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“Real Women Have Curves” is Headed to Broadway

Laysha MacedoDecember 10, 2021

by Laysha MacedoDecember 10, 202107633

America Ferrera was just 17 when she filmed the now iconic film Real Women Have Curves (2002) and the powerful feel continues to resonate with viewers decades later. The groundbreaking movie made history in 2019 when it was added to...

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‘In The Heights’: 10 Latinx Celebs Cast So Far in the Film Adaptation

Virginia IsaadMay 13, 2019August 6, 2020

by Virginia IsaadMay 13, 2019August 6, 2020038047

Puerto Rican playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda has the Midas touch on Broadway and now he’s bringing his acclaimed play In The Heights to Hollywood. The musical is set in Upper Manhattan’s Washington Heights and follows the lives of Latinx immigrants...

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Movie FINALLY Has a Release Date

Johanna FerreiraJune 11, 2018September 28, 2020

by Johanna FerreiraJune 11, 2018September 28, 202001130

Here’s some good news to start you off on the right foot this Monday. It looks like Warner Bros. has finally released a date for the film adaptation of Lin Manuel-Miranda’s Tony-award winning musical, In The Heights. It’s making it’s...

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Tony Winner Lindsay Mendez On Why She Wouldn’t Change Her Name

Araceli CruzJune 11, 2018September 28, 2020

by Araceli CruzJune 11, 2018September 28, 202001626

Last night Broadway celebrated the best of the stage at the 72nd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The love for Latino actors was certainly present as John Leguizamo’s “Latin History for Morons” was nominated for...

Culture

Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Bringing ‘Hamilton’ to Puerto Rico—and Starring In It!

Irina GonzalezNovember 8, 2017December 7, 2020

by Irina GonzalezNovember 8, 2017December 7, 202014102

Unless you happened to be living in New York City in 2015 and early 2016, you probably missed seeing Lin-Manuel Miranda star as Alexander Hamilton in his massively popular and groundbreaking Hamilton musical on Broadway. Even some of us who...

Culture

See John Leguizamo Transform Into Frida Kahlo for Broadway Show

Araceli CruzSeptember 27, 2017December 16, 2020

by Araceli CruzSeptember 27, 2017December 16, 202001281

John Leguizamo is finally opening his new Broadway show and he also has a new look. The actor and social justice activist is debuting “Latin History for Morons” on Broadway after it played at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Public...