Back then, Miranda didn’t just write the music for “In the Heights.”
One of the things we tried to do with the show is not make gentrification just the bad guy.
It’s way more complex than that … there are people who give into it.
There are people who sell their business so their kids can do better.
It took Miranda to convince Jon Chu to give Ramos a shot.
Chu says: “He broke down these lyrics and what it meant to his life.
It broke my heart and gave me so much hope.
