VideoWatch Mandy Gonzalez Sing Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Breathe' at Carnegie Hall
The Sunset Blvd. star revisited her In the Heights anthem during her tribute to Tony winner Miranda.
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Andrew Gans
December 29, 2025
Mandy Gonzalez
Rebecca J Michelson
Mandy Gonzalez returned to Carnegie Hall November 21 in an evening with the New York Pops entitled Everything I Know: Mandy Gonzalez Sings Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Gonzalez, most recently on Broadway as Norma Desmond in the revival of Sunset Blvd., created the role of Nina in Miranda's In the Heightsand also played a lengthy run as Angelica Schuyler in the composer's Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton.
Watch Gonzalez perform Nina's anthem, "Breathe," in the video below.
The Carnegie Hall performance was directed
by Dick Scanlan with musical arrangements by Dan Lipton. Steven Reineke conducted the New York Pops, and the evening also included songs from Hamilton, Moana, Encanto, and Vivo.
Gonzalez has also been seen on Broadway in Wickedand Aida. Her screen credits include Across the Universe, Man on a Ledge, Only Murders in the Building, Quantico, and Madam Secretary. She was awarded the Obie for her work in Off-Broadway's Eli’s Comin.
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Photos: Lin-Manuel Miranda at Carnegie Hall with Mandy Gonzalez and The New York Pops
Photos: Lin-Manuel Miranda at Carnegie Hall with Mandy Gonzalez and The New York Pops
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Mandy Gonzalez and The New York Pops
Rebecca J Michelson
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mandy Gonzalez
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mandy Gonzalez, and Steven Reineke
Rebecca J Michelson
Mandy Gonzalez
Rebecca J Michelson
Mandy Gonzalez and Steven Reineke
Rebecca J Michelson
Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mandy Gonzalez, Steven Reineke, and Philippe Arroyo
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Logan Culwell-Block,
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December 29, 2025
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