Lin-Manuel Miranda is back on the Disney musical prowl, penning the lyrics that ease the heavy load in “Mufasa: The Lion King.”. The Barry Jenkins-directed prequel explores the unexpected rise ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda: ‘I have a Pulitzer and a MacArthur Genius Grant. I’m already something no one else is’ The ‘Hamilton’ creator and ‘Moana’ and ‘Encanto’ songwriter had the ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda was tasked with creating original songs for this universe, one that has been led by the likes of Elton John and Tim Rice and is the recipient of Academy Awards and Golden Globes ...

In the clip, songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Barry Jenkins discuss their first memories watching The Lion King, which hit theaters in June 1994.“I saw it on a half-day from school, I ...

When the director Barry Jenkins approached Lin-Manuel Miranda about writing the songs for “Mufasa,” Disney’s new photorealistic prequel to the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” he was, to ...

Eisa Davis appears at The 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway on May 1, 2016, in New York, left, and Lin-Manuel Miranda appears at the Kennedy Center Honors in ...