Lin Manuel Miranda Breaks Down the Songs of In the Heights , Rotten Tomatoes

Critics are calling In the Heights, the LinManuel Mirandacomposed musical journey through the New York neighborhood of Washington Heights, the movie of the summer and it arrives packed with songs that will be stuck in your head until NEXT summer rolls around. Ahead of the films release in theaters and on HBO Max this June, Miranda sat down with Rotten Tomatoes for a deep dive on the most beloved songs from the film, an adaptation of his first musical, from showstopping 96, 000 to the poignant and moving Breathe. Plus, as he walks us through the inspiration behind the songs and his lyrical and compositional choices, Miranda celebrates the work of Jon M. Chu in staging sequences as big as the characters dreams and reveals the pageandahalf he took from the Fiddler on the Roof book when writing the original show. Watch More: New on RT: Oral Histories: Exclusive Interviews: Rotten