Melissa Barrera News

This summer, Footloose will play in the Russell Hill Rogers Theater at The Public Theater of San Antonio, the longest-running theatre company in Texas.

In the Heights opened on Broadway on March 9, 2008. Watch videos of the original cast in action!

The teaser trailer has been released for the new film adaptation of Carmen, starring Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal. Benjamin Millepied’s CARMEN is a gritty modern day tale, with a majestic score by Nicholas Britell, and dream-like dance sequences that evoke magic realism. The film also stars Rossy de Palma and THE DOC. Watch the new video teaser!

The film adaptation of Bizet's classic opera, Carmen, will hit theaters this spring starring Academy Award-nominee Paul Mescal and 'In the Heights' star Melissa Barrera.

El nuevo musical de Nacho Cano se estrenará próximamente en Madrid.

De IN THE HEIGHTS a WEST SIDE STORY repasamos todo lo que ha dado el musical en la gran pantalla.

El musical se estrenará en España en marzo de 2022.

The Latinx/e arts advocacy organization Nosotros and Comcast NBCUniversal have officially selected the winners of the 3rd Annual Nosotros Ya Tu Sabes Monologue Slam.

The nominations for the 2022 IPA Satellite Awards have been announced! The film adaptions of tick, tick...BOOM!, In the Heights, and Cyrano received nominations. Other nominees include Cynthia Erivo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jennifer Hudson, Beanie Feldstein, Robin de Jesús, Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Andrew Garfield, Ewan McGregor, and more.

El musical estará dirigido y coreografiado por José Félix Romero.

MCC Theater today announced that Miscast22 will take place on Monday, April 4, 2022! 

Check out this week's top ten TikToks, featuring Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, JJ Niemann, Come From Away, Moulin Rouge! & more.

El documental nos explica el proceso de creación del musical de Nacho Cano

Check out this week's top ten TikToks, featuring Joshua Henry, Amber Riley, WAITRESS, SIX and more!

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo have joined in on the new In the Heights trend sweeping through TikTok! The pair, who originated the roles of Usnavi and Vanessa in the original Broadway production of In the Heights, filmed themselves lip-syncing to 'Blackout' from the film, with Miranda singing Vanessa's part and Olivo singing Usnavi's.

See the full list of award winners here. In The Heights took home top honors, including best picture, best actor for Anthony Ramos, and best director for Jon M. Chu.

Check out this week's top ten TikToks, featuring Leslie Grace, Gregory Diaz IV, Miranda Sings, Natalie Weiss & more!

This weekend, the big screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical, In the Heights, opened in movie theaters. Despite widespread acclaim, the film has also sparked online criticism and debate about its lack of adequate Afro-Latinx representation, particularly in its leading cast. 

Seeing both of these movies and comparing their teams has shown that Hollywood needs to let Broadway people work on movie musicals. There is an understanding that Broadway people have of musicals that Hollywood people don't. 

Anthony Ramos, star of the new film adaptation of In The Heights, recently sat down with CBS Sunday Morning to chat about playing Usnavi, Latino representation in musical theatre, and much more.