Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ben Platt Team Up for "Found/Tonight" (VIDEO)

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Platt

Two of Broadway's biggest stars, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt, have teamed up for an amazing collaboration for an important cause. Ahead of March 24th's March For Our Lives, the duo have come together for "Found/Tonight" -- a brilliant mashup of Hamilton's "The Story of Tonight" and Dear Evan Hansen's "You Will Be Found."

Ben had teased that a collab with Lin was coming when he shared pictures of them both in a recording studio during the recording session. But he merely captioned the two black and white photos, "I think you should look out for the March #Hamildrop."

"Found/Tonight" is the latest Hamildrops track, a streak of new Hamilton content shared every month in 2018, and the proceeds of the song go to the March for Our Lives initiative, which hopes to end gun violence and mass shootings, especially in schools. The march will take place in Washington, DC on Saturday March 24th. 

In Lin and Ben's "Found/Tonight" mashup, the two sing empowering lyrics like "Even when the dark comes crashing through/When you need a friend to carry you/When you're broken on the ground/You will be found."

On social media, Ben wrote of working with Lin on their collab, "Honored to team up with @Lin_Manuel on 'Found/Tonight,' a gorgeous mashup of @HamiltonMusical and @DearEvanHansen arranged by the great @LacketyLac. Proceeds go to the incredible #MarchForOurLives Initiative, so stream & download & listen! #GunControlNow."

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt's "Found/Tonight" video below.

In multiple tweets, Lin also talked about working with Ben and March For Our Lives. He wrote, "First, thanks @benjpasek & @heyitsjustin, for your immediate YES, and moving mountains to be there. I wanna thank the squads and producers at @DearEvanHansen and @HamiltonMusical, who've offered nothing but support, and everyone @AtlanticRecords, who scramble brilliantly when I change the plan, every month. And to @joshgad, who reached out immediately after Parkland and asked what we could do. This is for him, and for the kids."

Then there was also this little exchange of how the "Found/Tonight" collab started off:

A student from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Cameron Kasky, shared the song with his followers on Twitter, and encouraged everyone to listen and download. He wrote:

@BenSPLATT and @Lin_Manuel did something amazing. You should go listen to it.Found/Tonight. Download it. Portion of the proceeds going to our movement.This song takes the two songs I listen to most for inspiration and puts them in one nice convenient spot. I also cried


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