Odds & Ends: Busta Rhymes Isn't Throwing Away The Mixtape's Shot, London's Cinderella Casting & More

Here's a quick roundup of video-centric stories you may have missed today.

Busta Rhymes Isn't Throwing Away The Mixtape's Shot
With every word, they drop knowledge! The Hamilton Mixtape is riding high on iTunes in its first week of release. To remind you why (as if you needed it) check out below as Busta Rhymes, The Roots and Joell Ortiz perform "My Shot" on The Tonight Show on December 5. The Tony-winning tuner continues to play to standing room only audiences at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre.

Who Will Go to Cinderella's Ball?
Full casting has been set for Cinderella, which will bring pantomime back to the London Palladium from December 10 through January 15, 2017. The company will comprise of Paul O’Grady (Baroness Hardup), Julian Clary (Dandini), Amanda Holden (The Fairy Godmother), Lee Mead (Prince Charming), Paul Zerdin (Buttons), Nigel Havers (Lord Chamberlain), Count Arthur Strong (Baron Hardup), Natasha J Barnes (Cinderella) and Suzie Chard and Wendy Somerville (The Wicked Stepsisters), along with Liz Ewing, Christopher Howell, James Paterson, Carrie Sutton, Vicki Lee Taylor, Ed Wade, Rhianne Alleyne, Charlotte Alloway, Gianni Arando, William Atkinson, Pamela Blaire, Myles Brown, Lucy Carter, Jacob Fearey, Diana Girban, Chloe Hudson, Emma Johnson, Ricky Lee Loftus, Holly Prentice, Niall Swords, Luke Woollaston and Tom Woollaston.

The Chicago Cast Gets Festive
Still need some help getting into the seasonal spirit? Here are Angel Reda, Alexander Nolan, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Lana Gordon and Tonya Wathen from Broadway’s Chicago singing "Holiday Melody." Penned by Brian O'Brien, the new song appears on the 2016 edition of the annual Carols for a Cure album, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.


P.S. Here's the second trailer for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, which stars Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris as you've never seen him before...