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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWatch A Naked Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing In A Los Angeles Crosswalk
Most people have to pay hundreds of dollars to see Broadway darling Lin-Manuel Miranda break out into joyful song and dance. But a lucky ― and very confused ― group of Los Angeles commuters got treated to a whole lot more for free.
The Hamilton creator and star joined James Corden for an NSFW rendition of his recurring the Late Late Show segment, Crosswalk the Musical, in which Corden and guests perform musical numbers in busy streets during red lights.
First, Miranda, Corden and a gang of hippies perform a psychedelic rendition of Aquarius from the 1960s musical Hair. The performance was groovy, but not quite authentic to the Broadway original.
In the original production of Hair the entire cast got naked, Miranda said. But both CBS and the state of California have told us we cant be nude in the crosswalk. Then again, people told me that Alexander Hamilton wasnt a Puerto Rican rapper with beautiful brown eyes.
Miranda and Corden then proceed to perform the Let the Sunshine In portion of the song wearing nothing but glorious, floor-length robes, which they remove mid-song. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda danced naked in the middle of Los Angeles.
Ive never felt so free! Miranda says afterward, shaking his blurred out genitalia to and fro. Let the sun shine, indeed.
The Hamilton creator and star joined James Corden for an NSFW rendition of his recurring the Late Late Show segment, Crosswalk the Musical, in which Corden and guests perform musical numbers in busy streets during red lights.
First, Miranda, Corden and a gang of hippies perform a psychedelic rendition of Aquarius from the 1960s musical Hair. The performance was groovy, but not quite authentic to the Broadway original.
In the original production of Hair the entire cast got naked, Miranda said. But both CBS and the state of California have told us we cant be nude in the crosswalk. Then again, people told me that Alexander Hamilton wasnt a Puerto Rican rapper with beautiful brown eyes.
Miranda and Corden then proceed to perform the Let the Sunshine In portion of the song wearing nothing but glorious, floor-length robes, which they remove mid-song. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda danced naked in the middle of Los Angeles.
Ive never felt so free! Miranda says afterward, shaking his blurred out genitalia to and fro. Let the sun shine, indeed.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lin-manuel-miranda-james-corden_us_59970bb4e4b01f6e801e490a
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Watch A Naked Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing In A Los Angeles Crosswalk (Original Post)
ehrnst
Aug 2017
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Tree-Hugger
(3,364 posts)1. Love it!
One of my favorite musicals. Thanks for posting!
raven mad
(4,940 posts)2. Super fun!
Thank you! LOL! - I still remember the words.
FakeNoose
(32,340 posts)3. Pretty funny - but this would never happen in Pittsburgh
I actually enjoyed this video. It's kind of like a flash mob, but they only have 30 seconds then the light turns green.
Jump to about 4:20 to where they actually start singing. Jump to about 7:00 to see where Miranda and Corden take it all off in broad daylight. The LA drivers didn't really know what was happening so this doesn't look fake.
liberalla
(9,165 posts)4. Well that was fun! Thanks!
mnhtnbb
(31,318 posts)5. That's hilarious.