Odds & Ends: Brian d’Arcy James is Pinching Himself, Hamilton's Twitter Triumph & More

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

Brian d’Arcy James is Pinching Himself
Brian d’Arcy James is not only headlining a hit Great White Way musical (Something Rotten!), but he's also in the much-buzzed about new movie Spotlight. On December 22 the busy Broadway favorite stopped by TODAY, below, to chat about his plethora of projects. "I'm pinching myself that I'm in it," d’Arcy James admitted about the film, before going on to say that he'll be "taking a few minutes off" over Christmas...It is busy season for the Main Stem, after all!

Ryan Silverman's Paris Project
Broadway alum Ryan Silverman (Side Show) has been tapped for Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at Paris’ Théâtre du Châtelet. He will play Captain Giorgio Bachetti alongside Natalie Dessay as Fosca and more in the Fanny Ardant-helmed production, which will run March 16, 2016 through March 24. The venue has attracted multiple high profile shows of late, including the pre-Great White Way engagement of An American in Paris; it is currently playing host to the Broadway-bound Singin’ in the Rain.

Viewing Figures In for Daddy Long Legs
Turns out that the Daddy Long Legs live stream on December 10 was a resounding success! The broadcast from the Davenport Theatre was seen by a total of 150,055 people in 135 countries around the world. Directed by John Caird and starring married Broadway pros Megan McGinnis and Adam Halpin, the production made history as the first ever Broadway or off-Broadway performance to be broadcast over the interweb free of charge. We're loving the whole concept of watching shows from the comfort of our own sofa...hopefully this will catch on!

Hamilton's Twitter Triumph
Hamilton has broken yet another record, this time on Twitter! According to the AP, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s gargantuan hit generated more than one million tweets over the past year; in comparison, there were 266,000 tweets about the Tony-winning Fun Home and 323,000 Tony Awards-related tweets during the June broadcast. Check out a fancy chart of the last 30 days of conversation on Twitter around Hamilton below!