Lin Manuel Miranda Research Paper

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“Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy and hungry. I’m not throwing away my shot. ”He spent the past few years turing one of the best founding fathers Alexander Hamilton into a hip-hop Broadway play that made lots of money and spoke to larger groups of people. Broadway has a of ups and downs but this is about the way Broadway took a liking to Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lin-Manuel Miranda was born on January 16, 1980 in Manhattan. He has a wife and two son. Vanessa Nadal, his wife, was a law student at Fordham University. She also went to Massachusetts University of Technology. Sebastian Miranda, age three and Francisco Miranda, twelve days old. Manuel's parents are Luis A. Miranda, Jr and Luz Towns-Miranda. Last but not least, …show more content…
Throughout his childhood, his parents made him and his sister take lessons with a private teacher. Her name was Suzzar Craig. His parents love for the Broadway shows had a larger effect with Manuels love for music. It shows in his work and he thanks them for it by doing something with the lessons he was told to take. He grew up in a family that loved music. Even though they didn't have lots of money, they would still find one way to hear the soft trill of Broadway. Throughout his school years, Manuel was in show choir at Hunter College High School in New York city. He loved the thrill of the theater, always wanting to do more. He thought it was a very good way to express oneself and a very good way to stay out of trouble. He thought it would be a very good way to make his family proud. Music is a way to tell a story that can't necessarily be told without emotion. The very first show that he ever did was called the West Side Story from March 19,2009 to January 02, 2011. It was based off a very old movie from 1975 it was a rough first run for Lin-Manuel Miranda. But he says it was worth it. Broadway is not a place for anybody Broadway is a place for the dreamers. It's either dream big play big or go