The work behind the perspective
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pulitzer-winning composer-actor and cultural entrepreneur who created Hamilton and broadened Broadway’s musical and racial vocabulary
- Musical composition and songwriting for stage and screen
- Lyricism and rapid-fire verse (hip-hop-informed storytelling)
- Bookwriting and theatrical dramaturgy
- Performance and actor-creator practice
- Cross-media adaptation and direction
- Cultural storytelling and representation
About Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda - Biography
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American composer, lyricist, actor, playwright, and filmmaker best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton. He has written songs for major films, won a Pulitzer Prize, multiple Tonys, Grammys, Emmys, and has been active in arts philanthropy and Puerto Rico relief efforts.
Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on January 16, 1980, in New York City to Puerto Rican parents and grew up in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. He attended Hunter College High School and later Wesleyan University, where he began developing the early incarnation of In the Heights as a student project. After college, Miranda continued workshopping In the Heights; the show had an Off-Broadway run and then transferred to Broadway in 2008, where it won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score. Miranda conceived Hamilton after reading Ron Chernow’s biography of Alexander Hamilton and spent years writing a hip-hop-inflected musical telling Hamilton’s life. Miranda has collaborated extensively with major studios, writing songs for Disney features and has worked as an actor and producer in film and television while also engaging in philanthropy and activism.
Learn from Lin-Manuel when you're...
- Developing a contemporary musical that blends popular music forms with traditional musical theatre structure
- Writing character-driven lyrics that must carry plot and exposition quickly
- Adapting stage work for film or vice versa
- Leading a creative team as a writer-performer or creator-producer
- Building inclusive casting and narrative strategies to broaden representation
- Fundraising, producing, and launching new theatrical work
- Communicating complex historical or technical subjects to general audiences through art
- Using high-profile platforms for advocacy and community relief
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- ✓Musical Composition And Songwriting For Stage And Screen
- ✓Lyricism And Rapid Fire Verse (Hip Hop Informed Storytelling)
- ✓Bookwriting And Theatrical Dramaturgy
- ✓Performance And Actor Creator Practice
Core frameworks
- •Prioritize breakthrough moments immediately when they arrive
- •Make disciplined schedules for creative work and guard them
- •Consume widely so you can remix and create something new
- •Musical Composition And Songwriting For Stage And Screen
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