Time Travel Tuesdays: Lin-Manuel Miranda – In the Heights | NY Times
By MELENA RYZIK Published: March 14, 2008 TO be perfectly clear, Lin-Manuel Miranda did not grow up in Washington Heights, the physical and spiritual setting of his musical “In the Heights,” which opened on Broadway this week. He was raised in Inwood, an area some blocks north with a similar landscape of immigrants, Spanish speakers [...]
The Uptown Tweet of the Week
Presenting the Uptown Tweet of the Week, our pick that represents the good, the bad, and the lovely in this week’s UC Twitterverse… Check out: July 4th in the Heights – The Recap The Uptown Tweet of the Week – Hot As Balls Summer in the Heights We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown [...]
The Uptown Tweet of the Week
Presenting the Uptown Tweet of the Week, our pick that represents the good, the bad, and the lovely in this week’s UC Twitterverse… Check out: July 4th in the Heights – The Recap The Uptown Tweet of the Week – Hot As Balls Summer in the Heights We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown [...]
The Uptown Tweet of the Week
Presenting the Uptown Tweet of the Week, our pick that represents the good, the bad, and the lovely in this week’s UC Twitterverse… Related: In The Heights @ The United Palace – The Recap The significance of “In the Heights” at the United Palace The Alexander Hamilton Mixtape Reviving Motion Pictures At The Palace We [...]
In The Heights @ The United Palace – The Recap
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) There is truly no place like home. On Monday, February 11th the Tony Award-winning musical, In The Heights, came home for a one-night only performance on the 5-year anniversary of its Broadway debut. In The Heights put our neighborhood on the map all those years ago [...]
The significance of “In the Heights” at the United Palace
By Mike Fitelson (@MikeFitelson) After months of planning, yesterday the George Washington Bridge finally arrived on stage at the United Palace, the scenic backdrop for tonight’s one-night only performance of “In the Heights: The Concert.” Five years ago this week the musical, which went on to win two Tony Awards, opened its first preview at [...]
Hitting the Heights: Tony-winning Broadway musical returns to neighborhood for one-night performance | NY Daily News
Heights native Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote and starred in the musical, brings it Monday to the United Palace theater in Washington Heights By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS THE award-winning Broadway musical “In the Heights” is coming home to the neighborhood that provided its inspiration in a one-night-only concert in the heart [...]
Epiphany: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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In the Heights: In Concert in Washington Heights | Playbill
By Adam Hetrick Tony Award winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo and Tony nominees Olga Merediz and Robin de Jesús will reunite for a one-night-only concert of the Washington Heights-set musical In the Heights, which will be staged at the United Palace of Cultural Arts in February 2013. Viva Broadway, an initiative of the Broadway [...]
‘In the Heights’ Composer Began Career Working on Political Ads | NYTimes
By KATE TAYLOR Lin-Manuel Miranda has had a busy few years since his musical “In the Heights,” a hip-hop-infused celebration of the grit and dreams of Latino immigrants in Washington Heights, became a hit on Broadway and won a shelf full of Tony Awards. He has rapped for President Obama at the White House. He [...]
After ‘Heights,’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Writes a Musical to Cheer For | WSJ
By Barbara Chai When Broadway composer and lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda needed inspiration for a song for “Bring It On,” his new musical about high-school cheerleading, he turned to the bedroom he slept in as a teenager. He didn’t have to travel far—he lives just five blocks away from his childhood home in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood. [...]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda: An Interview On Sondheim, ‘In The Heights,’ And ‘The Hamilton Mixtape’ | Huff Post
Lin-Manuel Miranda somehow manages to squeeze out more stuff in his day than other mere mortals. You name it, the Tony Award-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway’s “In the Heights” is probably doing it. A rap album about Alexander Hamilton? OK. A musical about cheerleaders? Oh, yes. Taking his sketch comedy group onto TV? Indeed. So it [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Mixtape: History Revived, Revitalized & Remixed
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Photography by Kevin Yatarola Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius. His performance last week at Lincoln Center to kick off the new season of the American Songbook series was nothing short of historic. No pun intended. Seriously though, Mr. Miranda’s latest project “The Alexander Hamilton Mixtape” is a magnificent mélange that marries [...]
Inwood merchants struggle to rebound after devastating fire guts their W. 207th St. businesses| NY Daily News
By Heidi Evans Manny Ramirez is back where he belongs – behind the counter in his white coat. The beloved pharmacist and owner of Dichter Pharmacy in Inwood lost everything in the January 3 fire that gutted a busy W. 207th St. strip, but thanks to his uptown neighbors, he was able to reopen Monday. [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Rapping on Alexander Hamilton | NY Times
By ERIK PIEPENBURG “WHY hasn’t anyone done a hip-hop version of Alexander Hamilton’s life?” Lin-Manuel Miranda wondered aloud recently. ”It’s a hip-hop story. It’s Tupac.” Sure, both men’s lives were marked by boastfulness, torrid sexual exploits and gun duels. But it takes a cultural omnivore like Mr. Miranda, the Tony-winning creator of “In the Heights,” [...]
Lincoln Center Presents American Songbook Ft Lin-Manuel Miranda
The star and Tony Award–winning composer and lyricist of Broadway’s In the Heights performs a sneak preview of new songs from an anticipated work-in-progress: The Hamilton Mixtape, a hip-hop song cycle about the life and death of Alexander Hamilton. Miranda first performed part of The Hamilton Mixtape for President Obama at the White House; this [...]
Racially Offensive Review of In The Heights Sparks Backlash
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It has been an interesting week, to say the least, for the majestic Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights. First off, Universal announced that it was no longer interested in putting out the movie version of the musical. Undaunted, Lin-Manuel Miranda will continue to pursue other options to make the movie [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda & Common Freestyle on the Set of Disney Film
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Uptown in Brief: Lin-Manuel Miranda Shares His Favorite Uptown Haunts With The Daily News
BY Amanda P. Sidman DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tony-winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda brought a new awareness of Washington Heights/Inwood with his musical “In the Heights,” which ends its Broadway run next Sunday. “One of the most enjoyable side effects of ‘In the Heights’ is reaction of Heights residents, all of whom say, ‘That’s my block!’ [...]
THE UC'S HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Spread love it’s the Uptown way, especially during the holidays. And there is no better love than hyper-local love. By keeping and circulating those dollars Uptown, you are contributing to the well being of the entire neighborhood. The Off the Map Market taking place tomorrow at Bread & Yoga (4951 Broadway [...]
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA & FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME ON FRIDAY IN THE BX
Improv Hip-Hop Troupe Freestyle Love Supreme featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda Benefit performance for the Boy Scouts of America on Friday, October 29 6:30pm. Hostos Community College Theatre East Academic Complex 450 Grand Concourse in the Bronx b/w E. 149 and E. 114 Streets Tickets: $25 To purchase tickets, call the Manhattan Times with credit card info [...]
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