Tony Award Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda Gives Penn Commencement Address

On Monday, the lives of graduates at the University of Pennsylvania changed forever.  The Class of 2016 participated in Penn's 260th commencement. 

They had an accomplished speaker to inspire as well in Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.  He addressed the grads at 10:15 a.m. at Franklin Field. 

In addition to the speaker, Miranda received an Honorary Doctor of Arts.  Several other dignitaries also received honorary degrees. 

Miranda has had immediate success in the theater world.  He began working on the musical "In the Heights" while still a student at Wesleyan University. 

In 2008, Miranda received a Tony Award for the play's score and was also nominated for the Tony for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.  His current musical "Hamilton" has achieved an even greater level of success.

It is the 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama.  When the play was Off-Broadway, it won a record ten Lortel Awards and several other significant designations.  

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Carson Ingle