--- title: Lin-Manuel Miranda and James Corden Strip for Crosswalk Hair description: The 'Hamilton' star and comedy host joined up for a live, traffic-interrupted performance of 'Hair' in the middle of a Los Angeles street. canonical: https://time.com/4906508/crosswalk-musical-hair/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-18T15:06:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:37.526Z og:title: Lin-Manuel Miranda & James Corden Strip for Crosswalk 'Hair' og:description: It's 'Hair' like you've never seen it before og:url: https://time.com/4906508/crosswalk-musical-hair/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf78842ab4b9122bc/6988da41656a3f5826bd1586/screen-shot-2017-08-18-at-10-28-39-am.png?branch=production&width=837&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 837 og:image:height: 471 og:image:alt: crosswalk-the-musical-hair og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lin-Manuel Miranda & James Corden Strip for Crosswalk 'Hair' twitter:description: It's 'Hair' like you've never seen it before twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf78842ab4b9122bc/6988da41656a3f5826bd1586/screen-shot-2017-08-18-at-10-28-39-am.png?branch=production&width=837&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lin-Manuel Miranda and James Corden Stripped Down on the Crosswalk to Do Their Best _Hair_ > Sponsored content. 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So, [why _Hair_](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1828301,00.html)? “Hair tells the story of — it’s — it’s the sixties,” Corden tries to explain. “It’s in the sixties, and it’s hippie culture, and there’s a war. I think there’s a war, or there’s been a war? … It’s wigs and nudity. It’s a lot of wigs and a lot of nudity.” Miranda, however, is clearly excited for the drama to unfold on the streets. “In a lot of ways, I feel like everything I’ve ever done has been leading up to this point,” he deadpans in the intro. “In the seven years I was writing _Hamilton_, all I could think was, ‘If this is big enough, I might get on the crosswalk,'” Miranda joked. Watch the two perform “Age of Aquarius,” “Let the Sunshine In” and more in the midst of mildly confused and annoyed L.A. drivers, above. 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