Arts & Entertainment
'In The Heights' Comes To The Heights This Week
Movies Under The Stars will screen the film of Lin Manuel Miranda's breakout musical in Washington Heights.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — "In The Heights" and under the stars, a musical movie about the neighborhood will be screened in Washington Heights this week for free.
The Lin Manuel Miranda flick is coming to J. Hood Wright Park on Fort Washington Avenue and West 174th Street Friday at 8:15 p.m., the city Parks department has announced.
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The movie, sponsored by City Council Member Carmen De La Rosa, begins at dusk. Glass bottles and booze are both no-gos.
"In The Heights" tells the story of Usnavi, a Washington Heights bodega owner who dreams of his Dominican Republic home and is madly in love with Vanessa, who works in a nearby salon.
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Star Anthony Ramos opens the movie — and if you watch closely, you'll spot Miranda in the opening few minutes — with a love letter to the neighborhood.
The opening words come from Leslie Grace Martínez, who plays Nina Rosario: "Let me just listen to my block."
Heads up parents, it's rated PG-13.
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