Hamilton

Mr. Miranda is a Pulitzer Prize-, Grammy-, Emmy-, and Tony Award–winning songwriter, actor, director, and producer, and the creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. Additional Broadway: All In: Comedy About Love; New York, New York (Additional Lyrics, Tony nomination for Best Musical); Freestyle Love Supreme (Co-Founder, Guest Performer, Special Tony Award recipient); Bring It On: The Musical (Co-Composer/Co-Lyricist; Tony nomination for Best Musical); West Side Story (2009 revival, Spanish translations). Recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors, and the 2019 Portrait of a Nation Prize. Mr. Miranda, and the Miranda Family, are active supporters of initiatives that increase people of color’s representation throughout the arts and government, ensure access to women’s reproductive health, and promote resilience in Puerto Rico. He is the co-writer of Warriors, a new concept album with Eisa Davis, based on the 1979 film. Film/TV credits include tick, tick…BOOM!, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Vivo, In the Heights, Hamilton (2021 Emmy Award, Outstanding Variety Special – Pre-Recorded), “Percy Jackson & The Olympians,” “His Dark Materials,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “We the People, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2018 Emmy nomination, Guest Actor), “Saturday Night Live” (2017 Emmy nomination, Guest Actor), “Bluey,” “Sesame Street,” “The Electric Company,” “House,” “DuckTales,” 200 Cartas, Mary Poppins Returns, The Little Mermaid (live action), Mufasa: The Lion King, Moana (2017 Oscar nomination, Grammy Award for Best Original Song), and Encanto (2022 Oscar nomination for Best Original Song; two Grammy Awards). For Vanessa, best of wives and best of women.

Broadway directing credits include Sweeney Todd, Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme, In the Heights, Lombardi, and Magic/Bird. Off-Broadway selected directing credits include the world premieres of Hamilton, Dry Powder, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Kings at The Public Theater; the world premiere of The Wrong Man at MCC Theater; the world premiere of In the Heights, Broke-ology, and the world premiere of When I Come to Die at Lincoln Center Theater; and the world premiere of Daphne’s Dive at Signature Theatre. Broadway producing credits include Sweeney Todd, Derren Brown: Secret, and Freestyle Love Supreme. Television directing and producing credits include “We Were the Lucky Ones” and “Up Here” on Hulu, Hamilton on Disney+, “Fosse/Verdon” on FX, and “Grease: Live” on Fox. He is a recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor and a graduate of Wesleyan University.

Mr. Blankenbuehler is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway productions of Bandstand, In the Heights, and Hamilton, for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 to
5, The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the revival of Cats. He made his writing debut (with co-writer Ted Malawer) on the world premiere of Only Gold, Off- Broadway at MCC (Lortel and Chita Rivera Award). Upcoming theater projects include the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award–winning musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as a Nine, opening at the Kennedy Center. Mr. Blankenbuehler’s work has been seen on the Emmy Award–winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon,” the Universal Studio’s feature film Cats, and the ABC/Lionsgate remake of Dirty Dancing. He made his concert debut with a piece entitled “Remember Our Song” for the Tulsa Ballet Company. He staged the 2022 Met Gala featuring Leslie Odom Jr. and Lenny Kravitz, and he has also staged work for Bette Midler, Elton John and Janelle Monae. As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big, and Guys and Dolls. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City with his wife Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia.

Mr. Blankenbuehler has received Dance Magazine and Drama Desk Awards for his achievement in the theater, as well as the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on Hamilton.

Alex Lacamoire is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, In the Heights, and FX’s mini-series Fosse/Verdon. His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include: Message in a Bottle (London), The Wrong Man (Off-Broadway), Annie (2011 Broadway Revival), Bring It On, The People in the Picture, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Wicked, Bat Boy, and Godspell (2001 National Tour). He also serves as the Executive Music Producer for many films including The Greatest Showman (20th Century Fox), In the Heights (Warner Brothers) and the upcoming animation Vivo (Netflix), Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Pictures), and Tick, Tick…Boom! (Netflix). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis, and to his wife, Ileana.

Ron Chernow is the prize-winning, best-selling author of seven volumes and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award; Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for biography; and Alexander Hamilton — the inspiration for the musical — won the George Washington Book Prize. He is one of only three living biographers to have received the Gold Medal in Biography of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A past president of PEN America, Chernow has received nine honorary doctorates. He resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.