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Which jaw-dropping musical number had over 600 extras and multiple safety issues? Chu filled us in on that and much more!

There’s a quieter moment in the opening of “In the Heights” when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck to the bodega his parents left

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the big cheese of the pandemic movie musical.

There’s a quieter moment in the opening of “In the Heights” when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck to the bodega his parents left him, and longs to return to the Dominican Republic. He reveals this while staring out the store window at a crowd of dancers, visible to the viewer in the window’s reflection. This shot — combining footage of 75 performers on location in Washington Heights, and Ramos singing through a movie set’s glassless window �...

With In the Heights, Jon M. Chu disrupts the movie musical. Heres how he did it Ashley Lee © (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Jon M. Chu, photographed at his Calabasas home on May 28, makes his movie musical debut with "In the Heights," nearly 20 years after he was predicted to transform the genre. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Theres a quieter moment in the opening of "In the Heights" when Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, shares his secret dream: He feels stuck ...

The film "In the Heights" needed to find dancers who could capture the energy unique to New York.

“So much harder than ‘Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda says of writing "In the Heights." "The one thing anyone will tell you is: Do not start your career with an original musical."

“In the Heights” star Anthony Ramos felt like he hit the jackpot when he shot “96,000,” a spirited song-and-dance number about winning the lottery. Surrounded by dozens of dancers, Ramos could feel the passion as the upbeat anthem about big dreams filled the movie musical’s set at the Highbridge Pool in Upper Manhattan. In that moment, the film about the area’s predominantly Latino community ...

In the Heights, directed by Jon Chu, for Warner Bros. Pictures. (© Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.) I have a confession: I never saw In the Heights when it played Broadways Richard Rodgers Theatre from 2008-2011. I always meant to get rush tickets, but I never did. Once it was gone, missing it became one of my greatest Broadway regrets. But, on the bright side, I got to experience In the Heights, the Warner Brothers film adaptation, as a totally new movie-musical — just like millions of fa...

Adapted from the Tony-winning stage musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the film “In the Heights” follows the different experiences of residents in a vibrant neighborhood where everyone works tirelessly toward their goals.