AUDIO: Lin-Manuel Miranda on Being a Freestyle MC- the Full Public Forum Podcast!

By: Jun. 12, 2013
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Lin-Manuel Miranda recently took part in a Public Forum Podcast titled Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Mind of a Freestyle MC. Click below to check out the full conversation!

As described in the blog: In a freewheeling conversation with Jeremy McCarter, director of Public Forum, he decodes the light-speed rhymes he delivered at a recent performance at Joe's Pub. He also talks about introducing Stephen Sondheim to hip-hop, describes the challenge of getting Neil Patrick Harris and Audra McDonald ready for an insta-cover of "Empire State of Mind", and argues that hip-hop and theater aren't so far apart. They are, in fact, pretty much the same. Listen below - or subscribe to the Forum Podcast on iTunes.

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The Public Forum Podcast is a biweekly series of interviews featuring artists and thinkers who do fascinating work at The Public Theater in New York. Jeremy McCarter, director of the Public Forum, leads conversations on music, theater, politics, literature, and more. Subscribe on iTunes.



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