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Curly Hair, What's in There? : Lin-Manuel Miranda

Curly Hair, What's in There? is a segment that will explore the random topics that are always circling my mind, things I want to talk about or things I want to share.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

If you know me, you know how much I love Lin-Manuel Miranda. For you non-nerds out there, Lin is the legendary man best known for writing and starring in the musical Hamilton, and more recently, starring in Mary Poppins Returns.
The beautiful man himself Source
He is an incredibly inspiring man, going from writing his first show, In the Heights, straight out of college while working as a substitute English teacher, to being one of the most famous people on stage and still remaining humble and just generally amazing. He has two adorable children, a hyper intelligent and incredible wife, a very cute dog and generally just the most amazing family ever.

Tobillo Miranda rocking her PR bandana Source
Talking of PR, Lin, who is a Puerto-Rican native, has made incredible strides to help the island nation after the devastation of Hurricane Maria: he has used his platform to make us aware of issues that we can help with, from hurricane relief to planned parenthood, to this speech at the Tony's, following the Orlando nightclub shooting, when Hamilton won literally everything:
Also notice his adorable parents behind him, who are also incredible people in their own right, constantly proud of him and doing more to help him and the issues that are close to his heart. 

So yeah, Lin is the best person in the world. He's incredibly down to earth, insanely talented and just generally adorable. And he's just taking off.
If you're a fan of musicals, he's been on your radar for at least the last four years since Hamilton premiered, eleven if you're really committed and remember In the Heights winning best new musical all the way back in 2008. But for the rest of the world, they're just learning who he is. And if you don't know who he is now, you will soon. 
me basically any time he does anything (Jimmy is my friends when I'm like this)
After his massive support on twitter (he's mad addicted to twitter and basically anything he ever wants to say or share can be found on his feed), he helped Brooklyn 99 to be picked back up at NBC after it was cancelled on Fox, and now, the superfan he is, he is playing a role in the new season, which we are all very excited about.
Only a few months ago he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in possibly one of the most amazing and moving ceremonies I've ever seen, watch it here if you fancy!

 He also had the role of a lifetime, playing the character Jack opposite Emily Blunt's Mary Poppins in the recent sequel:
Jack, Mary, Jane, Ellen, and the Banks children Source
This collaboration with Disney follows his gig writing the music for the movie Moana, as well as being tapped to write music for their upcoming live-action version of The Little Mermaid (a dream come true for a man who loves the original so much he named his eldest son after the crab in it).

 And, if that wasn't enough, this teaser has just dropped for BBC's His Dark Materials series:
Which, I understand he is only seen for about a second, but that one second killed me since he's been offline all month and twitter is weird when I don't see him every five tweets or so.

 So in summary, Lin-Manuel Miranda is mad talented and I love him and if you don't at least like him by the end of this year, then, like, what are you doing??
if you couldn't already tell 



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  1. Sangria MariaFebruary 24, 2019 at 4:27 PM

    Lin Manuel Miranda has come to grace us with his beauty and his amazingness! I am forever indebted to my best friend for introducing me to the world of musicals and taking to to see In the Heights! I agree with every single point said in this 'why Lin is incredible' essay!

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