Lin and Luis talk Hamilton, Luis’ life and how it influenced Lin and fatherhood
“When I started reading Ron Chernow’s biography (‘Alexander Hamilton’), the first thing I was struck by was, ‘oh, he was born in the Caribbean like my dad.’ (Hamilton) was born in Nevis and raised in St. Croix. My dad was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He came to New York on the strength of his scholarship, just like my dad, at the same age, at age 18. And also he sort of got everywhere he wanted to get on the strength of his intellect, and that, to me, reminded me a lot of my father,” Lin-Manuel Miranda said.
Lin attends the Maestro Cares gala with Rita Moreno and Marc Anthony
Lin_Manuel: 🎶NO HAY NADIE
COMO ELLA🎶
@MarcAnthony @TheRitaMoreno
Vegalteno: Hola. We can’t talk abt diversity in our society if @netflix & others don’t preserve the little we have out there. #SaveODAAT must be everyone’s cause @Lin_Manuel @TheRitaMoreno
Oh and #SaveODAAT:
Well look who I ran into…@TheRitaMoreno #SaveODAAT pic.twitter.com/vGGMPburPM
My mum bought me the Alexander Hamilton biography by Ron Chernow (you know the one that inspired the musical) and I think she got a bit confused and thinks I’m actually in love with Hamilton rather than Lin-Manuel Miranda because she opened it and was like “Look there is a picture of him” and looked at me expectantly.