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Lin-Manuel Miranda


Lin-Manuel Miranda (; born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, actor, rapper, singer, playwright and producer, widely known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals "In the Heights" and "Hamilton". His awards include a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the 2008 Broadway musical "In the Heights". His work won the
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of his run in "Hamilton", composer Lin-Manuel Miranda made a surprise visit to the production on September 4, 2016 while he was in London working on "Mary Poppins Returns". The production closed on January 8, 2017, after a hugely successful run; with several extensions from its initial 4 month limited run. The final show was concluded with speeches by actor Sam Mackay and producer Paul Taylor Mills, and a surprise appearance by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The Canadian premiere of "In the Heights"
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, "Nana roja para mi hijo Lin Manuel", by the Puerto Rican writer José Manuel Torres Santiago. As a child, Miranda wrote jingles, including one later used for Eliot Spitzer's 2006 gubernatorial campaign. He attended Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School, where his classmates included journalist Chris Hayes, who was Miranda's first director when the latter starred in a school play described by Hayes as "a 20-minute musical that featured a maniacal fetal pig in a nightmare that [Miranda] had cut up in
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violence titled "Text for Life". He played the role of a boyfriend who was pressuring his girlfriend to send him naked pictures. Later on, Perez also worked as a PA for a PBS show named "History Detectives". Perez began his career in 2010 with a role in the national tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights". Perez was inspired by the play before it won a Tony award in 2008, saying, "I first saw "In the Heights
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at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in March 2009, directed by Kent Gash. Her children's musical "Barrio Grrrrl!" appeared at The Kennedy Center in 2009. In 2009, Hudes was a Pulitzer finalist for the second time for "In the Heights", co-written with Lin-Manuel Miranda. The hit Broadway musical with lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical and was a Finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2012
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Universal opted not to develop the film, and the project was canceled. In January 2012, Lin-Manuel Miranda said the adaptation was back under discussion. In May 2016, it was announced that The Weinstein Company would distribute the film. The following month, it was reported that Jon M. Chu was in talks to direct. In September 2016, Chu was confirmed as director, with production potentially beginning in spring 2017. Lin-Manuel Miranda said he would not return as Usnavi, the role he originated, but could
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a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Miranda left the cast of the Broadway production on February 15, 2009. Miranda reprised the role when the national tour of "In the Heights" played in Los Angeles from June 23 to July 25, 2010. He again joined the tour in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Miranda rejoined the Broadway cast as Usnavi from December 25, 2010 until the production closed on January 9, 2011, after 29 previews and 1,185 regular performances. Miranda created other work
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21 Chump Street


21 Chump Street is a fourteen-minute mini-musical with book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is known for creating the Broadway musicals "In the Heights", "Bring It On the Musical", and "Hamilton". The show was based on the second act of episode #457 of "This American Life", titled "What I Did For Love" and reported by Robbie Brown, in which a high school student falls in love with an undercover police officer, and is
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biology class", and rapper Immortal Technique, who bullied Miranda during high school, although the two later became friends. As a student wrote the earliest draft of "In the Heights" in 1999, his sophomore year of college at Wesleyan University. After the show was accepted by Wesleyan's student theater company, Second Stage, Miranda added freestyle rap and salsa numbers, and the show was premiered there in 1999. Miranda wrote and directed several other musicals at Wesleyan, and acted in many other productions, ranging from musicals
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Hudson Heights, Manhattan


The primary north/south streets in Hudson Heights are: Other named or co-named streets in the neighborhood include: Parks in Hudson Heights include: Notable current and former residents of Hudson Heights include: The 1985 film "We Were So Beloved" tells the stories of neighborhood Jews who escaped the Holocaust. A musical that began performances in 2007, "In The Heights", takes place on 181st Street and Fort Washington Avenue, and was written and produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda who grew up in northern Manhattan.
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Puerto Rican, award-winning, musician and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda who created the Broadway hit, "Hamilton", is from a family with roots in Vega Alta. In 2017, his dad opened the "Placita Güisín", a cafe and restaurant in Vega Alta barrio-pueblo. In 2019 Lin-Manuel moved his memorabilia to a new gallery, the Lin-Manuel Miranda Gallery, a few steps from Placita Güisín and opened a store there too, TeeRico. The location has become a tourist attraction.
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Christopher Jackson (actor)


leading roles in several more Broadway musicals and plays, including "After Midnight", "Bronx Bombers", "Holler If Ya Hear Me", and "Memphis". He drew critical acclaim in several projects with Lin-Manuel Miranda: originating the roles of Benny in "In the Heights" and George Washington in the smash hit "Hamilton". For the latter role he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also collaborated with Miranda on the Disney film "Moana"
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and Lin-Manual Miranda, actors, and historians will provide recorded presentations. After Hurricane Maria, Lin-Manuel Miranda with family roots in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico used his influence to bring attention to the plight of the Puerto Rican people and to encourage tourism to Vega Alta. In 2017, his dad opened the "Placita Güisín", a cafe and restaurant in Vega Alta barrio-pueblo. In 2019 Lin-Manuel moved his memorabilia to a new gallery, the Lin-Manuel Miranda Gallery, a few steps
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Cabinet Battle


"Cabinet Battle #1", "Cabinet Battle #2" are songs written for Act II of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the songs. The songs portray discussions in the cabinet of the administration of George Washington (played by Christopher Jackson in the original cast) in the style of rap battles between Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and U.S. Secretary
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Thomas Kail


Thomas Kail (born January 20, 1977) is an American film and theatre director, known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals "In the Heights" and "Hamilton", for which he received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical. Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. Kail grew up in Alexandria, Virginia and graduated from Sidwell Friends School in 1995 and subsequently from Wesleyan University in 1999. He remains good friends with Lin-Manuel
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In the Heights (film)


to begin filming in summer 2011. However, the project was canceled in March 2011, when Universal opted not to produce the "In the Heights" film. However, in January 2012, Lin-Manuel Miranda stated that the film adaptation was back under discussion. In May 2016, it was announced that Miranda and Harvey Weinstein would produce the film with The Weinstein Company. On June 10, 2016, Jon M. Chu came on board to direct the film adaptation of the musical. In the aftermath of numerous sexual misconduct
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Taina Asili


. The duo occasionally perform as Asili & Vaccaro, often accompanied by flamenco dancers, including April Goltz who, along with Asili, was a member of the punk band Anti-Product. In 2017 Asili began a collaboration with Indian musician Veena Chandra for which the two women won a New Music USA award. In 2018 Asili drew upon her early training in opera and musical theatre when she played the role of Abuela Claudia in the Schenectady Light Opera Company's production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights"
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Arielle Jacobs


shows. She is currently playing Jasmine in Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway. Her Broadway debut was playing Nina Rosario in the closing cast of the Tony and Grammy-award winning musical "In The Heights", opposite creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Audiences will also remember seeing her starring in "Wicked" on Broadway, as well as in "Rent", Disney’s "High School Musical", Shakespeare's "Two Gentleman of Verona", and "Into the Woods" where she performed opposite Emmy-
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is of mostly Puerto Rican descent. His mother's ancestors include an interracial couple, Sophie, who was black, and David Towns, who was white; from the early 1800s, this couple spent their married life trying to outrun slavery as laws and governments changed around them. Ensuing branches of the Towns family primarily married Mexican spouses in Texas and Mexico, and Miranda, for his part, has described his ancestry as a quarter Mexican. The name "Lin-Manuel" was inspired by a poem about the Vietnam War
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the original West End production of "Flashdance". She went on to play the title role of Louise/Gypsy in Paul Kerryson's production of "Gypsy" at Leicester Curve in 2012 alongside Caroline O'Connor. In 2013 Hamilton-Barritt appeared in "A Chorus Line" at the London Palladium as ‘Diana Morales’. She played the role of ‘Daniela’ in Lin Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights" in 2014. The show won rave reviews opening at the Southwark Playhouse in London. The show was reworked
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Arts Center in Santurce, where the performances will run from January 11 through 27th. The production will donate an additional hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in improvements to the Ferré Center. In 2015, Miranda was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the History category. Miranda received an honorary degree in 2009 from Yeshiva University in Washington Heights, Manhattan, becoming the youngest person to receive an honorary degree from that university. Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City, presented Miranda with the degree. He
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Jerry Ruiz


Heights, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at the University of Texas at Austin. Jerry Ruiz has collaborated with the Two River Theater Company, acting as curator for the new play festival "Crossing Rivers." In 2010, Ruiz directed "Kiss Bessemer" at Repertorio Español, a play written by Tencha Ávila, which demonstrates the racial and economic tensions of a Mexican-American family living in Colorado in the 1970s. In 2011, he began working with playwrights Tanya Saracho and Mando Alvarado, directing readings and productions of their
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List of awards and nominations received by Lin-Manuel Miranda


, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States. It is a "no strings attached" award and MacArthur fellows each receive a stipend of $625,000, paid out over five years in quarterly installments. The Fellows program began in 1981 and to date has included 942 people from a variety of disciplines in the arts and sciences. In 2015, Lin-Manuel Miranda, along with
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to Shakespeare. He graduated from Wesleyan in 2002. In 2002, Miranda and John Buffalo Mailer worked with director Thomas Kail to revise "In the Heights". Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes joined the team in 2004. After success off-Broadway, the musical went to Broadway, opening in March 2008. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning four, including Best Musical and Best Original Score. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Miranda's performance in the leading role of Usnavi earned him
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200 Cartas


200 Cartas (released worldwide as Looking for María Sánchez) is an independent Puerto Rican film, written and directed by Bruno Irizarry, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jaime Camil, Dayanara Torres, Monica Steuer and Mayra Matos Pérez. Struggling nuyorican comic book artist Raúl (Lin-Manuel Miranda) meets a woman named María Sánchez (Mayra Matos Pérez), who's visiting from Puerto Rico, at a bar in New York City and immediately falls in love with her. After the two part their ways and María returns to
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versions of "In the Heights" have been produced in Latin America, this production is distinctive for several reasons: It is the first Spanish version of the show in the United States, it is the first Spanish translation sanctioned and approved by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and it is directed and choreographed by Luis Salgado, Assistant Latin Choreographer on the original Broadway production of "In the Heights". The production included lyrics and scenes in Spanish, with elements from the original English, as well as an English anchor through the
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Anthony Ramos (actor)


, in the role of Mars Blackmon. Ramos played the role of Ramon in the 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born", starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and directed by Cooper. In 2018, "Variety" reported that Ramos had been cast as Usnavi in the upcoming film adaptation of "In the Heights." Ramos appeared on the original Broadway cast recording of "Hamilton" in 2015, in the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton. He reunited with Lin-Manuel Miranda in October 2017
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Mandy Gonzalez


" (directed by Julie Taymor) and Pieter Gaspersz' "After". In 2016, Gonzalez starred in the ABC thriller "Quantico" playing the recurring role of Agent Susan Coombs. Gonzalez can be heard on the original Broadway cast recording of "In the Heights" and in the Disney animated film "Mulan II" as the singing voice of Su. She released her first solo album, "Fearless", on October 20, 2017. The title song was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star
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List of awards and nominations received by Lin-Manuel Miranda


The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American playwright, composer, and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda. Among his numerous accolades, Miranda has won a Pulitzer Prize, three Tony Awards, three Grammys, an Emmy, and two Olivier Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award. In 2015, he was the recipient of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program. In 2016, "Time" magazine included Miranda in its annual "Time 100" as one of the "Most Influential People in
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Luis Salgado


choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, with music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. For "In the Heights", the entire cast won a Drama Desk Award, and Salgado and the ensemble won an ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus from Actors' Equity Association. This same year he played the role of Alejandro in the film "". Salgado also collaborated with Jamal Sims as Latin Assistant choreographer for the film. In 2010 Salgado debuted at The Public Theater in a free outdoor concert staging of
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In the Heights


In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Hispanic-American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City. After a 2005 tryout in Waterford, Connecticut and a 2007 Off-Broadway run, the show opened on Broadway in March 2008. It was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards and won four, including the 2008 Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Choreography
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American tour. She had become a finalist on the eight season of "American Idol" but chose to drop out in order to tour with "Rent". Shortly prior to her contract coming to an end, she expressed an interest in the role of Vanessa in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights". She was subsequently cast in the part in the United States national tour. Lawson made her Broadway debut when she was announced as replacing Phillipa Soo in the role of Eliza Hamilton in Miranda's "
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acclaimed playwright with "Short Eyes", a drama about prison life which received a Tony Award nomination and won an Obie Award. Candido Tirado and Carmen Rivera, Obie Award-winner for her play La Gringa; and Judge Edwin Torres wrote "Carlito's Way", the saga of a Puerto Rican drug dealer which eventually became a Hollywood film. Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Tony-Award-winning actor and playwright best known for the musicals "In the Heights and ""Hamilton. Currently, spaces such as
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Jeffrey Seller


" (2014) based on the concept album of the same name. After working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on "In the Heights", he produced Miranda's next show, "Hamilton" (2015). "Hamilton" has gone on to receive widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. In June 2016, "Hamilton" received 11 Tony awards of a record breaking 16 nominations, including a Best Musical win for Seller, his fourth Tony Award overall and his first since his separation from McCollum. Shortly after the
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Scott Sanders (producer)


wrote, "Very Funny...a boffo musical comedy with comic characters as outlandishly successful as The Producers." The production begins performances on Broadway on March 29, 2019, at the Marquis Theatre and officially opens on April 23, 2019. In 2013, Sanders and Mara Jacobs began working on a film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights", with a script written by Quiara Alegria Hudes, who authored the book for the original stage version. In 2018, Sanders, along with co-
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. Lacamoire was also the Music Director of "Wicked" in 2005, and Music Supervisor for the musical "High Fidelity" in 2006, as well as assisting with the orchestrations for that show. In 2007, Lacamoire received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Orchestrations as Music Director for the Off-Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights." Following its successful Off-Broadway run, "In The Heights" transferred to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway. Lacamoire, along with Bill Sherman
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Cry-Baby" next performed "A Little Upset". Stew and the cast of "Passing Strange", including Daniel Breaker and De'Adre Aziza, performed "Keys (Marianna)"/"Keys (It's Alright)". Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of "In the Heights" followed this with "In the Heights"/"96,000", after which the cast of "Xanadu" performed "Don't Walk Away". The three new musicals that were not nominated for Best Musical also gave abbreviated performances of a song from each show
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performed an emotional rap about allowing the island to restructure its debt. Miranda hosted "Saturday Night Live" on October 8, 2016, and in July 2017, he received an Emmy Award nomination for the appearance. Miranda played himself in two episodes of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in 2017. In August 2016, Miranda agreed to write songs with Alan Menken for Disney's forthcoming live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid". Miranda will also co-produce the film with Marc Platt. , no release date has
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bedroom to doing an hour-and-a-half live show". Members of the Broadway theatre community quickly embraced the Miranda videos and were eager to be a part of Miranda's live comedy acts. Frankie Grande, who was then in the cast of "Mamma Mia!", invited Ballinger to join the cast as Miranda at the Minskoff Theatre in the 2009 Broadway Cares Easter Bonnet competition charity benefit. Later, Broadway celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda performed in videos with Miranda. Ballinger was also invited to perform
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The Room Where It Happens


"The Room Where It Happens" is a song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. The musical relates the life of Alexander Hamilton and his relationships with his family, and Aaron Burr. Lin-Manuel Miranda composed the music, lyrics and book for the song and musical. The song relates the story of the Compromise of 1790. The song's writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda explained, "'Wait for It'
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Roy Scheider


Jonathan Demme. In 1979 he received his second Academy Award nomination, this time as Best Actor in "All That Jazz", in which he played a fictionalized version of the film's director and co-writer Bob Fosse. Some of the film's production was portrayed in the FX miniseries "Fosse/Verdon", where Scheider was played by actor/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. He did a thriller with Meryl Streep for Robert Benton, "Still of the Night" (1982) which was a box office
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In the Heights (film)


In the Heights is an upcoming 2020 American musical drama film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Quiara Alegría Hudes, based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film stars Anthony Ramos. It is scheduled to be released on June 26, 2020 by Warner Bros. Pictures. On November 7, 2008, Universal Pictures announced that they planned to adapt the original musical as a feature film for release in 2011. Kenny Ortega was set to direct the film, which was slated
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Joel Moss


for Tony Bennett's "", winner of a 2002 Grammy Award. Moss was one of the producers; Lin-Manuel Miranda, composer/lyricist (Original Broadway Cast with Lin-Manuel Miranda and others) [Razor & Tie Entertainment/Ghostlight Records]. After the opening of "Aida" starring Adam Pascal, Moss produced Pascal's first solo CD, "Model Prisoner", heralded by critics as "a modern rock masterpiece". On Sh-k-boom Records, Moss is dedicated to bridging the
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Lin-Manuel Miranda


Hurricane Maria struck the island in 2017. Miranda was born in New York City and raised in the neighborhood of Inwood, the son of Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda, a clinical psychologist, and Luis A. Miranda, Jr., a Democratic Party consultant who advised New York City mayor Ed Koch. Miranda has one older sister, Luz, who is the Chief Financial Officer of the MirRam Group. During childhood and his teens, he spent at least one month each year with his grandparents in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. He
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Alexander Hamilton (song)


"Alexander Hamilton" is the opening number for the 2015 musical "Hamilton", a musical biography of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. This song features "alternately rapped and sung exposition". This song was originally part of a group of songs entitled "The Hamilton Mixtape" and created by Lin-Manuel Miranda as he started interpreting and adapting Ron Chernow's "Hamilton" biography for the stage. He performed
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Satisfied (Hamilton song)


"Satisfied" is the eleventh song from Act 1 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song is sung by the character Angelica Schuyler, originally performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry. On Twitter, Lin-Manuel Miranda posted a real letter from Angelica to Alexander Hamilton that inspired the song's lyrics: "You are happy my dear friend to find consolation in 'words &
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Hamilton (album)


-of-5 star review and listing it at number 2 on the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2015." "Rolling Stone" gave it a 4.5-out-of-5 star rating, listing it at number 8 on the magazine's "Top 50 Albums of 2015." Robert Christgau wrote in "Vice", "I can attest that the intrinsic intellectual interest [Lin-Manuel Miranda] powers up here is so impressive it's exciting." Lin-Manuel Miranda made a conscious decision to exclude one scene in the
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Mandy Gonzalez


duet with Christopher Jackson her "In the Heights" and "Hamilton" co-star and longtime friend. Gonzalez debuted her solo show, also titled "Fearless", at the Cafe Carlyle for two weeks from October 24 to November 4, 2017. She performed songs from her album as well as many others. Many of her "In the Heights" friends visited onstage, such as Karen Olivo, Janet Dacal, Priscilla Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Christopher Jackson joined her as an opening night surprise; he
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Hamilton (album)


Hamilton is the cast album to the 2015 musical "Hamilton". The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The recording stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Anthony Ramos, Okieriete Onaodowan, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Jonathan Groff. It also features Jon Rua, Thayne Jasperson, Sydney James Harcourt, Ariana DeBose, and Sasha Hutchings
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Andy Blankenbuehler


, written by Jeff Whitty, with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Amanda Green, which premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, in January 16, 2011. This production also performed at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles where Blankenbuehler won the 2011 L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Choreography. Additionally, Blankenbuehler choreographed the Frank Wildhorn world premiere production of "Waiting for the Moon". The show featured 6 full-length dance sequences, including one that
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Right Hand Man (Hamilton song)


"Right Hand Man" is the eighth song from Act 1 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song introduces then General George Washington to the musical. It is also the song in which Hamilton becomes the "Right hand man" The song Right Hand Man charts the very beginning of the American Revolutionary War, and begins with Alexander Hamilton (Lin Manuel Miranda) and
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, proceeds from his song "Almost Like Praying" had helped the Hispanic Federation to raise $22 million for rescue efforts and disaster relief. He performed with Ben Platt at the March for Our Lives anti-gun violence rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018. In order to raise money for Puerto Rico's reconstruction after being struck by hurricanes Irma and María, including at least $15 million to be channeled through the Flamboyán Foundation, Lin-Manuel decided to take, and once again play the protagonist role
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Mary Poppins Returns


the sequel. On 24 February 2016, Lin-Manuel Miranda was cast in the film to play Jack, a lamplighter. In April 2016, Disney confirmed that the film was in development and that Blunt and Miranda had been cast in the lead roles. In May, Disney announced the film's title as "Mary Poppins Returns". By July 2016, Meryl Streep had entered negotiations to join the cast to play cousin Topsy, and in the following month, Ben Whishaw in negotiations to play the grownup Michael Banks.
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life of Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno, tentatively titled "Rita Moreno: The Girl Who Decided to Go For It." Miranda married Vanessa Adriana Nadal, a high school friend, in 2010. At the wedding reception, Miranda, along with the wedding party, performed the "Fiddler on the Roof" song "To Life"; the video has been viewed more than six million times on YouTube. Nadal was a lawyer at the law firm Jones Day. Miranda and Nadal's first son, Sebastian, was born
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as a film director with an adaptation of Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical musical "Tick, Tick... Boom!", to be scripted by "Dear Evan Hansen" librettist Steven Levenson. Miranda will also produce the film alongside Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, and will be released on Netflix. He will play Lee Scoresby in an upcoming adaptation of "His Dark Materials". On July 29, 2019, it was announced that Miranda had teamed with legendary tv producer Norman Lear to make an American Masters documentary about the
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Aaron Zebede


Tim Rice's "Aida" at the National Theatre of Panama as well as Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights" at the Teatro El Círculo (both in 2013), Schönberg & Boublil’s "Les Misérables" in 2014, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 2015, Larry Kramer's AIDS drama "The Normal Heart", the ABBA inspired hit "Mamma Mia!" at the Teatro Anayansi, the rock musical "Rock of Ages", and "The Phantom of the Opera
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Electric Company" and appeared in the CollegeHumor sketch "Hardly Working: Rap Battle", playing himself working as an intern and rapper. During these years, Miranda also worked as an English teacher at his former high school, wrote for the "Manhattan Times" as a columnist and restaurant reviewer, and composed music for commercials. In 2003, Mr. Miranda co-founded Freestyle Love Supreme, a hip-hop improv group that has toured the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as the Aspen, Melbourne and Montreal Comedy Festivals
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Eden Espinosa


, 2011, alongside "Wicked" alum Alli Mauzey, who played the title character. She headlined the world premiere of the new musical "Rain" by Michael John LaChiusa as Sadie, at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from March 24 to May 1, 2016. Espinosa played the lead role in Studio Tenn's production of "Evita" in Nashville, Tennessee, from September 9 to 18, 2016. In 2018, Espinosa played the role of Daniella in the concert version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "
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Andréa Burns


Andréa Burns (born February 21, 1971) is an American actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of the saucy hairdresser "Daniela" in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical "In The Heights", as "Carmen" in Douglas Carter Beane's "The Nance" alongside Nathan Lane, and "Mrs. Spamboni" in "The Electric Company". Burns was born in Miami Beach, Florida to a Jewish father and a Venezuelan mother. She has described herself as "...a Venezuelan
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama


part of the theatrical experience. Additionally, since 1983, when the identity of finalists was first disclosed, four musicals have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. They are: Lee Breuer and Bob Telson's "The Gospel at Colonus" (1985); Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes' "In the Heights" (2009); Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's "Fun Home" (2014); and Taylor Mac’s “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” (2017). The
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Alexander Hamilton (book)


2008, Chernow worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda as the historical consultant to Miranda's newly conceived Broadway production, "Hamilton". Miranda had picked up a copy of Chernow's book while on vacation, and after finishing the first few chapters realized its potential as a musical. The performance went on to receive a record-setting 16 Tony nominations, winning 11, including Best Musical, and was also the recipient of the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The play also won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Tick, Tick... Boom!


softer now. I can barely hear them, and I think if I play loud enough I can drown them out completely.” Jon sits down at his piano to play “Happy Birthday to You.” Notes In July 2018, it was announced that Lin-Manuel Miranda would direct a film adaptation of "Tick, Tick... Boom!" The film will be produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, and written by Steven Levenson. The film would be Miranda's feature-length directorial debut. It will be
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The show was directed by Oliver Butler. Earlier in 2014, he guest starred in a show by comedy duo The Skivvies. Miranda appeared in a small role in the Walt Disney Pictures live-action film "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" (2012). He also played several television roles during this period. He appeared on the TV series "Modern Family" in the 2011 episode "Good Cop Bad Dog". In 2013, he played the recurring role of Ruben Marcado in the NBC drama "Do No
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for the stage during this period. He wrote Spanish language dialogue and worked with Stephen Sondheim to translate into Spanish song lyrics for the 2009 Broadway revival of "West Side Story". In 2008, he was invited by composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz to contribute two new songs to a revised version of Schwartz and Nina Faso's 1978 musical "Working", which opened in May 2008 at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. Miranda also did work for film and television. In 2007, he made a guest appearance
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Good Cop Bad Dog


composer and singer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The episode marks the introduction of the Pritchett's new dog, a French Bulldog played by Brigette. According to Rico Rodriguez, who plays Manny on the show, "She'll probably be in the last three episodes of the season and then in multiple episodes next year [...] [She] has fit in very well". In its original American broadcast on May 11, 2011, "Good Cop Bad Dog" was viewed by an estimated 10.113 million households and received a
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David Moscow


Thing You Do!" and Michael Kelly from "House of Cards". Moscow also co-developed and co-produced Lin-Manuel Miranda's first production of "In the Heights" with his ex-fiance, actress Kerry Washington. As a producer, his 2012 project, "Hellbenders", was acquired by Lionsgate for North American and foreign distribution; and his film, the psychological thriller "Desolation", was his directorial debut and was partially funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign. "Desolation" has already
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Alex Lacamoire


, won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for their combined work on "In The Heights." In 2012, Lacamoire and Tom Kitt were the Co-Orchestrators of "Bring It On the Musical" — another collaboration with Lin-Manuel Miranda — for which Lacamoire also served as Music Supervisor and Arranger. Additionally, Lacamoire wrote the dance arrangements for the 2012 Broadway revival of "Annie". Lacamoire was the Music Director, Orchestrator, and Conductor for the Broadway
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Tony Award for Best Original Score


Starcatcher" and "One Man, Two Guvnors" in 2012, "Angels in America" in 2018, and "To Kill a Mockingbird" in 2019. In 2013, Cyndi Lauper became the first woman to win the award solo for "Kinky Boots". In 2015, Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori became the first all-woman team to win the award for "Fun Home". Lin-Manuel Miranda is the youngest person to win the award; he was 28 when he won for "In the Heights
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List of His Dark Materials characters


my Lee would look like him, and the Scoresby comes from William Scoresby, who was a real Arctic explorer."" American actor Sam Elliott plays Lee Scoresby in the film "The Golden Compass" while Lin Manuel Miranda will play the character in the "His Dark Materials" TV series. Iofur Raknison is an armoured bear who wishes to be equal to a human. After usurping Iorek Byrnison as king of the armoured bears, he commands his subjects to build a palace of stone and wear ornamentation of gold and silver
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Bring It On (film series)


Bring It On is a series of cheerleading films that began with "Bring It On" (2000) and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels; none of which contain any of the original film's cast members. The film was made into a musical, which has received positive critical response and praise. The film series expanded its reach when it was made into "", with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt, and lyrics by Miranda and Amanda Green. The play also has a
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Ars Nova (theater)


entertainment by nurturing creative ideas into smart, surprising new work. Ars Nova provides an artistic home for emerging talent by cultivating a hive of creative activity, both on stage—through developmental programs and performances—and off—through the support and cultivation of a thriving artist community. Since Ars Nova's founding, they’ve launched the careers of luminaries like Lin-Manuel Miranda (Pulitzer-winning playwright/composer of "Hamilton" & "In The Heights"), Liz Meriwether (Emmy-nominated creator of television’s
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Hugo Medrano


of his wife, Hugo Medrano created the National Center for Latino Performing Arts and has expanded GALA's focus to include concerts, dance, film, and other arts. "In the Heights" is a Tony Award winning broadway musical which featured music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda. In 2017, Hugo Medrano and the GALA Hispanic Theatre hosted the first all Spanish version of the production in the United States. The musical is usually performed in Spanglish, a mix of Spanish and English. Hugo Medrano was recognized as a
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Marcy Harriell


starring opposite Adam Pascal. She went on to star in the Broadway musical "Lennon", featuring the music of former Beatle, John Lennon; written and directed by Don Scardino. On November 11, 2008, she joined the cast of the 2008 Tony Award winning musical "In The Heights", starring as Vanessa, opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda. On television, Harriell has been a Series Regular on NBC's "Ed", HBO's "Nurse Jackie" and the CBS courtroom dramedy "Queens Supreme".
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Hip hop music


"Dreamgirls" While more notable for funk than hip hop, the Broadway musical "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk" fuses tap dance and hip hop dance styles, and includes rap. Hip hop music was used in Off Broadway shows in the 1990s and early 2000s, with the musicals "So! What Happens Now?" and "Jam on the Groove". "In the Heights" used hip hop music, rapping and hip hop dancing. With music and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda
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In the Heights


beating the recordings of "The Little Mermaid", "Young Frankenstein", and the revivals of "Gypsy" and "South Pacific". The Broadway production celebrated its 1000th performance on August 2, 2010. The Broadway production closed on January 9, 2011, after 29 previews and 1,184 regular performances. The final cast included Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arielle Jacobs, Marcy Harriell, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Olga Merediz, Andréa Burns, Christopher Jackson, Tony Chriroldes, Priscilla Lopez, and Jon Rua (understudy for
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Jon Rua


performance, music video work, and dancing for concerts. He then transitioned into musical theatre and acting. Rua made his Broadway debut in 2008 as a swing in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights", later becoming the replacement for Sonny and Graffiti Pete. He stepped into the leading role of Usnavi several times as understudy. As an original Broadway cast member of "Hamilton" in 2015, Rua originated the role of Charles Lee and performed in the ensemble. On December 20, 2015, Rua became
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Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place


production of "Traces", a French Canadian urban acrobatics show. The first marquee production at the Broadway Playhouse was a new production of the 1978 Studs Terkel musical "Working", featuring additional material written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer behind "In the Heights" and later "Hamilton". David Stone, the producer of "Wicked" and "Next to Normal," as well as Mark Platt were also involved with the show that went up in spring of 2011. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer The
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Almost Like Praying


"Billboard" Digital Songs Sales chart, selling 111,000 downloads and achieving 5.2 million streams in its first week of availability in the US. In February 2018, a salsa remix of the song was released. "Almost Like Praying" is a song conceived by "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Miranda, who is from New York but of Puerto Rican descent, has publicly described the song as "a love letter to Puerto Rico." Growing up, Miranda spent a month every summer in Puerto Rico visiting family
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. The group created a limited television series for Pivot in 2014 and will make its Broadway debut in a self-titled show in the fall of 2019. Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics for "" with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. "Bring It On" premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2011. The musical began a US national tour on October 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. It then played a limited engagement on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, beginning previews
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Wesleyan University


. There are at least 7 groups that perform on campus regularly, with others occasionally created and disbanded. The multi-award-winning musical "In the Heights", was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (class of 2002) during his Sophomore year and was first produced at Wesleyan. Wesleyan has chapters of Chi Psi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Psi Upsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Epsilon Pi, and Alpha Delta Phi. In 2011, Rho Epsilon
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Residente


13 performed in the Club Geba of Argentina and took advantage of a euphoric audience to record the video of the song, "Fiesta de Locos" ("Crazy People Party"). On May 2, 2009, Calle 13 performed once again at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot for the release of their third album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo. "In The Heights" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda was invited to make an appearance after Residente had seen his acceptance speech for Best Original Score at the 62nd Tony
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Joseph Morales


Morales moved frequently during his childhood, living in Virginia, Texas, and Hawaii. He encountered the Oregon Shakespeare Festival during a high school trip to Medford, Oregon, and made a decision to study theater at Southern Oregon University. After one year, he dropped out to begin auditioning for roles in New York. From October 2009 to July 2010, Morales performed on Broadway in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "In the Heights", as a member of the ensemble and as understudy for Usnavi, Piragua Guy, and
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Christine Allado


Christine Marie Allado (born July 15, 1995) is a Filipino-British actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in the role of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in the multi Tony and Olivier award winning West End Production of "" and for starring as Vanessa in the multi Olivier award winning West End production of "In The Heights", both by Lin Manuel Miranda. Her television credits include starring in the BBC's 60th anniversary production of "West Side Story" as the lead role of Maria
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Hamilton (musical)


American Grammy gospel and RnB singer Bebe Winans, and former US president Barack Obama, reciting the lines from George Washington's farewell address. It is based on "One Last Time" on the OBC version with a revamped gospel type of music. The 44 stands as Obama as the 44th president of the United States. While on vacation from performing in his hit Broadway show "In the Heights", Lin-Manuel Miranda read a copy of "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, a biography of Alexander Hamilton. After
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Scott Sanders (producer)


with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop and produce live versions of Sony films. Sanders and Ahmet Zappa co-produced a film written and directed by Peter Hedges, "The Odd Life of Timothy Green", released by Walt Disney Pictures on August 15, 2012. Sanders is currently in pre-production of a muscial film adaptation of Lin-manuel Miranda's and Quiara Hudes' Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights. In August 2012 Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sanders agreed to mount stage productions of Sony films and announced that
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The Adventure Zone


. The first is "The Adventure Zone (K)nights," DMed by Travis, which features a steampunk-inspired world containing warring political and religious factions. Lin-Manuel Miranda guest starred in the second of the 2017 bonus episodes. The second is "The Adventure Zone Elementary," in which the group plays a fan-created one-shot RPG entitled "Four Sherlock Holmeses and a Vampire Who is One of the Aforementioned Sherlock Holmeses," which is DMed by Justin. Following Dust, the McElroys announced that Season
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ILE (singer)


. She chose to interpret “Puro Teatro”, a song previously recorded by La Lupe, which is one of her favorite artists. In May 2, 2009, Calle 13 performed once again at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot for the release of their third album Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo. "In The Heights" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda was invited to make an appearance after Residente had seen his acceptance speech for Best Original Score at the 62nd Tony Awards. Backstage, Flor Joglar de Gracia, mother
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Hollywood Walk of Fame


, requested a spot near the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland Ave. because he was twice picked up at that location by police for vagrancy (though never actually charged) shortly after his arrival in Hollywood. George Carlin chose to have his star placed in front of the KDAY radio station near the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Vine St., where he first gained national recognition. Lin-Manuel Miranda chose a site in front of the Pantages Theatre where his musicals, "In The Heights" and "Hamilton"
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama


" (1976), Stephen Sondheim's and James Lapine's "Sunday in the Park with George" (1985), Jonathan Larson's "Rent" (1996), Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's "Next to Normal" (2010), and Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" (2016). "Of Thee I Sing", "Sunday in the Park with George", and "Next to Normal" are the only musicals that won the Pulitzer Prize and did not win the Tony Award
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series of outdoor mini-performances for lottery participants that was hosted daily by Miranda and cast members for over a year, until August 31, 2016. Miranda earns a 3% royalty on each performance of "Hamilton," earning him $12.7 million by July 2017. On March 15, 2016, members of the cast of "Hamilton" performed at the White House and hosted workshops; Miranda performed freestyle rap from prompts held up by President Obama. In April 2016, Miranda and Jeremy McCarter published "Hamilton: The
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been set, but Menken announced in July 2017 that he and Miranda had begun working on new songs for the project. Miranda agreed in 2016 to serve as executive producer and composer of Lionsgate's film adaptation of "The Kingkiller Chronicle" by Patrick Rothfuss, as well as a tie-in television series. Miranda will provide eleven new songs for "," a Sony Pictures Animation film directed by Kirk DeMicco set to be released on November 6, 2020. Imagine Entertainment announced in July 2018 that Miranda will make his debut
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Lin-Manuel Miranda


in November 2014. On December 3, 2017, Miranda announced he and Nadal were expecting their second child. Their second son, Francisco, was born in February 2018. Miranda discovered that he is related to artists Residente and ILE of Calle 13 during a 2009 concert by the group in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Miranda was invited to perform. Backstage, the mother of Residente and ILE revealed their connection to Gilberto Concepción de Gracia, founder of the Puerto Rican Independence Party. Miranda and Residente have since confirmed the
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Bartlett (series)


The cast: Bartlett is an independent production. It was produced by Rivkah Beth Medow and executive produced by Chrissy Mazzeo, Anthony Veneziale and Evan Shaprio, who previously worked with Veneziale, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Seeso comedy improv series Freestyle Love Supreme. The series was written and directed by Martin Edwards and based on his play, Pitch Perfect, which was developed at Berkeley Rep and produced by Central Works Theater in 2013. Both projects were inspired by his time as a creative director at Grey Advertising in
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Kurt Deutsch


joined Warner Music Group as a Senior Vice President for Warner/Chappell Publishing, and executive for Warner Arts on the label side. As producer, Deutsch received his first Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2009 for The Original Broadway Cast Album In The Heights along with fellow producers Alex Lacamoire, Andrés Levin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Joel Moss & Bill Sherman. He has since received two more Grammy Awards for Best Musical Show Album for and . A full list of Grammy Award wins and nominations for Sh-K
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Lin-Manuel Miranda


three hours, November 2018. In a review, Chris Jones praised "deeper on-stage emotions" on Miranda's reprisal, as well as improved vocal and dance technique than on Broadway. A documentary about the creation of the show, "Hamilton's America", featuring Miranda, premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 1, 2016 and first aired on PBS' "Great Performances" series on October 21, 2016. Miranda interviewed with Disney in the winter of 2013, and submitted a six-song
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Vega Alta, Puerto Rico


roots in Vega Alta. In 2017, his dad opened "La Placita Güisín", a cafe and restaurant in the downtown area of Vega Alta, and in 2019 Lin-Manuel moved his memorabilia to a new gallery, the Lin-Manuel Miranda Gallery, a few steps from Placita Güisín and opened a store there too, TeeRico. The location has become a tourist attraction. The main women's prison of the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Escuela Industrial para Mujeres in Vega Alta, opened in 1954,
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Lin-Manuel Miranda


Revolution", a book describing "Hamilton"s journey from conception to Broadway success and discussing the cultural revolution that permeates the show. In May 2016, for his work in the role of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda received the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award. Miranda gave his last performance in "Hamilton" on July 9, 2016 and vowed to return to the show. Miranda reprised the role of Alexander Hamilton's role for a three-week run in Puerto Rico January 11–27, 2019, for which the engagement was sold out in
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Speech & Debate (play)


points." According to TCG, it was one of the most produced plays of 2009–2010 and has received over 150 productions as of 2014. The play has been adapted into a film, also titled "Speech & Debate". The film is directed by Dan Harris, with the script by Karam. The cast stars Sarah Steele, Austin McKenzie, and Liam James (Solomon). The film has special appearances by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenoweth, and Darren Criss. The film is being screened in select theatres
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DuckTales (2017 TV series)


. The following May, Lin-Manuel Miranda was announced as the voice of Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera / Gizmoduck. The character was changed to being Latino due to Lin-Manuel's heritage and because Angones felt that there were not enough positive Latino superheroes. In June, more cast members, including Tony Anselmo reprising his role as Donald Duck, were announced, and during the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Disney announced that Darkwing Duck would also make an appearance in the TV series. At the 2019 San Diego Comic
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Alex Lacamoire


Executive Music Producer on the film "The Greatest Showman" in late 2017. In March 2018, Lacamoire produced Lin-Manuel Miranda's March 2018 Hamildrop. The song also featured Ben Platt. In April 2018, Lacamoire arranged Miranda's April 2018 Hamildrop. The song featured the 5 Elizas who took on the role after Phillipa Soo left the show in July 2016.. Lacamoire is also the orchestrator and co-arranger of Carmen La Cubana, a stage adaptation of Bizet's "Carmen" that features the classic opera score using
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