In new york and became an instant classic. Whats your name, man . Alexander hamilton his name is Alexander Hamilton we we are waiting in the wings for you. And now its in london, as is for a few days the man behind the show, whos been compared to. Well. Are you the 21st century shakespeare . Not even close no, shakespeare wrote a mind altering amount of dramas and comedies and sonnets, worked with other playwrights. Ive written two musicals, so lets, everybody, chill out. Im past patiently waiting im passionately smashin every expectation i recognised in the story of hamilton the story of so many immigrants who are coming to the United States today. And so i used the music that i love to tell their story. A lot has been made of the multiracial cast. This is the story of america then told by america now. Were going to use every tool at our disposal to eliminate the distance between a modern audience and something that happened 200 somewhat years ago. The casting is part of that, and cas
Seagull. That is on meet the author. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are lord digbyjones, former trader minister and henry bonsu, broadcaster and campaigner. Tomorrows front pages, starting with this. The metro devotes its entire front page to the engagement photo of prince harry and meghan markel. The paper wishes its readers a merry kissmass. The i claims that the health secretary, jeremy hunt, wants to take over as deputy Prime Minister following the departure of damien green. The express headlines details of what its calling a breakthrough on alzheimers. The Financial Times shows an image of nikki haley, the Us Ambassador to the un, who has warned that the us will not forget countries who voted against its decision to recognise jerusalem as israels capital. The daily mirror leads with a report about an alleged russian spy who visited number 10 as part of a ukrainian delegation. The telegraph features claims from borisjoh
Digbyjones, former trade minister and henry bonsu, broadcaster and campaigner will be looking at stories including the times. And apple, the tech giant, admits that its iphones are deliberately designed to work less quickly as they get older. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. A day after the forced resignation of damien green from the cabinet, the woman who alleged he made inappropriate advances has spoken tonight to the bbc. Kate maltby says she passed her concerns on to downing street in 2016. Ms maltby, who was found to be a plausible witness by an official inquiry, said the culture in downing street needed to change. And tonight, number 10 said that everyone should be able to work in politics without fear or harassment. Our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has this exclusive report which contains flash photography from the start. Damian greens fall from grace began not with claims about the police or pawn but with a woman decades hisjunior. Have you let the Prime Minister d
Its all being driven by wall street optimism about the state of the worlds biggest economy, and, despite all the controversy in the white house, the pro growth policies of President Trump. On thursday, a report showed the us private sector created 250,000 newjobs in december a third more than was expected. That could bode well for official us jobs numbers out later today. Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve revealed it has boosted its growth forecast for the us economy this year to 2. 5 keeping up the pace seen in 2017. Those fed minutes also showed this was, at least partly, down to the 1. 5 trillion worth of tax cuts President Trump signed into lawjust before christmas. And these graphs speak for themselves. Us shares setting record after record since the president was inaugurated a year ago. Despite all this, millions of working americans have yet to feel the benefit. Average earnings have been stagnant for the past decade. But that could change this year as 18 states finally bri
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A group of mps here in the uk wants a 25 pence charge added to every disposable coffee cup sold, with the money raised used to improve recycling facilities. Billions of cups are thrown away each year, mostly ending up in landfill sites. Goodidea . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. North korea has accepted south koreas offer to hold talks next week. It will be the First Time Since 2015 that officials from the two sides have met. No coincidence perhaps that the news breaks just hours after south korea and the United States agreed to postpone theirjoint military exercises, which north korea sees as rehearsals for invasion. Theyll be suspended for the duration of the Winter Olympics. Sophie long reports from seoul. North korea accepted the offer of government level talks through a direct fax line between the two countries reactivated two days ago. It