Ep. 149: Lin-Manuel Miranda

And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan

And The Writer Is

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🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Today’s guest is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy®, Emmy®, Tony® and Olivier Award-winning songwriter, actor and director. Creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony®-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. Additional Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme (co-creator, guest performer, Special Tony® Award Recipient), Bring It On (co-composer/co-lyricist, Tony® nomination for Best Musical) and West Side Story (2009 revival, Spanish translations). Recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors and the 2019 Portrait of a Nation Prize. Our guest, alongside his Family, are active supporters of initiatives that increase people of color’s representation throughout the arts and government, ensure access to women’s reproductive health, and promote resilience in Puerto Rico. TV/Film credits include: Television/film credits include: Hamilton (2021 Emmy® Award,Outstanding Variety Special - Pre-Recorded), His Dark Materials, Fosse/Verdon, Curb Your Enthusiasm (2018 Emmy® nomination), Saturday Night Live (2017 Emmy® nomination), DuckTales, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, House, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, Siempre, Luis, 200 Cartas, Mary Poppins Returns, Moana (Grammy® Award for Best Original Song), In the Heights, Vivo, tick, tick… BOOM! and Encanto (2022 Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Song). For Vanessa, best of wives and best of women. And The Writer Is… Lin-Manuel Miranda!

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0:00.0	Welcome to And The Writer Is with Ross Going.
0:13.9	There are millions of singers, thousands of artists and only 40 songs per genre at a time.
0:20.2	These are the stories of the hottest creatives, the most venerable legends, artists, songwriters,
0:25.8	executives, and more.
0:28.1	Welcome to And The Up Day is, I'm your host, Paige McDonald, and this is your weekly
0:52.9	music industry update.
0:55.8	Sony Music's acquisition of artist services company A-Wall has been fully cleared by the
1:00.4	UK's competition and market's authority.
1:05.4	Universal Music UK has confirmed that its EMI and capital labels are uniting under the
1:10.4	joint leadership of Rebecca Allen and Joe Charrington effective immediately.
1:16.6	Tempo Music, which is the music rights acquiring fund launched by Private Equity Giant Providence,
1:21.7	is selling its music catalog and its expected to go for around $500 million.
1:28.4	Believe revenues hit $682 million in 2021.
1:35.1	The Financial Times has reported that Spotify is drawing up plans to add blockchain technology
1:39.7	and non-fungible tokens to its streaming service.
1:44.6	After Snoop Dogg bought the iconic Death Row Records brand and catalog last month and
1:48.7	promising to transform it into an NFT label operating in the Metaverse, fans were
1:53.4	shocked this weekend to find that several key albums were missing from all streaming services.
2:00.8	Universal's Virgin Music has struck a global partnership with Australia's Mushroom Group.
2:07.2	UMG's Web 3 Label 1022 PM has joined Board Ape Yacht Club's NFT community.
2:15.0	teaser has celebrated its 15th anniversary by opening new headquarters in Central Paris.
2:22.7	Pulse Music Group has formed a joint publishing venture with songwriter and producer Stara.
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