Giving credit where credit is due (3/?)

“Love Is Love” takes it’s name directly from the speech given by Lin Manuel Miranda when he received the Tony Award in 2016 for Best Score for “Hamilton”.

Start at 1:46.
YouTube video of Lin Manuel Miranda giving his Tony acceptance speech in the form of a sonnet.

My wife’s the reason anything gets done
She nudges me toward promise by degrees
She is a perfect symphony of one
Our son is her most beautiful reprise
We chase the melodies that seem to find us
Until they’re finished songs and start to play
When senseless acts of tragedy remind us
That nothing here is promised, not one day
This show is proof that history remembers
We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger
We rise and fall, and light from dying embers Remembrances that hope and love last longer
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love
Cannot be killed or swept aside
I sing Vanessa’s symphony,
Eliza tells her story
Now fill the world with music, love, and pride.
Thank you so much for this.