Lin-Manuel Miranda Chats HAMILTON Journey, Mixtape and More with Katie Couric

HAMILTON creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda recently sat down with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric at the NYC restaurant Joe Allen to talk about the Broadway show's runaway success, as well as its upcoming mixtape, which will feature artists such as Common, The Roots and Regina Spektor.

"Hamilton's story is so unlikely and so incredible that it kind of demanded everything from me," Miranda said during their chat.

Couric also took a backstage tour with HAMILTON's leading ladies Phillipa Soo and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

Click HERE to watch the full interview and behind-the-scenes footage!

The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler),Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burr in their legendary duel.