Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#1Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:20am
So, where does Lin-Manuel Miranda go from here?
I don't for a second think that he's "done", but will he ever be able to equal what he's accomplished this season? Will everything he does in the future be judged with Hamilton as the benchmark?
Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/31/15
#3Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:22am
I don't know. Hamilton is so much better than In the Heights, albeit he was much younger and less experienced and he didn't write the book. I hope he can live upto it.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#4Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:22am
Didn't people ask this very same question or one very similar to it after In The Heights?
Broadway Forever2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/7/16
#5Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:29am
Cupid Boy2 said: "Didn't people ask this very same question or one very similar to it after In The Heights?
"
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=988526
yes
#6Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:30am
I'd like to see him do The Great Gatsby.
#7Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:31am
Hopefully a long vacation. He must be exhausted.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#8Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:34am
Cupid Boy2 said: "Didn't people ask this very same question or one very similar to it after In The Heights?"
Don't know... did they? If they did, I can't help but feel it was probably more in the context of "what's next?" (because he demonstrated talent).
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#9Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:37am
Broadway Forever2 said: "Cupid Boy2 said: "Didn't people ask this very same question or one very similar to it after In The Heights?"
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=988526
yes"
"Is he a one hit wonder?" is a completely different question.
Broadway Forever2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/7/16
#10Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:39am
John Adams said: "Broadway Forever2 said: "Cupid Boy2 said: "Didn't people ask this very same question or one very similar to it after In The Heights?"
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=988526
yes"
"Is he a one hit wonder?" is a completely different question.
"
Not really. It has the same connotation.
carnzee
Broadway Star Joined: 9/2/11
#11Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:40am
The view's not exactly clear.
A shame he did it all at thirty-six.
He was just a backstreet boy, hustling and fighting, scratching and biting...
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#12Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 12:41am
I think the sentiment behind both questions is similar, though. Each of them is using his success from a certain point in time for measuring his future accomplishments.
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#13Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 1:26am
Stephen Sondheim. Calm down. What's going to happen will happen.
#14Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 3:04am
Where does he go? On vacation, I hope. Or a well deserved spa break. Poor man looks exhausted.
But you know, after that, I'm sure something wonderful. 
srg129
Stand-by Joined: 7/15/08
#15Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 4:03am
Let's hope he gets off his ego trip and gets back to doing more work like the superior work he did for In The Heights. Hamilton, even though an overly hyped mess pails in comparison to the work of In The Heights where there was true heart and genuine soul.
#16Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 4:39am
in what way is Hamilton a mess...
icecreambenjamin, that was the supposed plot of season 3 of Smash!
I hope it's another original show. Which, as soon as he's done July 9th and hopefully takes a long vacation, he starts working on right away. He's got a few movies ahead of him, I can see him becoming the third person ever to PEGOT (following Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch, Sondheim is the only other living person with 4 of the 5) next February for Moana. I can't wait to see whatever he does next
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 6/13/16 at 04:39 AM
#17Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 4:51am
srg129 said: "Let's hope he gets off his ego trip and gets back to doing more work like the superior work he did for In The Heights. Hamilton, even though an overly hyped mess pails in comparison to the work of In The Heights where there was true heart and genuine soul.
Lin Manuel Miranda ia anything but on an ego trip. This post right here is a perfect example of the pettiness I was referring to on the Tony Award thread. It has no basis in fact. It is the rantings of a jealous, disgruntled hater who can't stand that someone is enjoying success on a level they fail to understand.
Lin Manuel Miranda had been nothing but humble about the success he has been blessed with. You dream, you DO THE WORK and you reap the fruits of your labor. Don't begrudge someone for making it on sheer hard work and talent.
His work on both IN THE HEIGHTS and HAMILTON came from his true heart and soul.
But stay miserable. Hope that's working wonders for you.
schubox
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/16
#18Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 5:49am
Didn't he say he had an idea for a musical not too long ago? Maybe I'm making that up
#19Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 5:56am
I'd love to see LMM write a musical based on the movie "Lincoln," about getting the 15th amendment tthrough Congress. If he wants to be really bold, POC can play Lincoln, Congress, etc. and white people can play slaves and free blacks.
Audrey
Audrey, the Phantom Phanatic, who nonetheless would rather be Jean Valjean, who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons.
#20Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 6:08am
that might be a little on the nose.
i believe he did recently say he had an idea, and that it wasn't related to politics in any way.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#21Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 6:09am
I can't wait to see!
I think I would probably prefer something more in the HEIGHTS vein than HAMILTON but honestly his next stage project will probably be something different from them both.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#22Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 6:11am
I'm going to doubt he stays on the historical path....and who could blame him? Everyone, everywhere, would accuse him of relying on his famous formula.
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#23Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 6:39am
his famous formula is using rap in musicals I think (I guess that's maybe not a formula technically. some people think of it as a gimmick)
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 6/13/16 at 06:39 AM
#24Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 7:27am
Even though he won't, I would love to see him work on reinventing something in the musical canon (Carousel, Music Man, whatever) so that it is contemporary.
#25Where Does Miranda Go From Here?
Posted: 6/13/16 at 7:37am
I imagine Wells Fargo, or Bank of America...
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