Lin-Manuel Miranda Tony Acceptance Speech - In The Heights

[619505drummer]

his compeition...was stew

[nataliexelaine1]

THIS IS THE BEST THING. ALWAYS.

[TheCountryMouse]

Yeah -- that's what I call an acceptance speech! ;-)

[hannahkathleeny]

I'm not crying...it's just raining on my face.

[TheMJ4everluver]

This guy is amazing, only he could pull that off:)

[italianthunder98]

Only a goon could rap his thanks

[Pmaniac318]

Alexander Hamilton

[CuckoBananas1]

Love him to death. Viva Puerto Rico!

[jk111977]

Inspiration.

[linmanuelroxmysoxoff]

Every time i watch this, i scream like a four year old girl on christmas.

[liveluvlaugh48]

and by the way best speech ever!

[liveluvlaugh48]

i love this guy! he is so funny

[princ3ofd3sis]

My 7th grade English teacher :)

[linmanuelroxmysoxoff]

@princ3ofd3sis LUCKY!! I bet he was a great teacher.

[diefelo1]

goosebumps when he took out the puerto rican flag. AMAZING

[TomTye94]

This guy is a genius.

[MultiPhotoshoot]

who the hell would dis like Lin Manuel Miranda! BETS SPEECH EVER!!!

[jumpyourbone]

how beautiful!

[carpediemlove2live]

lin manuel miranda is awesome. nuff said

[snowwhiteluv28]

Best. Acceptance speech. EVER.

[screaminPirate]

I think the conductor was so captivated/amazed by Lin that he forgot all about the baton-waving and time constraint.

[BeccaWei25331]

0:50 Lin: Give her a kiss? Nah, I'll give her a fist pump!

[JuliannaLynn14]

the best musical in the world and the best acceptance speach ever!

[hslevin]

Best Tony speech in history!!

[AOlczyk]

2:22 priceless!!

[AOlczyk]

2:22 priceless!!

[wellar6]

and he's going on my list of inspirational people...just for that speech

[careysombrero]

I don't know about God, but I believe in Chris Jackson! <3

[MANUGIN808]

damn this guy is ill at spittin them freestyle bars. props!

[irulefosho]

this guys a beast when it comes 2 spitting bars :)

[KatiiezCam]

BEST SPEACH EVER!! :D 

[rubi1308]

omg ... i just saw this has115,480 views.... we're all so proud of u mr. miranda.... n he thanked DR. herbert too :P i luv him tooo

[darkmater4tm]

if this was improvised, I think I found my new god

[boyslikegirlsthunder]

chills. 

[wellar6]

And this speech is why he won the award

[macrojen84]

Now that's what I call a great speech - heartfelt, in the moment and truly entertaining! Way to go, Lin!

[mysweetsmile23]

wow fist pump!! go LMM :D you da man!

[SingingBlondie1028]

This has got to be the best acceptance speech of all time. ALL TIME!

[DRzCalderon]

He killed it for the Latino people and Puerto Rico.

[InsomniaCafe]

I love the little fist bump with Vanessa. -3

[wantedsponge121]

hahahahahaha i dont know about god but i believe in chris jackson

[BroadwayBabeify]

loooove this. "i believe in chris jackson" hehe.

[Drdancemajor100]

looked up his white house rap on Alexander Hamilton

It's beast

thumbs up if you think so too

[digger316]

Still gives me chills...I've seen it a dozen times and I STILL get chills.

[MADiSONx201]

YES.

[thykothak]

By far the most entertaining tony-speech ever

[gchimmel]

He had no competition. 

[eightyeightsugarrush]

legend.

[paramorefan115]

1:40 gay guy hahahah jkjk lolo just kidding

[milla515]

Puerto Rico :)

[8182570]

Lin Manuel Miranda has my respect. What a genius!

[adieudesire]

Aw.... 5 people missed the like button.

[devoutlyimmature]

EPIC SPEECH!

[vitordmatos]

Hey, this just got 96,000 views haha

[radioguyrey]

@vitordmatos Ha. Nice!

[la5949]

I love you Lin!! Represent the Heights!!!

[bigman646]

fist bump with wife ftw.

[itsKMyadig]

easily the best acceptance speech ever given

[Dancingchickenmovies]

Seriously. Has something as awesome as this ever happened?

[raimondoluver]

Lin Manuel Miranda, stop being so damned adorable ><!

[showersinger34]

never thought a rap would make me cry.

[Burncourtable]

Jesus that was great. What a man. What a show.

[thishatandyou]

Kinda glad he beat Alan Menken, as much as I love me my Disney movies, haha!

[TomCollinsgirl]

him and patti lupone have the best tonys speeches in the last few years

[SandmanUchihacuz]

Lin is the best ever. he is too good ^^

[FastMonkeyBluePants]

Best. Speech. Ever.

[thePuertorro18]

"I wanna thank all my latino people, this for abuelo Wisin and PUERTO RICO!!!!!"

[cpt0118]

Great music love play, but not seen yet.

[dqDST1913]

Now and forever the most amazing acceptance speech ever. Kicking myself for fast-forwarding on the TiVo and not recording it to my Tony disc.

[theofficefan731]

would it possible if someone could post the lyrics for this please? thanks!

[dqDST1913]

@theofficefan731 I'll do my best: "I use to dream about this moment, now I’m in it, Tell the conductor to hold the baton a minute, I’ll start with Alex Lacamore and Bill Sherman, Kevin McCullum, Jeffrey Seller and Jill Fuhrman, Quiara for keeping the pages turning, Tommy Kail for keeping the engine burning, For being so discerning, for every all-nighter, For Dr. Herbert for telling me, “You’re a writer” I have to thank Andy Blank for every spank...

[theofficefan731]

@dqDST1913 omg i love you. thank you so much!!!

[dqDST1913]

@theofficefan731 ... Matter of fact, thank John Bizetti for every drink, Thank the cast and crew for having each others’ backs, son, I don’t know about God, but I believe in Chris Jackson, I don’t know what else I got—I’m off the dome, I know I wrote a little show about home, Mr. Sondheim, look! I made a hat Where there never was a hat, It’s a Latin hat, at that!

[dqDST1913]

@theofficefan731 ...Mom, Dad and Cita—I wrote a play, Y’all came to every play—thanks for being here today. Vanessa, who still leaves me breathless— Thanks for loving me when I was broke and making breakfast, And with that, I want to thank all my Latino people, This is for Abuela Weezy and Puerto Rico. Thank you.

[musicalsarelife]

Why is he like the most adorable person ever?

[theofficefan731]

so cute how he fistbumped his girlfriend

[hirokido]

whose chris jackson? is that a jackson brother

[mrsoftievspiraguaguy]

@hirokido he's the freakin amazing actor that plays benny in in the heights!

[emilyn613]

@hirokido he played benny in the show

[MissLilSummer]

I am so happy to have a fellow Puerto Rican win a Tony! Lin-Manuel Miranda and Rita Moreno are my idols! I get told I will never make it to Broadway because I am a Puerto Rican from the Bronx but they give me hope! I know I will see my dream become a reality! It just take a lot of hard work a perseverance!

[theofficefan731]

that's so cute that he named the character in the play that he falls in love with after the real woman that he fell in love with <3

[butterflysurfcrush04]

@theofficefan731

I actually talked to him today. It wasn't named after his wife. It was named after his sister's best friend, whose name is also Vanessa. After he created the character, he met his wife, Vanessa, and fell in love and the rest is history. :) <3 I love him.

[theofficefan731]

@butterflysurfcrush04 oh that's really interesting. thanks for letting me know! =]

[butterflysurfcrush04]

@theofficefan731 no problem :) I figured I would start spreading it around for him.

[theofficefan731]

@butterflysurfcrush04 plus that's really cool that you talked to him. how'd you get that golden opportunity? lol =]

[theofficefan731]

best fucking acceptance speech ever

[americanidolinsider]

Best. Speech. Ever.

[isax3bellee]

my friends brother is JOHN BUZZETTI!!!!!

[xolakersgirl14xo]

He created a freakin awesome latin hat at that!

Long live the almighty Lin-Manuel Miranda!

[DrunkenMastermind]

That was awesome. Completely touching.

[AllenTyra]

Thank you RadioGuyRey! I understand it now and I'll have to listen to that song!

[AllenTyra]

Can someone explain what he meant when he said Mr. Sondheim, I made a hat when there wasn't even a hat its a latin hat at that? I don't understand.

[radioguyrey]

@AllenTyra "Look I made a hat where there never was a hat" is a line from Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", the song "Finishing The Hat". It's used as a metaphor for completing the creation of a work of art (making something from nothing). It's a Latin hat at that!

[david88441]

@radioguyrey wasn't it kinda funny that Sunday in the Park with George was nominated that same year for Best Revival?

[kittylove5555]

best acceptance speech ever.

[zwiggles123]

I want to be him.

[kirasact]

That was AWESOME!

[Reeny125]

I JUST saw In the Heights today and LOVED it! What a genius piece of work! And P.S. Lin-Manuel is FINE! :o)

[kjag23]

You know everytime I get frustrated in the business of Theatre I watch this and once again get inspired and understand why i love theatre.

[OhMaiGosh]

lin-manuel miranda is full of such talent. and he and his wife are beautiful together. :) i adore their little secret handshake or fist bump or whatever that was haha.

[KadoatieXD]

go lin!!!

[PinkSourKangaroo]

This made me cry! It was sooo beautiful! "I don't know bout God, but I believe in Chris Jackson!" Wow, this guy is sooo talented!

[1jacobjacob1]

I dont know about god but i believe in lin.

[factortenshithawk]

ugh cant get enough lin man

[caoquendo]

Oh My God..!!!!! One of my favorite acceptance speeches of all time... :-) Viva Puerto Rico.!

[kerfufflebug]

OMG. DR. HERBERT IS MY ENGLISH TEACHER. YES, THE *SAME* DR. HERBERT.

Ahhhhhhhh he's now my hero :D

LOVE

[RENTlover12345]

BEST! tony speech EVER! love Lin! <3 I know this whole speech my heart, haha

[finalassault]

Is this guy a music artist? Like does he have songs and whatnot or is he one of those guys you can actually only find live or on youtube?

[radioguyrey]

You can pick up the "In The Heights" Cast Recording. He's also in a group called "Freestyle Love Supreme", but I don't know if they have anything out.

[deek77]

@finalassault You can also see him on Electric Company, he does a rap on like every other episode. He's been on Sesame Street.

[PepinaBailarina]

@finalassault In his White House video, he talks about an album dropping. I hope it's soon...

[jariika]

@finalassault He addapted the new version of West side story

[LullabyofBroadway7]

I LOOOOOVE HIIIM

[ShastaLOL]

adam pascal at 1:04 <3 :P

[browdwayloverz]

love it! best speech EVER! in the heights is AMAZING!!!!!!

[skimets]

This dude ROCKS.

[geo289]

i think he's improvising this

[bighitz124]

He fist bumped his girlfriend..... enough said.

[linmanuelroxmysoxoff]

@bighitz124 now they are married. they were married in september 2010. lin posted a video of a surprise for his wife @ his wedding check it ou: to life vanessa's wedding surprise

[MrsLinManuelMiranda]

brilliant as usual

[Mattbrain]

I thought he should've tied with Stew for Passing Strange because that's an excellent score too!

[immortalass]

I just saw the video of this dude performing at the fucking White House, now I see this. This guy is just completely awesome.

[latinnycguy]

He's very good , , , but lets not act like he's the first or last to win one for the latino community.

[gbrooks2]

Best acceptance speech I've ever seen. This should have a lot more views.

[Tmendler]

hands down one of the best acceptance speeches of all time, aside from some jim carrey acceptances.

[FlameDevily]

that was fantastic

[jkdeadite]

All I can say after seeing this is, "fuck yeah!"

[BluDollarTeddy100]

He killed it.

[mspulido4]

When I was watching this on TV and he pulled out that Puerto Rican flag....I shed a few tears

[MorteReine]

SO good. He's amazing!

[godalmightywtf]

That's how badass he is! He freestyles when he wins an award!

[SoberGlobe]

let's take em down to china town

[Da1337ed]

its time to beat down the encyclopedia brown

[EddyEshkibabble]

Now I don't wanna piss on every superficial issue with you

[msyjsm123]

But ill tear you apart like tissue, its easy to dis you.

[LMatheusCosta]

Well Rip U Apart, like tissue, its easy to diss you

[loquaciousthe3RD]

Love the fist bump at :29...and I get weepy everytime I watch this thing.

[TheMaku]

AIGHT BITCH!

[ITCJon]

He was great on House.

[DEARYUNA]

dr.herbert = creates geniuses.

[MidgetCalvary]

i dunno about god but i believe in chris jackson!

ohgee, that vanessa sure is a lucky girl :]]]

[alysbrangwin]

fabulous

[missingNYCITY]

The audience gets SO louder for Lin.

[ilive4VBALL]

OMG! i love him! his fist bumped his wife!

[sweetbluedreams]

He's amazing!@@@ I just saw the show last week for the first time. It was phenomenal. Love ya Lin!!! Thank you for creating a wonderful piece.

[wenz91890]

this guy is a true genious

[LissieVal]

This play was so great and the speech AWESOME!! When he pulled out mi bandera puertorinquena, I cried. So proud!!

[bwayboundkt]

<33333

he's so amazing!

[roandrew26]

greatest tony speech ever!

[emarloo]

i know they're not supposed to "name-drop", but i think this is the exception.

awesome!

[DrumersRock]

i want to marry him!!!! he's so cute! Great Play.

[Justlov4]

"I don't know about God but I believe in Chris Jackson" I love it. Lin is amazing. Rapping your whole speech off the top of your head is talent.

[flucan258]

PUERTO RICO! REPRESENT!

[whitedloud]

thank goodness dr. herbert told him in 8th grade that he was meant to write.

[Peachjunkie]

SHOUT OUT DR HERBERT!

[lennoshane]

he is amazing

[spoenk]

he's gonna be on House!

[drazo0889]

what?? when??

[theartfuldodger5]

holy crap! when!?

[spoenk]

he will appear in at least two episodes beginning with the show's sixth season premiere this fall :)

[brucef310]

I was his stand in on the show for 3 weeks. Great guy.

[theartfuldodger5]

sweet...

[drazo0889]

i'm so excited.

[crzytipstr28]

he's gonna be house's rommate. cant wait to see the new season, especially for lin!

[nic1899]

i love how he fist bumps his wife when he wins

[broadwayequalsmylove]

oh my goodness he is amazing.

[trishpip]

I love how much Alex Lacamoire loves this speech! :) I watch this when I need a reason to smile.

[dqDST1913]

How the HELL did I miss this? I watched this three times! I had to have fast forwarded or there was a weather interruption or something....

[greensun92]

I LOVE what he says about Vanessa!

:D

[rentliveson4life]

i saw it yesterday and i loved it

[bighitz124]

at 1;02 his face is priceless. hes like "wow, i finally made it"

[Jenna10227]

I cried when he won.

[kjag23]

Such an Inspiration. My first play was accepted into the DC fringe Festival this summer and in the program I quote him when he says "I use to dream about this moment now im in it".. He truly is my inspiration and one of my heros.

[stitchgrl777]

talent on the SPOT.

[uptherailingstep]

I have watched this three times, and I cried each time. Amazing.

[elphiegreen]

BEST SPEECH EVER