A lot has changed since “In the Heights” first debuted on Broadway in 2008.
“Hamilton” heavyweight Lin-Manuel Miranda has been trying to mount a movie version of the musical set in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights since Barack Obama was elected president.
That dream is finally becoming a reality, with the film at last arriving in theaters from Warner Bros.
and on HBO Max on June 11 after several a pandemic setback.But, as revealed in a new deep dive into the movie in Variety, some elements from the original, Tony-scoring musical had to be refurbished to bring it to the screen in a 2021 world.
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, who wrote the book for the musical as well as the screenplay for the movie, not only had to update the storylines to have more timely resonance with Daca — they also had to cut Trump’s name from the
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