It's the rare story"Child Star Becomes Bigger Star"but Neil Patrick Harris made Doogie Howser, M.D. a springboard to his great love, musical theater, and then How I Met Your Mother. As Harris leads Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway (and stars in A Million Ways to Die in the West), actor-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why N.P.H. is such a mesmerizing act. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 08:53AM on April 15, 2014