Lin-Manuel Miranda's Commencement Address
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 พ.ค. 2015
- Lin-Manuel Miranda is the Tony and Grammy-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway’s In the Heights, which received four 2008 Tony Awards, with Miranda receiving a Tony Award for Best Score, and a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. In The Heights was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show’s first incarnation was staged at the ’92 Theater at Wesleyan in 2000. Miranda is also the co-composer/co-lyricist of Broadway’s Bring it On: The Musical, which received a 2013 Tony nomination for Best Musical. His latest stage work is Hamilton, a musical based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New York City in 2015.
Along with composer Tom Kitt, Miranda won the 2014 Creative Arts Emmy for Best Original Music and Lyrics for their work on the 67th Annual Tony Awards. Additionally, Miranda is a co-founder and member of Freestyle Love Supreme, a popular hip-hop improv group that launched its own television series on Pivot TV in 2014. (Read a Broadway.com Q&A here)
Miranda has appeared in New York City Center’s “Encores!” productions of Merrily We Roll Along and tick, tick… BOOM! His television and film credits include Sesame Street, The Electric Company, The Sopranos, House, Modern Family, Smash, How I Met Your Mother, The Odd Life of Timothy Green and 200 Cartas. A 2002 graduate of Wesleyan, he lives in New York City with his wife and son.
those kids don't look like they're aware that they just heard an amazing commencement speach
he quoted himself just like jefferson did i am screaming
I just love how Lin can't do a speech without crying a bit
This man makes life worth living.
14:48 "I'm sorry I couldn't be your freshman orientation speaker, but it has been the great honor of my life to be your real life orientation speaker" 😭❤️
I was sobbing at that point.
When he does Hamilton's part he is trying so hard not to get overexcited, and failing miserably.
This held a lot of meaning for me as a senior right now. Wesleyan is ridiculously fortunate to be able to claim him as an alum of theirs.
At the time I when I was younger, my sister graduated from this school, this is the graduation, I saw this happen, at the time, I never realized how awesome this was.
Did I really just read comments saying this speech is boring? I have to be honest this was one of the more genuine, numerous, informative speeches I've heard in a long time. being a graduate himself, Lin was able to reference places that were surely close to the graduates hearts. He then got to deliver an impassioned presentation drawing not just from his college career but his professional one. These were a group of very lucky seniors in my opinion.
He is such an amazing speaker, so articulate and deep. I want to be everything that he is when I grow up.
Hamiltrash?
+It'sEccaB eccatrash
AlwaysGonnaSing And the PASSION
His passion and love just pour out of him with every word he speaks
I wanted to write something eloquent and touching for my graduation speech. So I came here. Best decision of my life
How did your speech go?
I love how he includes my shot and wait for it!!!!
This man is such an inspiration to me. His words are so unique, yet so relatable. What an incredible speech.
So powerful "I am not throwing away my shot!"
Oh my god, he literally is constantly quoting "Hamilton" (TBH I do that too)
How do those kids not have tears in their eyes??
I don't think they knew who he was. HAMILTON had not quite opened on Broadway yet when he gave this speech.
These kids look so bored. Like they didn't just get a front-row, firsthand preview of the greatest musical to ever exist directly from the man who wrote it. He was reciting it from memory because they had been rehearsing. That was a once in a lifetime gift those kids received.
I love Lin so much.
I'm such a simple human, I see Lin I get inspired. That's it.
Lin is so energetic that his cap keeps moving back as time goes on cause it cant keep up with him lol
yes! hahhaha i kept waiting for it to fall off (wait for it wait for it)
Thank you so much for posting this inspiring speech! Thanks to Lin for being so transparent. And thanks to Mama and Papa Miranda for your dedication and sacrifice.
"The world could change in 5 years..." No kidding. These kids might have been more prepared than most of us, lol. Miranda did a great job here.
He puts so much emotion into the rap and the speech
I can call him Dr.Miranda now
He sang the workshop version. That is how you know the video is before the musical was on broadway.
Everyone needs to hear this commencement speach, Damn LMM you know!
This is actually how I first heard of Hamilton.
I was singing along to My Shot 😂 this is amazing, ily Lin
I'm inspired.
I was already analyzing and thinking about how these two characters aproach life, and how its really somewhere inbetween, which is why they both fell flat on thier faces... and then this pops up as recomended. Damn. Miranda is a great writer. Even his underlying themes just wiggle into your brain and stay there. I love it.
Everything I love about Wesleyan in one commencement speech
This made my dad in many many ways
This may have been from 2015 but God Bless Lin, his wonderful words are so powerful and basically quoting Hamilton. So beautiful.
This human is one of my heroes.
Seriously, the man needs to be on the inspirational speech circuit.
I love how the man behind him is so excited he's just giggling, that's exactly me right now
I saw this speech!
+Sarah Siegel were you a graduating student?
+Pal-Pal D yea thanks
This speech has inspired me.
Class of 1997. Thank you Wes. Thank you Lin.
lmao im looking at this speech right now and memorizing it because i have to perform it for a speech and debate team in my school...tbh im glad i am doing this speech because i get to embrace my latino heritage and i get to do one of his speeches, I hope i get an award for doing this, im going to do my best.
Alexa Vasquez omg I am too! For dec-How'd you do?
Good Luck!
incredible commencement address
Amazing and Inspiring!
Interesting how LMM has now produced Tick Tick Boom and how he included the clock ticking in this speech. With all his many successes now, hopefully the clock ticking in his head has subsided.
Brilliant Mind.
These kids don‘t realize yet how lucky they are
SOMEONE CLOSE TO WHEN IM HERE FINALLY SKSJKS
God, he's so adorable 😂 I love him
i want to go to this school
Thank you LMM.
incredible
They have no idea what they just witnessed. Here in 2021
❤❤
Does this mean he is Dr. Lin Manuel Miranda?
Wait, Lin was still in school when he made Hamilton?
Kleithsune Tails25 no this was about 10 yrs after he graduated
He made in the heights when he was still in school
Hard to tell what he’s saying with that wind
It's a good speech but personally I thought the actual speech only begin at 4:15. It's a little out of character for Lin to talk about the party life, like skinny-dipping or walk of shame? Or judge students who took an extra semester and have their parents pay for it because the student loan/scholarship really doesn't work great in the States. Personal opinion tho.
#HamiltonTrash
What are you trying to prove?
#hamiltontrash isnt an insult hahaha its to refer to oneself as a fan
#hamiltrash is legit the fan group name so this isn't an insult 😂❤️
Weird.. I love and respect Lin-Manuel but this commencement speech is really quite boring. It's the opposite of Jim Carey's speech, which I expected to be pretty bad but was actually incredible.
I mean everyone is entitled to their opinion even when those opinions are wrong but entitled none the less.
dandymcgee how is this boring??