Lin-Manuel Miranda

About the Author

Lin-Manuel Miranda was born in New York to a clinical psychologist and a Democratic strategist. After graduating from the competitive Hunter College High School, Miranda went to Wesleyan University, where he began workshopping his first musical, In the Heights. When In The Heights debuted on Broadway in 2008 (with Miranda in the title role), it was acclaimed for its unique blend of hip-hop and musical theater traditions. After the runaway success of In the Heights, Miranda worked on the musical version of Bring It On and contributed Spanish-language versions of Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics for the Broadway Revival of West Side Story. In 2015, Miranda then starred as the titular character in his musical Hamilton, winning two Tony awards (for Best Musical and Best Score) and earning a nomination for Best Actor. More recently, Lin composed music for the Disney movie Moana and directed the Oscar-nominated film Tick, Tick, Boom! Miranda is also a two-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, winning in 2016 for Hamilton.

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Hamilton

The first song in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical Hamilton follows Alexander Hamilton from his birth in the Caribbean through the loss of his mother, and then to his eventual arrival in New York. The ... view guide