DEADLINE: People may be surprised to hear you actually have been working on Moana long before Hamilton ever took the world by storm.
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: Yeah, and it’s funny, because I have been working on this movie since before Hamilton happened, you know? I got the job 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, you know? I’m not going to hang out with celebrities, I’m not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I’m going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.
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DEADLINE: What was it like doing Hamilton day in and day out knowing it was a show people would practically kill to get a ticket for?
MIRANDA: Yeah, and in a lot of ways, that saves you a lot of work, right? You know, you’re doing the same show every day, and your inspiration, you have to look no further than the fact that you know people travel across the country to see you. In a lot of cases, this is that audience’s only chance to see the thing, and so, that’s what gets you up in the morning, and that’s what gets you giving your best performance on stage, is the awareness that this audience is ready for it, and here to have an experience, and so in turn are you.
DEADLINE: So when are we going to see the movie version of Hamilton? I heard it could be at least 10 years.
MIRANDA: (Sings) “How far I’ll go…”
DEADLINE: Everything’s a song with you.
MIRANDA: Yeah, everything’s a song. I think it’s a ways off, and only because I’m being selfish as a playwright. I want as many people to see the show in its musical theater form as possible before it’s translated, and whether it’s a good act of translation or a bad act of translation, it’s a leap, and very few stage shows manage the leap successfully. You know, the path to musical film glory is littered with A Chorus Lines. But like we said, it’s tough. It’s tough. So, I want to wait for more people to be able to see the show, and right now, you can only see it in two places [New York and Chicago]. By the end of next year, you’ll be able to see it in four places.
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