There’s not many awards he hasn’t won for his groundbreaking musical theatre work, and now Lin-Manuel Miranda has shown he keeps his promises too.

The Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Olivier and Pulitzer Prize winning creator came to Brisbane this weekend, to watch the Australian company perform Hamilton - his worldwide musical juggernaut that combines jazz, hip hop, R&B and Broadway musical styles to tell the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton.

He also made a visit to the Brisbane Ludo studios where they make Bluey for a guest appearance on the Australian children’s show phenomena, and gave a press conference for selected media while in town.

For the first time on Streets of Your Town, I will play the entire 20 minute press conference with Lin-Manuel Miranda, because it’s so unusual to have this sort of access to someone who is essentially musical theatre royalty with a worldwide following. 

To say I was excited when I got the press conference invitation with a day’s notice is an understatement. I was not throwing away my shot on this one.

Lin-Manuel Miranda was delightfully frank giving insights into why he came to Australia now, and breaking down his song-writing process.

While COVID threw his initial plans to visit the Australian cast into chaos, even forcing their auditions for Hamilton onto zoom, he said he could not walk away from his commitment to meet the cast and see the show as soon as he could.

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