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Lin-Manuel Miranda buys bookshop to save it from closure

by Sian Cain

Hamilton creator has bought New York's century-old Drama Book Shop with two collaborators from his hit musical, after soaring rents looked set to close itYears after writing his breakout musical In the Heights in the basement of New York's Drama Book Shop, Hamilton composer Lin-Manuel Miranda has saved it from closing by buying the shop.The actor and lyricist has teamed up with two of his colleagues from his hit musi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:12pm on January 8, 2019