Like the title said:
I knew him just for his appeareances in House and How i Met Your Mother. And now, thanks to "Moana" he's gettin A LOT of attention (not saying that is not well deserved), but in lot of places, they introduce him as "the great Lin Manuel Miranda!!"
So, what am i missing? he really is THAT great?
"Hamilton" is what really put him on the map. He wrote and starred in it and it's a big hit and won big at the Tony Awards. It's sold out until the end of next year.
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story"
And "hamilton" is.. A stage play?
shareYeah a Broadway musical. It's really popular right now.
"Who lives, who dies, who tells your story"
^^ Yep, this :)
Actually, to say that Hamilton is really popular right now is a pretty big understatement haha- even it's quality aside, on a cultural phenomenon level it's pretty much the biggest thing to hit Broadway in decades I think the last Broadway show to have the kind of wide-spanning cultural impact that Hamilton has had was maybe RENT, but I'm not even sure RENT was as huge across the board. Hamilton has, to date, earned a near-record 11 Tonys (16 nominations, and 2 of the wins being for Lin's contributions himself), a Pulitzer Prize for drama, and a Grammy. The cast recording is one of only 3 Broadway cast recordings to reach the Billboard top 10 in 50 years. It's also one of the most highly critically acclaimed shows in recent memory, and deservedly so in my book!
Lin is just an absolutely incredible composer, and I HIGHLY recommend checking out the cast recordings for both Hamilton and his previous Broadway musical In the Heights for anyone who hasn't heard them! He's also especially well known because not only does he compose his own musicals, but he stars in them as well (and he's a damn fantastic actor to boot, so he certainly earns his right to perform in the shows he creates).
So yeah, basically, if you've heard of him a bunch in the past year, it's because of Hamilton and the fact that with that show he's pretty firmly secured his place of one of the great composers and lyricists of his generation :) He's been compared to Shakespeare on more than a few occasions by theater folk who do not make that comparison lightly, and I think even people for whom Lin's music isn't their cup of tea would be remiss not to acknowledge that theres something in that!
So yep, to answer the original question: He really IS that great!
Oh Bambi, I cried so hard when those hunters shot your mommy. - Kurt Hummel
Broadway musical, plus the soundtrack won all over the Grammy's and was in the top ten for soundtracks, rap, and overall lists. He won a Macarthur Genius Grant and there was a PBS documentary done that melded the history of Alexander Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda's creation process of the musical.
He also did another Broadway hit, "In the Heights" a few years ago which was pretty big.
He also did some of the music for The Force Awakens (notably, the Cantina scene).
By the end of this year, he will probably be in the EGOT ranks (winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony... he already has three of them, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony and it's quite possible he will get an Oscar for Moana). He also has a Pulitzer so.. he may end up being PEGOT.
sharehamilton and moana are his big things, followed by mary poppins 2. he also did a tiny song in star wars 7
shareWow.. This is amazing!
Alvie ftw! :D