Lin-Manuel Miranda

In the Heights @ Morgan-Wixson Theatre

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Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Opening on Broadway during the U.S. housing-based financial meltdown, this 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical deals with gentrification, yet another real estate-grounded scourge that disproportionately harms marginalized communities. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music and lyrics, an exuberant mix of hip-hop, salsa, and other energetic musical genres, and Quiara Alegría Hude’s … Read more

IN THE HEIGHTS at Musical Theatre West

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Katie Buenneke – Stage Raw Lin-Manuel Miranda, that contemporary titan of musical theater, premiered his first show off-Broadway in 2007. In the ten intervening years, Miranda’s star rose: In the Heights won the Tony for Best Musical in 2008, and Miranda went on to write songs for Moana and create an obscure little musical you might have heard of … Read more