| Full given name: | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| Hometown: | Uptown, NY |
| Zodiac sign: | Capricorn |
| Audition song: | "Ordinary People," John Legend |
| Special skills: | Writing musicals, The Claw Machine at Dave & Buster's |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Les Misérables |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | West Side Story, original production |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | South Pacific |
| MAC or PC? | Mac, ever since Apple IIGS, baby! |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Passin' Me By," by The Pharcyde |
| Last book you read: | "White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters" |
| Must-see TV show: | "Battlestar Galactica" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Iron Man" |
| Favorite board game: | Scrabble |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Jay-Z, Juan Luis Guerra |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | I'd say Ninja Warrior, but I feel no guilt about it |
| First stage kiss: | Tanya Brown, Pirates of Penzance |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | Matzoh ball soup from the Edison Diner |
| How you got your Equity card: | In the Heights, baby |
| Worst flubbed line/onstage mishap: | Handing Vanessa a soda instead of a coffee, thus changing all the lines for the scene. |
| Worst costume ever: | Captain Hook in sixth grade. I looked like Curly Sue. |
| Favorite cereal: | Life |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Hal Holbrook |
| Worst job you ever had: | Dancing at Bar Mitzvahs |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed? | Our In the Heights commercial, on 192nd street. |
