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The ‘Hamilton’ Cast Reunited on John Krasinski’s Show Just to Surprise a 9-Year-Old Fan


The Hamilton original cast, Mary Poppins, Jim from The Office, and a very surprised nine-year-old girl joined together on Sunday night, April 5, for what must be the liveliest Zoom meeting since your boss’s husband walked in with no pants on.

The scene: The second episode of John Krasinski’s homemade quarantine talk show, Some Good News.

The reason: Aubrey, a nine-year-old in Jacksonville, was supposed to see Hamilton when the Broadway tour came to her hometown this week, but the show was canceled for social distancing reasons. “We’re home watching Mary Poppins Returns instead,” Aubrey’s mom tweeted, after the family missed the show. “At least we’re safe & healthy.”

The strangely heartwarming outcome: Watching a preteen light up as a stranger chants, over video call, “How does a bastard orphan son of a whore….”

Since Aubrey could not go to Hamilton, Hamilton came to Aubrey.

Welcoming the nine-year-old, who described herself as “a million” on the 1–10 scale of Hamilton fandom, Krasinski first promised to fly her and her mom to New York to see Hamilton after social distancing rules lift. He then introduced her to Mary Poppins herself, aka his wife, Emily Blunt, who played the “practically perfect” nanny in Mary Poppins Returns. The call was then interrupted by Hamilton writer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda, who costarred with Blunt in Mary Poppins (or as Krasinski said of him, “He was kind of like a backup dancer”).

Aubrey, who had grinned while speaking to Krasinski and smiled while meeting Blunt, gasped and mildly hyperventilated when Miranda joined the call. She became totally speechless when he was joined by Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr.…and then Anthony Ramos…and then Daveed Diggs and Phillipa Soo…and eventually, the full Hamilton original cast, who joined together to sing the title song from the musical.

It’s hard to overstate what truly good news this all is—that the Hamilton cast is staying safe and well and extremely on beat, that Daveed Diggs has such elaborate wallpaper, that Lin-Manuel Miranda is as electrifying over front-facing cam as he is live, that entertainers are going out of their way to make joyful art during dark times.

“Thank you for having me!” Aubrey, the world’s most polite nine-year-old, shouts at the end of the video. It’s nice to take a break from living through a major historical event to watch one that unfolded so long ago, it’s been made into a rap-filled Broadway musical. History has its eyes on all of us. So stay home, and call someone who needs some good news.

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Jenny Singer is a staff writer for Glamour. You can follow her on Twitter.





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Linda Hamilton: Why Can't 60 Be the New 60?


When the first Terminator movie debuted in 1984, Linda Hamilton became a big screen icon almost overnight: As Sarah Connor, she transformed from helpless to heroine, a buff badass who would stop at nothing to save her son even if it meant becoming an outlaw. Thirty-five years later, Hamilton returns to the character for Terminator: Dark Fate, a film that challenged her mentally and physically. Glamour spoke with the actress about getting into fighting shape at 62, her relationship with her body, and battling to give Sarah Connor the story she deserves.

I have never been about what’s on the outside, ever. I’m uncomfortable with makeup on—I only put it on when I work. I don’t really even use moisturizer. I just don’t care. I’m proud to be my age. I keep saying: Why does 40 have to be the new 60? Why can’t 60 be the new 60? Why do we have to color everything with this idea of eternal youth?

Still, prepping for Terminator now versus 30 years ago were very different experiences. One assumes that you put in the same amount of time and work, and you’ll get the same result. But that doesn’t happen with a 62-year-old body. I first thought: I’m going to go right back and be the same person. But you need hormones to build muscles, and I can’t do it in the same way anymore. I realized I just had to work a different way. Thankfully, I had a fantastic trainer and team who helped me prepare. We worked for a year to get ready. We really focused on moving the body, like pilates, and not just static pumping weights. I didn’t touch carbohydrates for a year. But eventually, I just said: This is who I am, and this is who Sarah Connor is.

Then, when I showed up for my first wardrobe fitting, they literally had to add ass. Isn’t that funny? You work your butt off, and then they’re like, you need more butt. I never saw that coming. In my regular life, I like to have more butt. I work out. But I also enjoy sitting on the couch and eating pie sometimes, so I try not to live in a rigid world that I can’t have treats. I just like to keep it all in balance.



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This Video of Prince Harry Singing a *Hamilton* Song Will Royally Make Your Day


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were able to loosen up a bit on Wednesday night (August 29) while taking in a performance of Hamilton alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created the Tony Award-winning show. Hamilton, of course, is the critically acclaimed Broadway musical that premiered three years ago (and still costs your college tuition to see). It’s now getting more accessible for people — and by default, royals! — to see it, as it’s now playing in London, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles. Prince Harry, in particular, showed his Hamil-spirit by belting out King George’s showstopper “You’ll Be Back” when the show ended. (Adding another layer of hilarity, King George is Prince Harry’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.)

“We saw it back in January, February and thought it was incredible,” Markle told one of the actors after the show, per People. “Harry loved it, it was the first time he saw it, and now he can’t stop singing the songs! We could just feel the energy. It was so engaging.” Added the prince, backstage to another actor: “The first time round [I saw the show] I was laughing so much. Just fantastic.” Still don’t believe us on the singing part? Watch the below video, captured by an audience member.

As People notes, while the couple’s first visit to see the musical together earlier this year was just a social engagement, this time, the performance served as a fundraiser for Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity, which raises money for youth empowerment and HIV awareness in Southern Africa. “A round of applause to yourself for taking part of this evening’s activities, because together you’ve raised a huge amount of money for the children in Botswana,” he explained in the video, before acknowledging the actors. “I don’t know how you guys do this every single night, over and over again, and in this heat as well.”

Unsurprisingly, the evening turned out to be a rousing success. “We knew Harry and Meghan had been to the show almost secretly, although a cast member tweeted it, and loved it,” the charity’s chairman explained to People. “Harry and Meghan love the show. This is the third time that Meghan has seen it. They were very involved in the event; we chatted about it and they were so excited about doing it.” As for the cast, they clearly relished the opportunity to be in the presence of the royals — Prince Harry even joked with them about how much the king’s crown weighed! (It’s heavy.)

Maybe they’ll be back another time.

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