CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W Lynch Theater at John Jay College Present Fly-by-Night Dance Theater in the World Premiere of Where Shall I Send My Joys?
Lin-Manuel Miranda on making In the Heights into a movie full of joy and love By Leigh Scheps Lin-Manuel Miranda talks In the Heights
It wasn t Lin-Manuel Miranda s idea to appear on screen in In the Heights, the jubilant new movie adaptation of his 2008 Tony Award-winning musical the Broadway hit that paved the way for Hamilton. He says he would have been happy sitting in his writer s chair and cheering on the cast filming in his own neighborhood. But he was persuaded to take on the small role of Piragüero, who pushes a cart selling shaved ice with fruit-flavored syrups, thanks to the film s screenplay writer, Quiara Alegría Hudes.