Lin-Manuel Miranda

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Lin-Manuel Miranda is the star and creator of the biggest musical this century has seen: Hamilton. 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. 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. 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.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.4	I'm Jesse Thorn, it's Bullseye.
0:21.6	Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up in a working class neighborhood north of Harlem.
0:25.4	He went to a fancy school for gifted kids on the Upper East Side,
0:28.8	went to college at Wesleyan, and not long after he graduated,
0:32.4	he had a hit Broadway musical in the Heights.
0:42.1	He's also the creator and star of Hamilton,
0:44.0	the award-winning massively influential musical about the founding,
0:47.8	well, you know what, this is a little silly, I'm explaining the plot of Hamilton on NPR.
0:53.0	You know what Hamilton is.
0:54.8	These days, Lin-Manuel is in a spot where not many artists find themselves.
0:58.6	He can do pretty much whatever he wants.
1:00.6	He can take on almost any project.
1:03.0	So what does that mean?
1:04.0	Well, for one, he's got another show on Broadway.
1:07.0	Freestyle Love Supreme is an improvised hip-hop performance where the performers get their
1:11.9	prompts from the audience.
1:14.0	I got to go see it the other day.
1:15.8	It is the best of short form improv comedy,
1:18.6	married to the best of freestyle rap.
1:21.4	It's really, it's really a very fun show.
1:24.0	He's also starring in the new HBO show, His Dark Materials.
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