# Lin-Manuel Miranda and Friends Purchase NYC's Drama Book Shop

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**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lin-manuel-miranda-and-friends-purchase-nycs-drama-book-shop/827534 "2019-01-10T14:59:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lin-manuel-miranda-and-friends-purchase-nycs-drama-book-shop/827534/1 "2019-01-10T14:59:50Z")

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[NY Times story here](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/theater/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-drama-book-shop.html)

This story warmed the cockles of my heart. The Drama Book store, a centuries old NYC institution, was facing closure, and that should not have happened.

Miranda is not only an amazing talent, but obviously has his priorities right.

Way to do, Lin!

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lin-manuel-miranda-and-friends-purchase-nycs-drama-book-shop/827534/2 "2019-01-10T18:50:24Z")

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The folks involved have a long history of association with the store and with the associated theater. I was really glad to see this…I’d read that the owner has been having problems keeping it running and that it was hanging by a thread.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lin-manuel-miranda-and-friends-purchase-nycs-drama-book-shop/827534/3 "2019-01-10T18:59:22Z")

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Damn. I haven’t been there in ages, but I used to use that crowded store a lot. I didn’t realize that it was in trouble, and am happy that Miranda and friends rescued it.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lin-manuel-miranda-and-friends-purchase-nycs-drama-book-shop/827534/4 "2019-01-11T02:07:19Z")

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I got my copy of Sidney Howard’s 1926 play **The Silver Cord** there, back in the days before Amazon.

You could get _everything_ there.