Lin-Manuel Miranda's father, Luis A. Miranda Jr., was skeptical when his son told him he was going to perform a song from Hamilton at the White House in 2009 "I'm like, 'No. No, why don't you go with ...

Lin-Manuel's musical "In the Heights" put him on the map and "Hamilton" made him a phenomenon. He spent time as a seventh-grade English teacher before making it big on Broadway. Miranda, who turns 43 ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda was not throwing away his shot! Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE at the Hamilton screening in New York City last month, the Tony winner’s father, Luis A. Miranda Jr., says he was ...