A film version of the Tony-winning Broadway musical,
In the Heights is set in New York City's Washington Heights, and tells the story of a Latinx community threatened by gentrification, and a bodega owner who must decide whether he wants to return to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother's fortune. The film has a Tony-winning score by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a script by Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Quiara Alegría Hudes, and is directed by Jon M. Chu.
When was it onstage?
In the Heights premiered off-Broadway at the now-defunct 37 Arts in 2007. It moved to Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in March 2008, where it ran for over 1,100 performances, through January 2011.