Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Born January 16, 1980
New York City

Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American actor, composer, and lyricist. He is most famous for writing and acting in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008.

Lin-Manuel was born in New York City of Puerto Rican descent. He attended Hunter College High School and Wesleyan University. He founded a hip-hop theatre troupe called "Freestyle Love Supreme." Miranda also wrote, directed, and acted in an independent film called Clayton's Friends (1996). In 2007, Miranda made an appearance on an episode of television series The Sopranos.[1] Lin-Manuel has also worked as an English teacher at his old high school, written for the Manhattan Times as a columnist and restaurant reviewer, and composed for commercials.[2] In 2008, Lin-Manual 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 at the Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota, FL.[3]

[edit] Awards

Miranda has won the following awards:

Miranda was nominated for the following awards:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Lin-Manuel Miranda, Star File: Broadway.com Buzz
  2. ^ bigsight.org | Lin-Manuel Miranda - Writer, "In The Heights." - New York, New York
  3. ^ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117759.html

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