Luis A. Miranda Jr. Revealed He Scolded His Son Lin-Manuel Miranda for Singing Hamilton at the White House.
At Hamilton in New York last month, the 71-year-old Puerto Rican political strategist, philanthropist, advocacy consultant and author spoke with PEOPLE review.
He told the outlet he wasn’t sure if his son would perform a Hamilton song at the White House in 2009.
Luis said: “He was invited to the White House. He was asked to sing something from In the Heights, and he said to me, ‘Dad, you know I worked on Hamilton. Do you think I could play the only song I have?'”
Luis added, “I’m like, ‘No. No, why don’t you go with what we know works, which is In the Heights.’ But he presented it at the White House. They loved it and the rest is history.
For those who don’t know, Lin-Manuel performed the first version of the opening number of the Broadway musical, The Hamilton mixtape, at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music and Speech on May 12, 2009.
It is relevant to mention that the Encanto The star’s remarkable act was the first time anyone had performed the hit Broadway musical in public, which happened during the Barack Obama regime in the United States.
