"A SINGULAR NEW SENSATION! WHEN THIS MUSICAL ERUPTS IN COLLECTIVE JOY, THE ENERGY IT GIVES OFF COULD LIGHT UP THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE FOR A YEAR OR TWO. The brightly glowing star of the show, and the writer of its ebullient songs, Lin-Manuel Miranda commands the spotlight as if he were born in the wings, tossing out rhymed verse like fistfuls of flowers. You might find yourself imagining that this young man is music personified. After all, THIS MUSICAL ABOUT CHASING YOUR DREAMS AND FINDING YOUR TRUE HOME IS MR. MIRANDA'S OWN DREAM COME TRUE. HE COULDN'T LOOK MORE AT HOME."

-- Charles Isherwood - March 10, 2008, The New York Times