Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the one and only! He grew up in a working class neighborhood north of Harlem. He went to a fancy school for gifted kids on the Upper East Side, went to college at Wesleyan. And not long after he graduated, he had a hit Broadway musical with In The Heights.

He also created and starred in the most influential musical this century has seen: Hamilton, of course.

These days, he’s got another show on Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme. It’s an improvised hip-hop performance where the performers get their prompts from the audience. Think of the best of freestyle hip hop and improvised comedy, and you get a sense of what you’re in for at the show.

He’s also starring in the new HBO show His Dark Materials. It’s a fantasy series based on the book by the same name. It centers around a young girl named Lyra who’s trying to find a kidnapped friend. Lyra grew up in Oxford, UK, but her journey takes her far from her home to a desolate and dangerous region known as The North. There, she meets a guy named Lee Scoresby, played by Lin-Manuel.

Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about how his career has changed since Hamilton. We’ll also talk about the time he turned down a part in a Marvel movie.

Check out His Dark Materials is on HBO. Freestyle Love Supreme is running now on Broadway through January 12 at the Booth Theatre.

Click here to listen to this interview on YouTube.