Lin-Manuel Miranda and the original cast of Hamilton have surprised a little girl whose trip to see the hit musical was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.
The composer and the original Broadway cast, including Leslie Odom Jr, Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jonathan Groff, performed the show’s opening song over Zoom as part of John Krasinki’s new YouTube show Some Good News.
Nine-year-old Aubrey’s mother had tweeted at Miranda to say the trip to see the musical in Jacksonville was meant to be her ninth birthday present, and it was her “dream” to see the show.
She added that because the trip was cancelled, they watched Mary Poppins Returns, starring Krasinki’s wife Emily Blunt, instead. “Since Lin-Manuel Miranda is in it, it’s