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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Lin-Manuel Miranda
By Ernio Hernandez
18 Jun 2008
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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| photo by Josh Lehrer | Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda — co-creator and star of the 2008 Tony-winning Best Musical In the Heights — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Hometown:
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Uptown, NY
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Zodiac sign:
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Capricorn
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Audition song:
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"Ordinary People," John Legend |
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Special skills:
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Writing musicals, The Claw Machine at Dave & Buster's
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Les Misérables
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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West Side Story, original production
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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South Pacific
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MAC or PC?
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Mac, ever since Apple IIGS, baby!
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Passin' Me By," by The Pharcyde
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Last book you read:
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"White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters"
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Must-see TV show:
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"Battlestar Galactica"
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Iron Man"
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Favorite board game:
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Scrabble
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Jay-Z, Juan Luis Guerra
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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I'd say Ninja Warrior, but I feel no guilt about it
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First stage kiss:
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Tanya Brown, Pirates of Penzance
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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Matzoh ball soup from the Edison Diner
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How you got your Equity card:
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In the Heights, baby
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Worst flubbed line/onstage mishap:
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Handing Vanessa a soda instead of a coffee, thus changing all the lines for the scene.
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Worst costume ever:
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Captain Hook in sixth grade. I looked like Curly Sue.
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Favorite cereal:
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Life
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Hal Holbrook
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Worst job you ever had:
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Dancing at Bar Mitzvahs
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed?
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Our In the Heights commercial, on 192nd street.
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