Lin-Manuel Miranda to Guest Star on MODERN FAMILLY

According to TVGuide.com, Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to guest star on ABC's hit comedy 'Modern Family.' Miranda will star as a dog trainer who  helps out Gloria, played by Sofia Vergara. 

Miranda is most famous for writing and starring as Usnavi in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008 and for which he won the Tony Award as composer and lyricist.

Miranda wrote Spanish language dialogue and worked with Stephen Sondheim to translate into Spanish song lyrics for the revival of West Side Story, which opened on Broadway in March 2009. He is currently working on a musical theatre version of Bring It On, based on the 2000 cheerleader comedy film of the same name.

'Modern Family' airs on ABC on Wednesdays at 9 PM.

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