So even for Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Pulitzer winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, his first songbook, containing 27 songs from “Hamilton,” “Encanto,” “In the Heights” and more, was a big deal.
At the event, his nephew Alejandro performed “Dos Oruguitas” (from “Encanto”) on the piano, and was joined by his own teacher for “You’ll Be Back” (from “Hamilton”).
You grew up with musical theater and piano lessons — how does it feel to have your own songbook?
And it really was a teacher who brought me out of just writing songs about girls in the back of the classroom.
That’s a really fun thing about the whole process: When you’re there early enough, your songs can really be a part of a give-and-take.