Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights film gets SIX new promotional posters … as it is due to hit theaters and HBO Max in June
The next film in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical, In The Heights, has just received six new eye-popping posters.
Lin-Manuel, 41, made his Broadway debut with the show on stage in 2008, years before he became an international sensation with Hamilton.
One of the posters pays homage to the history of cinema musicals, showing a dance number in the pool choreographed in the Busby Berkeley style.
Incoming: The next film in the Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway musical, In The Heights, just received six new eye-popping posters
All the dancers were holding hands in a kaleidoscopic arrangement that resembled the sequel ‘Human Waterfall’ in the 1933 film Footlight Parade by Busby.
The musical is a tribute to the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, and some of the posters also pay tribute to the setting.
One shows a large number of productions bursting on the streets and the other offers a glimpse of the George Washington Bridge in the background.
Directed by Jon M. Chu of the famous Crazy Rich Asians, the new film In The Heights will appear in theaters and on HBO Max on June 18.
Fab: One of the posters pays homage to the history of cinema musicals showing a dance number in the pool choreographed in the style of Busby Berkeley
Cortina: the musical is a tribute to the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, and some of the posters also pay tribute to the setting
Lin-Manuel not only led the original production of In The Heights, but also wrote the music and lyrics, with a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, who wrote the film.
The original show, which won best musical and best soundtrack on Tonys, is a show of life about a Hispanic community in Washington Heights.
Anthony Ramos stars in the film as Usnavi de la Vega, the role that Lin-Manuel played on Broadway in the original 2008 cast.
See the sights: one shows a large number of productions bursting on the streets and the other offers a glimpse of the George Washington Bridge in the background
The two men have a long connection with Anthony playing Lin-Manuel’s son in the original Broadway cast, Hamilton.
Novel star Melissa Barrera plays Usnavi’s love interest, Vanessa, with Leslie Grace as Nina, who is hiding from her parents who abandoned Stanford.
Corey Hawkins, who played Heath in The Walking Dead and Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton, stars as Nina’s forbidden love, Benny.
Coming soon: Directed by Jon M. Chu of the famous Crazy Rich Asians, the new film In The Heights will appear in theaters and on HBO Max on June 18
The star-studded cast of the film includes former Orange Is The New Black student Dasha Polanco and Brooklyn Nine-Nine actress Stephanie Beatriz.
In The Heights began Lin-Manuel’s merger of hip-hop and Broadway, a combination that made him a big celebrity with Hamilton.
Although the film was originally scheduled for release on June 26 last year, it had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Industry change: although the film was originally scheduled for release on June 26 last year, it had to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic