Three theater artists who share an innate and expanding ability to astonish were among the 24 people named Monday evening as this year’s MacArthur Fellows — commonly known as “genius grants” because they include a stipend of $625,000, paid out over five years, that comes with no strings attached. Lin-Manuel Miranda, 35, is the composer, author and star of Hamilton, which is playing to…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:09AM on September 29, 2015