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Miranda and his sister grew up in a musically-oriented family. Both siblings taking piano lessons and were encouraged by their parents who loved the music of Broadway. (Luis particularly adores the show The Unsinkable Molly Brown.) While the Mirandas weren’t able to routinely see live performances, they were nonetheless able to listen to cast recordings.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s family originated in Puerto Rico. In fact, his mother got his name from a poem by a Puerto Rican writer. He has always been proud of those roots and it can be seen in many of his works. After high school, Lin-Manuel Miranda moved to Connecticut to study theatrical arts at Wesleyan University. While at Wesleyan, during his Sophomore year, Miranda started developing the musical that would become “In the Heights”.
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Lin-Manuel is hard working man. While working on “Bring It On the Musical” he also did screen work: He appeared on various TV programs including The Sopranos, How I Met Your Mother and Modern Family as well as in the films The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) and 200 Cartas (2013). And in a perfect fusion of career interests, Miranda won an Emmy in 2014 with Tom Kitt for their song “Bigger” from the 67th Annual Tony Awards telecast.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is as much a performer as he is a writer. In fact, the first musical he ever saw was “Les Miserables”. Since seeing that show, he yearned to be a part of the cast, and in January of 2016, he got his opportunity. It was a small role...in fact it was an offstage cameo role, but it fulfilled his dream of being in the show. Never give up on your dreams, no matter where life leads you.
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While on vacation in 2008, Miranda picked up the 2004 Ron Chernow book Alexander Hamilton, an acclaimed biography of America’s first secretary of the treasury. Having already developed an interest in the historical figure, Miranda was inspired to create a full-length work chronicling Hamilton’s life.
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