Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American composer, lyricist, and performer best known for creating the musicals *In the Heights* and *Hamilton*.
His work blends hip-hop, R&B, and traditional Broadway styles.
Miranda has won Pulitzer, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony awards.
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First Treasury secretary
- In the HeightsBroadway show about immigrants
- theaterVenue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
- Tony AwardsAmerican stage performance honors
musicals · playwright · production · ensemble · choreography · curtain call · marquee · Playbill
Founding father, financial architect
- ElizaFemale name, divine oath
- Founding FathersRevolutionary-era American statesmen
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- duelPrearranged one-on-one combat
King George · Lafayette · Yorktown · history · immigrants · legacy · non-stop · rise up
Hip-hop vocal artist
- singerVocal music performer
- actorOne who portrays characters
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
voice actor · cameo · His Dark Materials · Tick Tick Boom · Saturday Night Live · hosting · charisma · energy
Depiction or likeness
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- Puerto RicanFrom the smallest Greater Antille
- diversityState of varied elements
- Washington HeightsUpper Manhattan residential area
immigrant story · Nuyorican · heritage · inspiration · advocacy · activism · Pulitzer Prize · EGOT
Numerical standing in competition
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
motif · soundtrack · Moana · instrumentation · leitmotif · underscoring · film score · Disney
Matching terminal sounds
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- verseMetered poetic passage
- internal rhymeMatching sounds mid-verse
- flowUnbroken forward movement
rapid-fire · storytelling · metaphor · alliteration · couplet · hook · refrain · bridge
Hamilton
First Treasury secretary
- In the HeightsBroadway show about immigrants
- theaterVenue for live drama
- stageRaised performance platform
Tony Awards · musicals · playwright · production · ensemble · choreography · curtain call · marquee · Playbill · standing ovation
Alexander Hamilton
Founding father, financial architect
- ElizaFemale name, divine oath
- Founding FathersRevolutionary-era American statesmen
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
duel · King George · Lafayette · Yorktown · history · immigrants · legacy · non-stop · rise up · shot
rapper
Hip-hop vocal artist
improvisation · voice actor · cameo · His Dark Materials · Tick Tick Boom · Saturday Night Live · hosting · charisma · energy · stage presence
representation
Depiction or likeness
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- Puerto RicanFrom the smallest Greater Antille
- diversityState of varied elements
Washington Heights · immigrant story · Nuyorican · heritage · inspiration · advocacy · activism · Pulitzer Prize · EGOT · philanthropy
score
Numerical standing in competition
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
harmony · motif · soundtrack · Moana · instrumentation · leitmotif · underscoring · film score · Disney · composition
rhyme
Matching terminal sounds
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- verseMetered poetic passage
- internal rhymeMatching sounds mid-verse
flow · rapid-fire · storytelling · metaphor · alliteration · couplet · hook · refrain · bridge · multilingual
- Puerto RicansBad Bunny, Roberto Clemente, Ricky Martin, Rita Moreno, Daddy Yankee
- Playwright-ActorsMae West
- Pulitzer WinnersToni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Harper Lee
- Stage StarsSarah Bernhardt, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- Multi-TalentsDonald Glover, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Hugh Jackman
Lin-Manuel MirandaAndrew Lloyd Webber
derivative works · Cole Porter · Irving Berlin · traditionalist · Stephen Sondheim
Lin-Manuel Mirandacultural erasure
Destroying group identity markers
Lin-Manuel MirandaThomas Pynchon