Lin-Manuel Miranda Shares the Secrets to Making Great Art

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This one's for the theater kids! Lin-Manuel Miranda comes to you live from Chicago's 3,563-seat Civic Opera House in this exhilarating conversation from our archives. He joins Chicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones to chat Hamilton, songwriting, and all things Puerto Rico. SHOW NOTES: Watch the full conversation here. Read the podcast transcript. CW: Light profanity. PHOTO: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Chris Jones at the Civic Opera House at the Chicago Humanities Fall Festival in 2016. Learn More About Lin-Manuel Miranda: www.linmanuel.com Subscribe: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chicago-humanities-tapes/id1534976656 Donate now to support programs like this: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/donate/ Explore upcoming events: https://www.chicagohumanities.org/ Instagram • TikTok • Twitter • Facebook • LinkedIn

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