More good news for Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of gargantuan Broadway hit Hamilton. The MacArthur Foundation has bestowed a "genius grant" on the Tony winner, who along with puppetry artist Basil Twist, set designer Mimi Lien, and 21 other exceptionally creative Fellows, will receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 grant. The honor is for "their cutting-edge work that is transforming their…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:38AM on September 29, 2015