“In the Heights” begins with a man — Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos — telling a story to a group of children. They are gathered on the patio of a bar on a palm-fringed, sun-kissed beach ...

“In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage musical, is feel-good musical magic that offers wholesome escapism, says Ed Morales – even as it reveals the limits of Hollywood ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda on bringing the "joy and love" of "In the Heights" to the big screen 03:07. It wasn't Lin-Manuel Miranda's idea to appear on screen in "In the Heights," the jubilant new movie ...

Franceli Chapman knows what Washington Heights looks like. The uptown Manhattan neighborhood where Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights” takes place is where Chapman, an Afro-Latina ...

I'm happy to report that "In The Heights" is the summer blockbuster we've anticipated from behind closed doors for the past year-and-change. A staggeringly joyful love letter to both Latin ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film is a dazzling ode to NYC and Washington Heights. The “Hamilton” creator’s blissful new movie, based on his Tony Award-winning 2008 musical, is the best film of ...

“In the Heights” drags just a little bit, a limitation Chu seems to be aware of when he seeks to liven things up by way of on-screen animations and snazzy visual effects.

In the Heights, which first opened on Broadway in 2008, is composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s love letter to the New York City neighborhood where he grew up. It makes sense, then, that the ...

The movie “In the Heights” is a way for him to now pass the baton to younger actors including 29-year-old Ramos — best known for originating the roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in ...

Dancing in the Heights: Christopher Scott, the film’s lead choreographer, with Eddie Torres Jr. and Princess Serrano, the associate and assistant choreographer for Latin dance.