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Atencion! Wanna Be in the IN THE HEIGHTS Film? Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches Digital Casting Call
by Nicole Rosky - October 11, 2018 Are you destined to be in the In the Heights movie. No Me Diga! This could be your lucky day. Warner Bros. has just put out a casting call for digital submissions for the upcoming film, which begins filming in summer 2019. ...
No Name @ Word Up Announces Super Storytellers in Washington Heights
by Julie Musbach - January 29, 2018 No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights onTuesday, February 6 at 7:00pm for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellers Edition.'...
No Name Comedy Brings Artists to Word Up in Washington Heights
by Julie Musbach - December 26, 2017 No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including: Robin Bady (United Solo Theatre Festival), Sean O'Brien (TBS New York Comedy Festival) and David Hu (The MOTH) to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Height...
Sydney Opera House Announces Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS
by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2018 This summer, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall will be transformed into a vibrant Manhattan street corner for the long-awaited Sydney return of In the Heights, the four-time Tony Award-winning musical from one of America's most acclaimed writers and producers, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Moana, Hamilton)....
Up Theater Company Announces World Premiere of DETAINED
by Julie Musbach - February 06, 2018 Northern Manhattan's UP Theater Company is thrilled to announce the world premiere of Detained, written by Rose-Mary Harrington (Six Seconds, There is No Dash), and directed by Washington Heights resident Nancy Robillard (National Pastime,Four), set to play The Garret at Fort Washington Collegiate (...
Lights Up! Anthony Ramos to Star in the IN THE HEIGHTS Film
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 10, 2018 Anthony Ramos has been tapped to star in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit 2005 Broadway musical, In the Heights, according to Variety. ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda Teams with iHeartRadio, AmEx for Hurricane Relief Campaign
by BWW News Desk - December 04, 2017 American Express (NYSE: AXP) today announced it has teamed up with Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of Hamilton and star of the upcoming movie, Mary Poppins Returns, for an iHeartRadio campaign to spread the word to local communities impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma that some of their favorite smal...
IN THE HEIGHTS Will be Playing at Players By The Sea
by BWW Intern - December 12, 2017 Before there was Hamilton, there was IN THE HEIGHTS. Players by the Sea will bring this Tony Award winner to Jacksonville, Florida! Starting July 19, 2018 IN THE HEIGHTS will be playing on the main stage....
BWW REVIEW: Blue Saint Production's IN THE HEIGHTS Brings Washington Heights To The Sydney Opera House
by Jade Kops - January 17, 2019 Following a successful Hayes Theatre season in March 2018 Blue Saint Production's IN THE HEIGHTS has returned for an encore season in the Concert Hall of Sydney Opera House....
No Name @ Word Up Presents Super Storytellaz In Washington Heights
by Stephi Wild - February 01, 2019 No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, February 5th at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Word Up Super Storytellaz Edition.'...
12th Latin American Cultural Week to Feature Theatre, Music, Dance and More
by BWW News Desk - November 09, 2017 Pan American Art Research (PAMAR), founded in 1984 by Uruguayan-born pianist Polly Ferman, now Artistic Director of PAMAR, presents the 12th Annual Latin American Cultural Week (LACW), November 9 through 21, 2017....
Lin Manuel-Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS Takes The Stage In Pittsburgh's West End
by Julie Musbach - January 04, 2019 Pittsburgh Musical Theater continues the 2018-2019 Seize the Stage Season and Rockin' West End Series with Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights at the Gargaro Theater, located at 327 S Main Street in the city's West End....
Atencion! Wanna Be in the IN THE HEIGHTS Film? Lin-Manuel Miranda Launches Digital Casting Call
by Nicole Rosky - October 11, 2018 Are you destined to be in the In the Heights movie. No Me Diga! This could be your lucky day. Warner Bros. has just put out a casting call for digital submissions for the upcoming film, which begins filming in summer 2019. ...
BWW Review: THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS at Kraine Theater
by Derek Schwabe - October 26, 2017 This dark new play from Christie Perfetti Williams lingers over a multi-tiered intersection of vulnerable identities, confronting the devastating consequences of a near-future scenario that's all too easy to imagine....
Phoenix Productions Presents Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS
by A.A. Cristi - May 30, 2018 Phoenix Productions proudly presents one of Broadway's most raved-about sensations, In the Heights, sponsored by D'Agostino and Associates "The Injury Firm," from June 22nd to the 24th at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank....
#TBT: IN THE HEIGHTS Says Goodbye To Broadway
by Linnae Medeiros - March 07, 2019 Lights up in Washington Heights! The Tony-winning Best Musical In the Heights celebrates its eleventh anniversary this week, so in honor of the occasion, we're looking back at the show's closing night speech courtesy of Lin-Manuel Miranda. Check out all the footage below!...
No Name @ Word Up Presents Super Storytellaz In Washington Heights
by Stephi Wild - January 04, 2019 No Name Comedy/Variety Show producer Eric Vetter brings New York's best established and emerging authors and storytellers including Robin Bady, Terri Mintz and Carla Katz to the Word Up Community Bookshop in Washington Heights on Tuesday, January 8th at 7 p.m. for its monthly series 'No Name @ Wor...
Corey Hawkins to Play Benny in IN THE HEIGHTS Film
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 30, 2019 Corey Hawkins is set to play Benny in Jon M. Chu's feature adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's four-time Tony winning musical In the Heights for Warner Bros, according to Deadline....
Hold Up! Oscar Winner Rita Moreno Will Not Join IN THE HEIGHTS Film
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2018 Despite an earlier report from the Hollywood Reporter, it has been reported that Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story) will not join the cast of the upcoming big screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, In The Heights, after all....
Uptown Dancers Turn Olympic-Size Pool into Stage for the 3rd Annual Danza Highbridge Festival
by Stephi Wild - September 13, 2018 The United Palace of Cultural Arts is currently in preparations for the third annual Danza Highbridge Festival at Highbridge Pool in Washington Heights. On Saturday September 22nd at 5pm, members of the community are invited to join over eighty dancers, choreographers, and musicians in a drained, ol...
Hold Up! Oscar Winner Rita Moreno Will Not Join IN THE HEIGHTS Film
by A.A. Cristi - November 05, 2018 Despite an earlier report from the Hollywood Reporter, it has been reported that Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story) will not join the cast of the upcoming big screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, In The Heights, after all....
BWW Review: Infectious Energy Propels IN THE HEIGHTS at GLOW Lyric Theatre
by Neil Shurley - August 01, 2018 'With this much energy and talent on display - not to mention a message worth spreading - GLOW's In the Heights demands to be seen.'...
United Palace to Screen METROPOLIS With Live Score
by Stephi Wild - February 20, 2018 On Sunday, March 25th, the United Palace of Cultural Arts will present a multisensory screening of Fritz Lang's legendary silent film, 'Metropolis' (1927), an expressionist epic that was among the first feature-length science fiction films. Award-winning flutist and composer Yael Acher "KAT" Modiano...
Broadway Will Go Car-Free For Earth Day
by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2018 Traffic is a staple in New York City, the taxis, horns, and pollution from the exhaust come as part of the territory. But on Earth Day (April 21), a mile-long stretch of Broadway will be car-free, according to Time Out....
PBS Documents Lin-Manuel Miranda's Rise to Fame in IN THE HEIGHTS: CHASING BROADWAY DREAMS, 11/10
by Caryn Robbins - November 08, 2017 Great Performances airs a special encore of the performance documentary, IN THE HEIGHTS: CHASING BROADWAY DREAMS on Friday, November 10 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings). The documentary showcases the 2008 musical that launched Lin-Manuel Miranda's rise to stardom.... |