New York, New York is a helluva town. The Bronx is up. And the Battery is down. The people ride in a hole in the ground. New York, New York. It's a helluva town. And it's also a perfect back…
Lots of News: Primal Forces reorganizes as Boca Stage, Dramaworks series on August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein, Local production of In The Heights set for Arsht, Theatre Lab reads new audio…
La pelÃcula, ambientada en un barrio neoyorquino conocido como la Pequeña República Dominicana, no incluyó a latinos de piel oscura en los papeles principales. CrÃticos y repo…
Hollywood is scratching its head. All indications were that IN THE HEIGHTS was supposed to be a blockbuster hit. Surveys showed it was the one movie that would actually get people ba…
By Sharon Eberson If you have seen one In the Heights, you have not seen them all The movie musical now streaming and in theaters is reimagined, based on, adapted from — let’s just say i…
Listen to the collection, which features a brand-new original song performed by the film's stars Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace & Marc Anthony titled "Home All Summer."Â
This week we breakdown the new film adaptation of the Broadway musical In The Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda. We look at all the fun easter eggs, cameos, behind the scenes stories and some of…
Will Anthony Ramos' star-making turn in the new film "In The Heights" help land him a spot in the Best Drama Supporting Actor Emmy line-up for "In Treatment"? His role as Eladio in the HBO s…
The film, set in a New York neighborhood known as the Little Dominican Republic, didn't cast dark-skinned Latinos in lead roles. Our writers discuss how that absence reverberates.
Grace Aki, Ashley Steves, and Matt Tamanini discuss the film adaptations of "In the Heights" and "Oslo." They also get into what might be rounding out the fall season on Broadway, and Grace …
Noah Catala plays Graffiti Pete in the recently released In the Heights film. For Catala, working on the movie was a like being at home. Not only is he a native New Yorker but his mother and…
For Lin-Manuel Miranda, the co-creator of In the Heights, the lyric that best sums up the heart of the musical is "Ay, mama, what do you do when your dreams come true?" An appropriate respon…
A conversation about bringing musicals to the big screen, Lin-Manuel Miranda's artistic choices and the critical blowback to the film's casting.
He doesn't have a musical theater background, so he worked hard to make one line " "Good morning, Usnavi" " ring out. Now that's how he's being greeted.
One day after Rita Moreno defended "In the Heights" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda against criticism that the new musical adaptation failed to accurately represent the Afro-Latino community in N…
Follow along as Noah Catala teaches the final sequence from the film's title song.
Rita Moreno has posted a new statement saying that she is "incredibly disappointed" following her comments about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in "In the Heights." During an appeara…
Dominican-born Lisset Robles lived with her parents and two siblings in The Bronx's Mill Brook Houses, practicing her nail art in a small corner of the living room. Now, her work is in the s…
(Ellise Shafer's article appeared in Variety, 6/15; Photo: Samantha Okazaki.) Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and "In the Heights" following criticism over the film's la…
The movie's choreographic team, led by Christopher Scott, gets raw and real with dancers " so many! " who give in to thrilling perpetual motion.
Hear Miranda's response to Trevor Noah about how criticism of representation in the film adaptation of "In the Heights" will influence his future projects.
Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and "In the Heights" following criticism over the film's lack of Afro-Latino representation. On tonight's episode of "The Late Show With Stephen C…
La pelÃcula generó malestar por presentar actores latinos de piel clara en los papeles principales, a pesar de la prevalencia de latinos de piel oscura en el barrio donde se rodó.
Since the film's release last week, there have been complaints about the lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latino actors in prominent roles.
Film critic Monica Castillo reflects on the glaring absence of Afro-Latino actors from the new screen adaptation of In the Heights and how colorism still affects Latino representation on scr…