Triphow (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
NYC & Company, the Big Apple’s marketing and tourism organization, has launched the third phase of its Just Ask the Locals (TM) campaign. New celebrities added to the campaign include Cynthia Nixon, Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, Wynton Marsalis, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fern Mallis, Big Bird and Elmo. The campaign, which features local New York City celebrities and [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Musical IN THE HEIGHTS has proved such a smash on Broadway, Hollywood bosses are eyeing a movie version. The show, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda - about his life in ...
Celebrity Mound (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Vulture (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Photo: Getty Images Sure, Lin-Manuel Miranda invited Antonio Banderas backstage at Wednesday’s matinee of In the Heights , but he’s not offering him a part in the show yet. “Uh, our cast is a big happy family, and, uh, Antonio’s a wonderful guy,” Miranda stammered when we asked at the launch of Banderas’s fragrance, Blue Seduction for Women. “But who knows? Hopefully we’ll run a long time and Antonio...
Notes from a Different Kitchen (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Lin-Manuel Miranda does his acceptance speech for winning the Best Original Score (music & lyrics) for 'In the Heights' at the 2008 Tony Awards in rhyme. How hip hop is that'?! In the Heights - I told y'all already: F-CK with it!
Billboard (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
The spirit of the 62nd annual Tony Awards was captured perfectly early Sunday evening, when Bartlett Sher of "South Pacific" was talking to reporters about winning the trophy for best director of a musical just as Lin-Manuel Miranda of "In the Heights" was accepting the prize for best score.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) This is the musical to beat at tonight's Tony awards telecast. Leading the league with 13 nominations and the home-team advantage, Lin-Manuel Miranda's salsa-fueled tale of the tight-knit Manhattan barrio community hit Broadway with...
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
Ruben Blades once starred in a film called "Crossover Dreams," but the real crossover dream belongs to Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator and co-star of "In the Heights."
TheCelebrityCafe.com (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
- In the Heights, the latest musical to take Broadway by storm and nominee of 13 Tony Awards, is set in the New York neighborhood of Washington Heights. Following in the footsteps of RENT, In the Heights embraces modern day lifestyles along with the gritty themes that define all generations. Lin-Manuel Miranda, the star and creator of the show, began writing the music and lyrics when he was a sophomore...
