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In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams
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Making it in New York City is tough. Few get the chance to live out their dreams, and the cast and crew of In the Heights know this all too well. This young, diverse group of relatively unknown artists and performers dreamed of making it on Broadway, but are well aware that a new original musical set outside a bodega in the Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights is a highly risky proposition. It took eight years in all, but they succeeded beyond their wildest expectations, winning four Tony Awards along the way, including Best Musical and Best Score for a Musical. This documentary chronicles the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the cast of In the Heights in the months leading up to its 2008 opening night.
05-27-2009
54 min
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Paul Bozymowski
Key Crew
Executive Producer:
Roberta Friedman
Line Producer:
Nicole Pusateri
Executive Producer:
Frank Scherma
Executive Producer:
Jon Kamen
Executive Producer:
Jeffrey Seller
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights. He was a songwriter for Moana (2016) and Encanto (2021). He also starred in Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Miranda's awards include a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards.
Miranda wrote the music and lyrics for the musical In the Heights, which premiered on Broadway in 2008. For this work, he won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score, the show's cast album won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the show won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Miranda was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance in the show's lead role. Miranda prepared Spanish translations used in the 2009 Broadway production of West Side Story and was co-composer and lyricist for Bring It On the Musical, which played on Broadway in 2012. His television work includes recurring roles on The Electric Company (2009–2010) and Do No Harm (2013). He hosted Saturday Night Live in 2016. Among other film work, Miranda contributed music and vocals for a scene in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
Miranda also wrote the book, music and lyrics for another Broadway musical, Hamilton. The show earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, of which it won 11, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book. For his performance in the lead role of Alexander Hamilton, Miranda was nominated for another Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The Hamilton cast recording spent ten weeks atop Billboard's Top Rap Albums chart in 2015, while The Hamilton Mixtape, an album of covers of songs from the musical, developed by and featuring Miranda, reached number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in December 2016.
Robin de Jesús (born August 21, 1984) is an American film and theater actor of Puerto Rican descent. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Sonny in the 2008 Broadway musical In The Heights, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. From 2010 to 2011, he was part of the revival cast of La Cage aux Folles.
Carlos Gomez's career spans over twenty years in film, television and theatre. The award winning actor was one of the leads of the A&E series "The Glades". Garnering critical praise prior to its launch, The Glades became the most watched original drama series telecast in A&E network history. Carlos also received a 2011 Imagen Award for best supporting actor in a television series for the show. Audiences will remember Carlos as "Chuy", the ex boyfriend of the talented and beautiful Salma Hayek in the hit romantic comedy Fools Rush In. Other film credits include The Negotiator, Enemy of the State, The Repalcement Killers, A Day Without a Mexican, The Perfect Game, And All About Steve starring Sandra Bullock. In 2003, he appeared as Lieutenant Alvarez in the Academy Award nominated film House of Sand and Fog, starring Sir Ben Kingsley, and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly. In television he appeared as paramedic Raul Melendez in the hit series ER which garnered him a Sag Award for best ensemble cast for the episode "The Healers". He has portrayed an extensive variety of roles in some of the highest rated TV shows such as, Friends, Nypd Blue, Boston Legal, Ncis, Criminal Minds, In Plain Sight, Charmed, Shark and the critically acclaimed Showtime series Sleeper Cell and Weeds. In theatre, Carlos completed over three hundred performances as Kevin Rosario on Broadway in the Tony Award winning musical 'In The Heights'. His two songs Inutil and Atencion were both part of the Grammy Award winning soundtrack musical as well. Carlos resides in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. - IMDb Mini Biography
Christopher Neal Jackson (born September 30, 1975) is an American actor, singer, musician, and composer. He began his career in 1995 starring in the Off-Broadway musical Time and the Wind by composer Galt MacDermot when he was just 20 years old. He made his Broadway debut in 1997 as an ensemble member in the Original Broadway Cast of Disney's The Lion King. He remained with the show for several years, ultimately taking over the role of Simba. He went on to perform leading roles in several more Broadway musicals and plays, including After Midnight, Bronx Bombers, Holler If Ya Hear Me, and Memphis. He drew critical acclaim in several projects with Lin-Manuel Miranda: originating the roles of Benny in In the Heights and George Washington in the smash hit Hamilton. For the latter role he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also collaborated with Miranda on the Disney film Moana in which he provides the singing voice of Chief Tui. His other film work includes secondary roles in After.Life and Tracers.
Thomas Kail (born January 30, 1978) is an American theatre director, known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the latter. Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018.
Seth Stewart is an American actor, singer and dancer known for his roles in the musicals Hamilton (2015) and In the Heights (2008). He also appeared in the films Friends with Benefits (2011), Britney: For the Record (2008), and Music and Lyrics (2007).
