Lin-Manuel Miranda Gives a Tour Backstage at Hamilton, Is Still Obsessed with Camelot's Dope Beat

Tony-winning certified genius Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on 60 Minutes on November 8 to discuss with Charlie Rose a little show called Hamilton. Like you, presumably, Miranda can recite the entire Hamilton cast recording (because, uh, he wrote it), but when exploring his childhood home, the composer showed off an impressive collection of cast albums while reciting a bevy of Camelot lyrics. Have you ever heard anyone else say that show has the “dopest beat”? Rose is impressed by his encyclopedic knowledge of musical theater lyrics, but Miranda, ever humble, revealed that while he can fire off “The Lusty Month of May,” he doesn’t know his own Social Security number. Take a look at the segments from CBS, which also feature interviews with Miranda’s parents, biography writer Ron Chernow, members of the cast and more, to see why Hamilton has transcended the Broadway community and gotten the attention of celebrities, political figures and the hip-hop world. But don’t think that’s gone to Miranda’s head. “At my age, Hamilton was treasury secretary and creating our financial system from scratch,” he quipped. “I wrote two plays.”