Outdoor Screening: In The Heights This musical reveals a close-knit, predominantly Dominican community united in their pursuit of the ‘American Dream’. Bodega owner Usnavi de la Vega (Anthony Ramos) dreams of reviving his father’s business back in the Dominican Republic. Based on the stage musical of the same name, In the Heights features romance, family, sacrifice, and dance performances. This film is rated PG-13. Beforehand, check out a scale maquette of In the Heights by Tony-nominated designer Anna Louizos on view in current exhibition Street Scene: Cities on Stage. Blankets, snacks, and lawn chairs welcome. This is a program of the Tobin Theatre Arts Fund. Registration is required as space is limited.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived and wrote the music and lyrics for the stage hit “In the Heights,” apologized Monday for the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in the film adaptation, directed by John M. Chu.
“I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback,” Miranda wrote on social media, saying that he’d seen the discussion happening around the movie. “I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy.
“In trying to paint a mosaic of this community, we fell short,” he wrote. “I’m truly sorry.”