Lin-Manuel Miranda: Miranda

President Barack Obama Dept: TORONTO - Lin-Manuel Miranda's life resembles an episode of "Glee.", according to Winnipeg Free Press. And it seems to rub off on others. When Miranda co-hosted a recent fundraiser, U.S. President Barack Obama spontaneously crooned a bar from Al Green's "Let's Stay Together." The "In The Heights" North American tour cast is shown in a handout photo. As composer Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights - opening next week in Toronto - shows, spontaneous song was a part of his upbringing in New York City's Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-John Daughtry The lauded lyricist, composer, rapper and actor has been known to burst into impressive freestyle rhymes with his friends, in his public addresses check out his Tony Award acceptance speech on YouTube , and at high-profile events like the White House Poetry Jam. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.