Oscar Hammerstein

Intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths

Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd

The Hamilton creator reflects on his career and his debut film, Tick, Tick… Boom!

If that’s the case, why not just move Christmas to July and have done with it?

The 1965 musical was ‘a sugar-coated lie’ with little in common with the real Von Trapps

Ireland’s best-known soprano effortlessly moves from opera to ‘The Sound Of Music’

‘It must be lovely to be able to say ‘this is it, if this isn’t good enough for you, then screw you’’

He wowed Sundance and impressed at Audi Dublin International Film Festival – the teenage musician and actor is perfectly cast as director John Carney’s movie alter-ego

One of the biggest ever Broadway musicals became one of the biggest ever movie musicals. Half a century later, it’s still entrancing audiences