A new biography zeroes in on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s superpower

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Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Pollack-Pelzner’s new book traces Miranda’s career from elementary school musicals, to writing and starring in Disney movies, to his concept album based on the cult-classic film The Warriors. Lin-Manuel Miranda On Disney, Mixtapes And Why He Won’t Try To Top ‘Hamilton’ Miranda says he doesn’t feel the need to duplicate the success of Hamilton. The University of Puerto Rico had been particularly negatively affected — budgets were cut, employees threatened to strike and students protested. “Boy, is Hamilton a bad fit for raising money for Puerto Rico,” Miranda is quoted as saying in the book.