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A special edition of AP U.S. History class covers topics on analyzing evidence, using source material, and providing historical context with special guest, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony-winning musicals, Hamilton and In the Heights.
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On April, 26 Lin-Manuel Miranda was among the many Broadway and showbiz stars that honoured Steven Sondheim for his 90th birthday during a show hosted by Broadway.com as a benefit for Artists Striving to End Poverty. Miranda performed “Giants In The Sky” from Into The Woods, accompanied at the piano by Alex Lacamoire.
Watch the show below, Lin-Manuel’s performance starts at 1.02. [RDIT: Added the video of Lin-Manuel’s performance.]
On Sunday, April 05, while half of the world is on lockdown or quarantine to fight COVID-19, John Krasinski, on his YouTube show Some Good News, surprised a young girl, Aubrey, first with a meeting on Zoom from Mary Poppins herself, Emily Blunt, then bringing Lin-Manuel Miranda in the conversation. Aubrey was going to see Hamilton in Jacksonville on her birthday, but couldn’t because of the lockdown; she watched Mary Poppins Returns, instead. To make up for her the loss of the show, Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast sang the opening number for her, on Zoom.
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After the show had to close because of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York, Jimmy Fallon invented a new format for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show: At Home Edition. The first guest is been Lin-Manuel Miranda, who speake to Fallon via Zoom. The two friends dedicated the episode to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, and everyone can still donate throught THIS LINK.
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In December, Disney revealed that the Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed a song for the Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker and appears in the movie with a blink-and-you-will-miss-it cameo. Miranda celebrated the occasion sharing a selfie from the set with the director JJ Abrams. The song he composed is Lido Hey, perfomed by the fictional Shag F. Kava, who gets his name from Abrams and Miranda’s children initials. In the movie, the song is performed by the Aki Aki’s of the planet Pasaana.
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In Gallery you can find all the screen captures of the cameo and the screen captures of the special look video that shows Miranda with Naomi Ackie, video that is available under the cut.
Movie Projects > 2019 – Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker > Movie – Screen Captures
Movie Projects > 2019 – Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker > Special Look – Screen Captures