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Lin-Manuel Miranda. Plus the Thursday Theme: Steven Spielberg.

Jo chats to Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, about his directorial debut with 鈥榯ick, tick鈥OOM!鈥�. Plus the Thursday Theme: Steven Spielberg.

Jo chats to Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, about his directorial debut with 鈥榯ick, tick鈥OOM!鈥�, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theatre as the creator of Rent.

The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theatre composer who鈥檚 waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he鈥檚 due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?

tick, tick鈥OOM! Is available on Netflix now.

Plus Jo has the Thursday Theme - songs relating to Steven Spielberg, to mark his 75th birthday. Send all your song suggestions relating to the director to jo.whiley@bbc.co.uk

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Thu 16 Dec 2021 19:30
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Orla Gartland

    You're Not Special, Babe

    • Woman on the Internet.
    • New Friends.
    • 2.

  • Low

    Just Like Christmas

    • JEEPSTER RECORDINGS.

  • Tom Grennan

    Little Bit Of Love

    • Evering Road.
    • Insanity Records.

  • Sam Fender & Holly Humberstone

    Seventeen Going Under

    • Seventeen Going Under (Acoustic).
    • Polydor Records.
    • 1.

  • Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Typmany Five

    Baby, It's Cold Outside

  • Damon Albarn

    Darkness To Light

  • Ashe & FINNEAS

    Till Forever Falls Apart

    • (CD Single).
    • Mom + Pop.

  • Vince Guaraldi Trio

    Christmas Time Is Here

    • A Charlie Brown Christmas (Super Deluxe Edition).
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 18.

  • Philippa Soo & The Original Broadway Company of Hamilton

    Helpless

    • Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording (PG Advisory).
    • Hamilton Uptown Under Exclusive License To Atlantic Recording Corporation.
    • 10.

  • Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

    (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

    • The Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • CBS.

  • The Cast of Netflix's Film tick, tick... BOOM!

    30/90

    • tick, tick... BOOM! (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film).
    • Maisie Music Publishing, LLC / Masterworks Broadway.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Flying

    • Themes & Dreams.
    • Trax Label.

  • Stevie Wonder

    I Just Called To Say I Love You

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Counting Crows

    Mr. Jones

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • Edwin Starr

    War

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    Purple Rain

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • Blues Brothers

    Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

    • Simply The Best Movie Album (Various).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Rita Moreno

    Somewhere

    • West Side Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 18.

  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park Theme

    • Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
    • Sony Classical.
    • Hit.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Dec 2021 19:30
    大象传媒 Radio 2