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Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American actor, and Tony Award winning 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 the television series The Sopranos in the episode "Remember When."[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, Miranda 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, Florida.[3]
Awards
Miranda has won the following awards:
- 2008 Tony Award Best Musical, In the Heights
- 2008 Tony Award Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, In the Heights
- 2007 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut, In the Heights
- 2007 Clarence Derwent Award, In the Heights
- 2007 Obie Award for Music and Lyrics, In the Heights
- 2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Ensemble Performance, In the Heights
- 2007 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical, In the Heights
- 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical, In the Heights
- 2007 Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Off-Broadway Musical, In the Heights
Miranda was nominated for the following awards:
- 2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics, In the Heights
- 2007 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music, In the Heights[1]
- 2008 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical