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Lin-Manuel Miranda

#20thUAS: 20th Annual Uptown Arts Stroll

Are You Ready? Listen up folks, the 2022 Uptown Arts Stroll is only weeks away. This is not just any Uptown Arts Stroll, it is the 20th Uptown Arts Stroll. The BIG 2 0. Can you believe it has…

05/15/22: Do The Right Thing @ The United Palace 

Waaaake up! Wake up! Wake up! The United Palace will screen the seminal 1989 movie “Do the Right Thing” on Sunday, May 15 followed by a talk back with Uptown superhero Lin-Manuel Miranda and film director, producer, actor, professor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Spike…

Drawing light, live | Bronx Free Press

By Sherry Mazzocchi View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Moth (@mothstories) The Moth. Known for stories that hit listeners right in the heart, often by way of the solar plexus, the tales told live stay…

#InTheHeights: We Love To See It…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jon M Chu (@jonmchu) In The Heights director, Jon M. Chu has been posting some Behind-The-Scenes gems on Instagram. Check out this video documenting the first time cast members, Melissa…

About Last Night…

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Moth (@mothstories) Still on cloud nine. Super honored that I was chosen by The Moth & NoMAA to tell my story on the same stage as of…

In The Heights BTS: The Choreography

Here’s an inside look on how Christopher Scott (choreographer), Jon M. Chu (director), and the entire cast and crew created the dance sequences that brought “It the Heights” to life. The Latin dance culture featured in “In The Heights”…

In the Heights: Finding Home & The Importance of Representation

Lin-Manuel Miranda discusses his new book, “In the Heights: Finding Home,” talks about the importance of people feeling seen and how criticism about representation in the film adaptation of “In the Heights” will influence his future projects. We invite…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: The Time Has Come

Exclusive Behind The Scenes moment: I called cut. And nobody cut. This happened a lot. And it’s when I knew we were capturing something greater than ourselves. The time has come. #InTheHeightsMovie in THEATERS and @hbomax NOW pic.twitter.com/clMMxjNPoO —…

In The Heights: The Review

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) “Washington Heights. Say it, so it doesn’t disappear.” Thus begins the spell. You have just been entranced and about to embark on a raucous, polyrhythmic journey that you will repeat ad infinitum.  While the film adaption of…