Why Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Dad Told Son Not to Perform ‘Hamilton’ Song at White House Event

Why Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Dad Told Son Not to Perform ‘Hamilton’ Song at White House Event

Lin-Manuel Miranda's father is recounting the time he told his son not to perform a song from Hamilton Broadway musical at the White House.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Dad Told Him Not to Sing 'Hamilton' at the White House: 'Go with What We Know Works'

The performance is considered the first time material from the hit Broadway musical was performed in publicThe Obama White House/Youtube Lin-Manuel Miranda performing at the White House in 2009NEED TO KNOWLin-Manuel Miranda's father, Luis A. Miranda Jr., was skeptical when his son told him he was going to perform a song from Hamilton at the White House in 2009"I'm like, 'No. No, why don't you go with what we know works, which is In the Heights,'…