Anthony Ramos on his “horrible” InTheHeights audition: “You know when you feel good after a good audition? You leave the room like, ‘That felt great...’ This one didn’t feel great. I left the room and I was like, ‘Dang, that was it. I blew that.’”
After a year of pandemic-induced delays, it’s finally lights up on “In the Heights,” a movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway smash.
The Warner Bros. musical, directed by Jon M. Chu, opens in cinemas and on HBO Max on June 10 — and the timing couldn’t be better. As COVID-19 rates drop and people continue to get inoculated, the arrival of “In the Heights” reflects the joyous revival of a city that was among the hardest hit by the global health crisis. There’s a reason why Chu has called the larger-than-life movie “a vaccine for your soul.
“In the Heights” takes place in the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan and tells the story of Usnavi , a bodega owner who longs to return home to the Dominican Republic.
For Chu, the almost entirely Latino cast of “In the Heights” presents an opportunity to shed light on a group that doesn’t often get its due at the center of a major summer blockbuster. “We have to invite people into our world,” Chu says of portraying any underrepresented culture. “After a pandemic especially, people need leadership to open up their hearts again. And ‘In the Heights’ is the ultimate connection movie.”’s cover story on the decade-long journey to bring “In the Heights” to a movie theater near you, and keep reading to get to know the cast of the film.
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