Lin-Manuel Wants To Keep Lots Of Ticket Prices Down To $10 When He Brings ‘Hamilton’ To Puerto Rico

Andrew Santiago - 11/08/17 - things that matter

Lin-Manuel Miranda has been doing just about everything he can for Puerto Rico. He’s called out the Trump administration for its slow response after Hurricane Maria. He launched a campaign with The Hispanic Federation — his father is the founder — to raise funds for the island. He also got the most famous Latino and Puerto Rican singers in the world to get down on a track where all the cities in Puerto Rico were name-checked. Oh, and the proceeds of the song will also be going to hurricane relief.

Short of going to the island and getting his own hands dirty, he’s done just about everything he could. So what do you do when you’ve done everything?

You go to the island to get your hands dirty.

And this week, that’s what he did.

Miranda got to work immediately, helping Chef Jose Andres prepare food for those in need.

His dad was along for the ride, too, helping make sandwiches, using all the mayo-ketchup.

One of Miranda’s first stops in Puerto Rico was this mural in La Placita de Güisin in Vega Alta.

Over the summer, La Placita de Güisin unveiled a mural honoring both Miranda and his grandfather, Güisin Miranda. Güisin served as an inspiration to Lin-Manuel and was well known in the community.

After stopping by the mural, Miranda got back to work, handing out food to families in need.

The next morning, he went down to the theater at the University of Puerto Rico’s main campus in Río Piedras.

Miranda announced he would bring “Hamilton” to Puerto Rico for a three-week run in 2019.

He tweeted the news moments later.

Students at Teatro UPR were waiting for him to come and speak with them. When they could no longer contain their excitement, they sang.

Miranda told the students all he wanted was to make art.

As usual, journalist David Begnaud was on the case.

And Begnaud did a short interview with Miranda to get the scoop.

Miranda addressed the issue of ticket sales, saying hundreds of tickets will be priced at $10 so that people on the island can actually afford to see the show.

Listen to Miranda’s full announcement at UPR:

UPR Announcement!

Posted by Lin-Manuel Miranda on Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Speaking in Spanglish, Miranda spoke about how important it was for him to travel to Puerto Rico in 2010 with his first musical, “In The Heights.” He said he hopes the three-week run of “Hamilton” will help tourism and bring some much-needed money to the island.

2019 can’t come soon enough.


[H/T] Playbill

 

READ: Twitter Users Lost Their Cool When Lin-Manuel Miranda Made This Woman His Profile Picture


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