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I got the job [in Moana project] about six months before we started rehearsals. No, seven and a half months before we started at the Public, and so, it's been my ocean of calm throughout the Hamilton phenomenon.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
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