Lin-Manuel Miranda

Released: February 14, 2008

Featuring: Doreen Seth Stewart

Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Producer: Jeffrey Seller

(Sunrise. A radio switches through different stations.)

[RADIO VOICE]
Yo, pull out them kiddie pools and call me up with your sizzling summer scandal. Tomorrow's the Fourth of July but we're kicking off the celebration tonight with fireworks at the marina! It's going to be a scorcher!

(A beat comes in. In the shadows, GRAFITTI PETE is revealed painting various walls in the neighboorhood. Enter USNAVI from his stoop.)

[USNAVI]
Yo, that's my wall!

[GRAFFITI PETE]
Pshh...
(GRAFFITTI PETE runs away. USNAVI turns to us)

MUSIC 1: IN THE HEIGHTS

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning American writer, composer, playwright, and actor. He created and starred in two hit musicals, In the Heights and Hamilton (2015), an epic adaptation of Ron Chernow’s biography of the American founding father. Miranda also co-wrote the music and lyrics for Disney’s Moana (2016). The film’s main theme, “How Far I’ll Go”, was nominated for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Personally, Miranda has received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Hamilton), three Tony Awards (Best Original Score for both ITH and Hamilton, Best Book of a Musical for Hamilton), two Grammys (Best Musical Theatre Album ITH, Hamilton), and an Emmy (Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for “Bigger”). He was the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant”. He has a star on the Puerto Rican Walk of Fame and will receive a Hollywood star in 2018.

Awards for musicals

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In the Heights Scenes

From the album

In the Heights Scenes (2008)

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

In the Heights Scenes