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Feb 14, 2024 · Producer, Original Songs, Supporting Actor (as Piragua Guy) The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop. The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. Available to buy/rent on Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV ...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
What do Hamilton fans need to know before watching In The Heights? “Hamilton doesn’t exist without In the Heights. It was my coming-of-age graduate school. [Screenwriter] Quiara [Alegría Hudes] and I spent the better part of our twenties writing that show together, and I would put everything I learned on that to use in Hamilton, particularly in how hip-hop is an underused tool in theatre.” Tell us about hip-hop and In The Heights… “My favourite hip-hop songs all tell stories. Musical theatre...
Anthony Ramos
Who they play:Usnavi What they get up to:Dominican bodega owner Usnavi is saving up to return to the Republic and buy the beach bar once owned by his father. He’s also been crushing on Vanessa (Melissa Barrera), but is too nervous to ask her out. What does Washington Heights mean to you? “I grew up in a neighbourhood like Washington Heights. I lived there after I graduated college too. That predominantly Latino community is very familiar to me – that’s where I’m most comfortable. With the cit...
Melissa Barrera
Who they play:Vanessa What they get up to:Vanessa works at the local salon, but she dreams of moving downtown and opening a dress shop filled with her designs. What was your favourite scene to film? “I have this calendar and I wrote what we were shooting each day in it. I remember making a note of ‘Champagne’, because I was excited and nervous about it. We were going to sing it live and in one single take. I grew up doing theatre and that’s what I went to school for – it felt like a very thea...
Corey Hawkins
Who they play:Benny What they get up to:Benny works as a dispatcher for the local car service owned by Kevin Rosario (Jimmy Smits), whose daughter Nina (Leslie Grace) – Benny’s former love – has just arrived back in town. You share a lot of scenes with Leslie Grace, do you remember your first meeting? “We were walking down the street in New York City to go and meet our casting directors for a chemistry read, and we got to the door at the same time. I remember us both putting our hands on the...
Quiara Alegría Hudes
In the Heightsopened on Broadway in 2008 – how did you update the story for 2021? “I’m really glad we decided to set the movie now, because the neighbourhood that I and Lin-Manuel both live in continues to thrive and be vibrant and rich with culture and gorgeous geography and all of those things. A lot of that hasn’t changed, but there were some new things. One of those things was the fever pitch surrounding the immigration conversation in this nation. I definitely folded that in more conscio...
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"In the Heights" fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda's kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu's lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal ...
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Jun 11, 2021 · In the Heights, the new movie musical directed by Crazy Rich Asians’ Jon M. Chu and based on a Tony-winning Broadway musical by Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda, is widely expected to be one of ...
Jun 10, 2021 · Jun 10, 2021, 5:00 AM PDT. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes on the set of In the Heights. Warner Bros. Alissa Wilkinson covers film and culture for Vox. Alissa is a member of the New ...
In the Heights is a 2021 American musical drama film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes based on the stage musical of the same name by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace in her film debut, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, and ...
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Jul 10, 2023 · Project Description. In The Heights. “In The Heights” tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood: a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the ...
