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Birth
Lin Manuel Miranda Was born Janurary,16,1980 -
Education
Miranda attended New York City's Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School -
Inspiration
Miranda saw his first Broadway musical, Les Misérables, at the age of seven, and it made a lasting impression on him. -
Why he decided to start writing
Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton is about the life of U.S. statesman and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Miranda was inspired to write the musical after reading Ron Chernow's biography Alexander Hamilton on vacation. -
Impact Moments
Lin-Manuel Miranda says the death of his childhood best friend shaped his plays and his outlook. -
His wife
Hamilton creator keeps relatively private: his nearly two-decade long relationship with wife Vanessa Nadal. The couple has been married since 2010 and share two sons together. In March 2022, Miranda skipped the Academy Awards out of caution after Nadal tested positive for COVID-19. -
His First musical play
His first musical, In the Heights, also a Grammy Award winner, took home four Tony Awards in 2008. Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics for Bring It On: The Musical with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green, which opened in 2011. -
Lin Manuel Miranda's Children
Miranda and Nadal have two sons: Sebastian (b. 2014) and Francisco (b. 2018). His son Sebastian was named after the Jamaican crab from The Little Mermaid, one of his favorite films, the reason for which he took the job of composing the music for live-action version. -
Most popular play
Perhaps his best-known work was Hamilton, a hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton. -
Fun fact
Lin-Manuel Miranda missed only one performance of "Hamilton'' in 2015. He also regretfully missed the biggest celebrity audience members. -
Honors
Among his numerous accolades, In 2015, he was the recipient of a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Fellows Program. -
People that influenced Him
The people that influenced him were Jonathan Larson, Eminem, Lauryn hill, Jay , and Biggie -
Another Honor
He has received stars on both the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. -
Important Moment
Looking back at his work for “Hamilton”, Miranda told CNBC that he was “incredibly humbled” by the reception that the musical has received. -
Politics
Please don’t make me be in politics,” he says. “I’m asked all the time. And I say, ‘Please, no, please, don’t make me, please let me write songs.’ Listen, my dad’s in politics. If you were the butcher’s son, you’d be a little like, ‘I don’t need a steak for dinner,’ you know what I mean? I’m the butcher’s son.” -
First award
Lin-Manuel Miranda has not just one, but three Tony Awards under his belt! He won his first Tony in 2008, when he earned the prize for Best Original Score for his first Broadway hit, In the Heights. He was also nominated in the Best Leading Actor in a Musical category for starring in the show as Usnavi. -
Health issues
Lin-Manuel has a case of Vestibular Neuritis.[A disorder] resulting from an infection that inflames the inner ear or the nerves connecting the inner ear to the brain. This inflammation disrupts the transmission of sensory information from the ear to the brain. -
Lasting Impact
He broke racial boundaries on the stage, and, in so doing, made Black and brown audiences feel seen and respected as never before. He gave hip-hop a new medium in which to thrive, the musical theater, and gave history teachers a new curricular tool with which to educate, hip-hop. -
Fun fact
Lin-Manuel Miranda's name was inspired by a poem written about the Vietnam War. -
Before making it
He spent time as a seventh-grade English teacher before making it big on Broadway. Miranda, who turns 43 on January 16, is one award away from gaining the rare PEGOT title. -
Favorite Quote
“You are perfectly cast in your life. I can't imagine anyone but you in the role. Go play.” -
Sources
www.britannica.com
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lin-manuel-miranda-interview-hamilton-disney-streaming-11592599765
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www.pulitzer.org
playbill.com
goodreads.com