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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Uptown Video: Lin-Manuel Spreads Uptown Love On SNL

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Don’t get it twisted I still have not forgiven SNL and NBC for humanizing and legitimizing a racist demagogue like Donald Trump a few months ago. But Lin-Manuel Miranda’s opening monologue on SNL was one…

Uptown Video: Broadway Carpool Karaoke

To celebrate his hosting of the Tony Awards this coming Sunday, James Corden put together a special Broadway edition of Carpool Karaoke. First up to bat is none other than hometown hero Lin-Manuel Miranda. From there they pick up…

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The All-American Immigrant

By Joanna Castro (@castroegan) Yes, Alexander Hamilton. His name and face have popped up a lot recently. In large part thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda and his smash hit musical Hamilton. I think I have officially become one of his…

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Hamilton High | Manhattan Times

Story by Gregg McQueen and Debralee Santos School just got a new rap. A recently announced collaboration will provide 20,000 city high school students with the hottest ticket in town – the musical Hamilton. As he sat in a…

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It’s Official: Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Genius!

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius! Before you call me Captain Obvious, I know that he has shook up Broadway not once but twice. First with In The Heights and now with Hamilton but the prestigious…

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‘Hamilton’: musical theater, history with a twist

BY Robert W. Snyder In playing the founders of the United States, the African-American and Latino actors in “Hamilton” do not reject American history but claim it as their own, to be interpreted in light of their own experience.…

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Lin-Manuel’s Hamilton Headed To Broadway

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) After a short and super successful run at the Public Theater, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s critically acclaimed Hamilton is headed to Broadway. If sales of its off-broadway run are any indication, these tickets will go fast so…

The Top 10 Posts of 2014

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) 2015 is upon us folks. So before we cross the Rubicon. Let’s take a look at the year that was with the Top 10 posts of 2014.…

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In The Heights: The Lost Song…

Well, it wasn’t really lost. It was actually cut from the Tony Award winning musical. Lin-Manuel Miranda put it out recently via his soundcloud page. In the Heights put Washington Heights on the map and ended up garnering a…