading of a new musical. The video also features new rehearsal and filming footage from the production.

Nominations for the 2021 Critics Choice Awards were announced this afternoon and a slew of Broadway favorites are in the running at this year's ceremony.

Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesús, Alexandra Shipp, and Joshua Henry sit down with Netflix to break down tick, tick...BOOM!'s 'Boho Days' shot-by-shot. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the musical film also features MJ Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, and Judith Light.

Casting has been announced for For The Record and The Wallis’ production of LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE, the multimedia concert celebration of the beloved holiday film from Universal Pictures/Working Title, with performances from Saturday, November 27 to Friday, December 31, 2021, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway and television star Aaron Lazar (Fox’s Filthy Rich, Broadway’s The Last Ship, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables, and The Light in the Piazza) joins the exciting lineup of talented performers alongside singer/songwriter, musician, producer and engineer, Brian McKnight Jr., who comes from a legendary musically gifted family including famed father Brian McKnight. American Idol 4th place finalist on season 4, Anthony Fedorov, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist actor Michael Thomas Grant, and RCA recording artist Nina Nelson, member of girl group Citizen Queen (with over 30 million music video views), also join the cast for the first time. Rounding out the group of newcomers is Cheyenne Wells who starred in the recent production of Little Shop of Horrors at Pasadena Playhouse with MJ Rodriguez. 

Casting has been announced for For The Record and The Wallis' production of LOVE ACTUALLY LIVE, the multimedia concert celebration of the beloved holiday film from Universal Pictures/Working Title, with performances from Saturday, November 27 to Friday, December 31, 2021, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway and television star Aaron Lazar (Fox's Filthy Rich, Broadway's The Last Ship, A Little Night Music, Les Misérables, and The Light in the Piazza) joins the exciting lineup of talented performers alongside singer/songwriter, musician, producer and engineer, Brian McKnight Jr., who comes from a legendary musically gifted family including famed father Brian McKnight. American Idol 4th place finalist on season 4, Anthony Fedorov, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist actor Michael Thomas Grant, and RCA recording artist Nina Nelson, member of girl group Citizen Queen (with over 30 million music video views), also join the cast for the first time. Rounding out the group of newcomers is Cheyenne Wells who starred in the recent production of Little Shop of Horrors at Pasadena Playhouse with MJ Rodriguez.

Garfield stars in tick, tick... BOOM!, the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Garfield won a Tony Award for his performance in Angels in America on Broadway. Watch a clip of Garfield performing '30/90' from the film now!

Watch a new performance video of Alexandra Shipp and Vanessa Hudgens performing 'Come to Your Senses' from tick, tick...BOOM! Watch the new performance video now! The film also stars Andrew Garfield, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, and more.

Netflix has released the complete 'Sunday' sequence from tick, tick...BOOM!, complete with numerous Broadway cameos. Sung by Andrew Garfield, the clip features appearances by Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Andrew Dé Shields, Reneé Elise Goldsberry, Daphne Rubin Vega, Phillipa Soo, Chuck Cooper, and more.