Can’t get enough “Hamilton”? Then listen to the Muppets sing all of the show’s first act here…The Metropolitan Opera continues to crack open its archives with nightly streaming of musical glories…The new movie “First Cow” is apparently charming…An Italian friend has turned me on to Netflix’s “Manhunt,” about the Unabomber…Mark Doty’s new book about Walt Whitman is worth your attention…All the upcoming NBA games are scheduled for covid-spiking Florida, so ask yourself: would you attend a game there even if you could?…Have you hugged your child today? I’ve hugged my dog at least 10 times!
Good news! Oprah Winfrey, The New York Times and Lionsgate are partnering on a series of feature films and television shows based on “The 1619 Project.” The collaboration was announced Wednesday, nearly a year after the Times debuted “The 1619 Project” series to re-examine the legacy of slavery in the United States on the 400th anniversary of the first Africans’ arrival in Virginia. Nikole Hannah-Jones, who was the architect of the series, won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
It may be happening. Law is a good actor and will do the part justice. All the same, I haven’t gotten scared by a Captain Hook since Cyril Ritchard hung up his spurs.
Ennio Morricone, who has died at 91, was my favorite living movie composer. Everybody knows his haunting score to “The Mission,” but I love his music to Bertolucci’s “1900.” Nobody loved woodwinds like Morricone. R.I.P.
