Lin-Manuel Miranda And Ben Platt Sing Hamilton And Dear Evan Hansen Mash-Up For Parkland Teens

What do you get any time once you take two of Broadway's biggest dynamos — and two of its most celebrated shows — and bring them with each other for one glorious song? You get Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest #Hamildrop, "Found/Tonight."


Miranda joined forces with Tony-winner Ben Platt for an effusive mash-up of two standout tracks from Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen


to benefit March For Our Lives, the initiative spearheaded by Emma Gonzalez, Cameron Kasky, and the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the wake of the fatal school shooting last month that's turned the gun control debate on its head.


The new arrangement of Hamilton’s "Story of Tonight" and Dear Evan Hansen’s "You Will Be Noticed — from musical director Alex Lacamoire, who worked on both shows — blends the two affecting anthems beautifully. It also incorporates a couple of key lyrical changes to mirror the student-driven gun control movement: "We might not directly however have reached our glory / However I'll gladly join the fight / And as soon as our children tell their story / They'll tell the story of tonight."


In a series of tweets, Miranda thanked Dear Evan Hansen creators Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for their "immediate YES and moving mountains to be there." He also thanked actor and Broadway vet Josh Gad for reaching out directly to him in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting to ask what they could do to help. (Gad knew one of the young victims.) "This is for him, and for the kids," Miranda tweeted.


The mash-up was not only emotional for Miranda, Platt, Lacamoire and those involved in its production nevertheless also for the students of MSD, who've taken to social media to share their visceral reactions to "Found/Tonight."


Miranda's #Hamildrop series will issue new Hamilton-inspired content each month through December. Last month, Weird Al Yankovic released "The Hamilton Polka," and Miranda has confirmed that "Found/Tonight" is the official Hamildrop for March.


The track is accessible through iTunes, Apple Music, and Spotify here. A portion of the proceeds from downloads will go to March for Our Lives.