Mino Lora, front, the executive artistic director of the People’s Theater, embraces Lin-Manuel Miranda at the theater’s new permanent address in New York, Sept. 15, 2026. The Miranda family contributed $1 million toward the People’s Theater project. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times) By MALIA MENDEZ When Lin-Manuel Miranda was growing up, his family could not afford Broadway tickets. But on occasion, they would trek downtown from his home in Inwood to see Miranda’s great-uncle Ernesto…
