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Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights is the latest battleground in the theater community's fight against whitewashing - Vox
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You're 27. Here Are Millions to Stage Your Musical. - The New York Times
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Porchlight's whitewashing of In the Heights narrator is a letdown for Latinx community - Chicago Reader
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Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote 'In The Heights' because Latinx stories were ' missing' from musical theater
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Hamilton' Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda Says, 'The Past Isn't Done With Us' : NPR
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Lin-Manuel Miranda on 'In the Heights': 'We are the next American story', GO!
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How Lin-Manuel Miranda's Work Ethic Made 'Hamilton' so Successful
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway hits are praised by audiences, celebrities and politicians - what's so amazing about his musicals?, The Independent
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In the Heights, explained: Lin-Manuel Miranda's show has a 22-year-long backstory - Vox
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Casting an “Authentic” IN THE HEIGHTS
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In The Heights' is haunted by Latin America's history of colorism : NPR