You're Invited: Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," comes to MKA!

On Monday, March 7th at 7:00 p.m., The Parents' Association of Montclair Kimberley Academy (PAMKA) is proud to present A Conversation with Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the Broadway smash "Hamilton," 2008 Tony Award winner for the Broadway hit "In The Heights" and one of this year's recipients of the 2015 "Genius" grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Lin- Manuel is a composer, lyricist, and performer that combines traditional storytelling with contemporary musical styles and voices. The play "Hamilton" tells the story of Alexander Hamilton's rise from an orphaned West Indian immigrant to America's first Treasury Secretary. The off-Broadway production of "Hamilton" has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, the New York Drama Critics' Award for Best Musical and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical. On Broadway, it has received a grammy for Best Musical Theater Album , enthusiastic critical acclaim and unprecedented advance box office sales.

The event, which is open to the public and free of charge, will be held in the MKA Middle School Auditorium, 201 Valley Road, Montclair (entrance off Brunswick Road). Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and seating is first come first served ( guests may start lining up at 5:30 p.m.) For more information contact Committee Chair, Karen Gulliver kgulliver@mac.com.