Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the first incarnation of "In the Heights" his
sophomore year at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Off-Broadway, "In
The Heights" received nine Drama Desk nominations, including best
music, best lyrics, and it won the award for outstanding ensemble
performance; received the Lucille Lortel Award and Outer Critics Circle
Award for best musical; received the Obie Award for outstanding music
and lyrics; received a Theater World Award for outstanding debut
Performance and the Clarence Derwent Award both for Mr. Miranda's
performance. He is the recipient of the 2007 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New
Horizons Award. He has appeared on
The Sopranos (1999) and
Sex and the City (1998),
House (2004), and
The Electric Company (2006).
He is also a co-founding member of Freestyle Love Supreme, a hip-hop
comedy group that tours comedy festivals all over the world.
