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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 ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’. Plus the Thursday Theme: Steven Spielberg.

Jo chats to Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, about his directorial debut with ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’, 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’s 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’s 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…BOOM! 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
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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

  • 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
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2