<P> Miranda also wrote the book , music and lyrics for another Broadway musical , Hamilton . The show earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama , the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album , and was nominated for a record - setting 16 Tony Awards , of which it won 11 , including Best Musical , Best Original Score and Best Book . For his performance in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton , Miranda was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . The Hamilton cast recording spent ten weeks atop Billboard 's Top Rap Albums chart in 2015 , while The Hamilton Mixtape , an album of covers of songs from the musical , developed by and featuring Miranda , reached number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in December 2016 . </P>
<P> Miranda also wrote the book , music and lyrics for another Broadway musical , Hamilton . The show earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama , the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album , and was nominated for a record - setting 16 Tony Awards , of which it won 11 , including Best Musical , Best Original Score and Best Book . For his performance in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton , Miranda was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical . The Hamilton cast recording spent ten weeks atop Billboard 's Top Rap Albums chart in 2015 , while The Hamilton Mixtape , an album of covers of songs from the musical , developed by and featuring Miranda , reached number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in December 2016 . </P>
who did lin manuel miranda play in hamilton
who did lin manuel miranda play in hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton