Director calls revival of In the Heights at NY City Center a balm for these times
NEW YORK (AP) — David Mendizábal vividly remembers sitting in the audience for the final performances of playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights. ” Almost two decades later, Mendizábal is directing the musical that was once his “portal to the theater. ”“It was the first time I’d ever heard or seen a world that looked and sounded like mine on an American stage,” Mendizábal told The Associated Press, referring to the 2008 musical that was a landmark for Latino and a...
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