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The scene from the Tony Awards red carpet

FAMILY AFFAIR.

Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the Spanish translations for musical revival nominee "West Side Story." He compared writing the translations and plugging them into Stephen Sondheim's legendary lyrics as "the most complicated crossword puzzle" he's ever done. His father got to help. Sitting around the house, Lin's dad would read Maria's lines while Lin pretended to be Tony. Miranda,...

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