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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 Broadway's 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 fans who are about to discover it. I don't think it's too early to call: In the Heights is the movie...

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.