‘In The Heights’ Movie Cast Now Includes Stephanie Beatriz, Jimmy Smits And More
TheIn the Heightsmovie cast continues to grow, asCrazy RichAsiansdirectorJon M. Chusets out to bringLin-Manuel Miranda’sotherBroadway musical to the big screen.Jimmy Smits,Brooklyn Nine-Nine’sStephanie Beatriz, and several other actors have been added in the past few days.HamiltonveteranAnthony Ramosstars in the movie, which is based on Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical.
Taps 🎙Bueno, you didn’t hear it from me,But some little birdie told me…@VegaRubinIS Daniela!@iamstephbeatzIS Carla!@SheIsDashIS Cuca!
The hydrants are open.Cool breezes blow. See you uptown.#InTheHeightsMoviepic.twitter.com/b8CNZU48Yu
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)June 15, 2025
Lin-Manuel Miranda has been taking to Twitter to announce new additions to theIn the Heightsmovie cast. Today, he revealed Stephanie Beatriz,Daphne Rubin-Vega, andDascha Polancohad come aboard the musical. The news comes on the heels of yesterday’s announcement that Jimmy Smits,Olga MeredizandGregory Diaz IV.
taps 🎙And now I’m thrilled to announce some more#InTheHeightsMoviecasting news…@TheOlgaMeredizIS Abuela Claudia!Gregory Diaz IV IS Sonny!Jimmy Smits IS Kevin Rosario!
See y’all uptown….More soon.pic.twitter.com/hL1l3BiIlz
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)July 03, 2025
Here’s the synopsis of the original musical:
In the hispanic community of Manhattan’s Washington Heights, bodega owner Usnavi is dating Vanessa, who works in a beauty salon. He dreams of opening a bar in his home country, the Dominican Republic. Nina loves Benny, a shy young man who has worked for Nina’s parents for years, but her father opposes their union because he wants Nina to finish her education at Stanford University. She doesn’t want her father to bankrupt himself paying for the expensive school, but her father is prepared to sell his car-service business. “Abuela” Claudia, who raised Usnavi after the death of his parents, wins $96,000 in a numbers game.
Anthony Ramos is playing Usnavi,Melissa Barerrais Vanessa,Corey Hawkinsis Benny, andLeslie Graceportrays Nina. Olga Merediz will play Abuela Claudia, a role the actress played on Broadway. Smits takes on the role of Kevin Rosario, Nina’s overprotective father. Beatriz is Carla and Rubin-Vega is Daniela, who both work at the neighborhood salon with Nina. Polanco plays character Cuca. Diaz IV is Sonny, Usnavi’s younger cousin.
In the Heights, which had a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes and music and lyrics by Miranda, had an Off-Broadway run in 2007 before coming to Broadway in 2008. It would go on to be was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards and win four, including the 2008 Best Musical. Miranda would then go on to writeHamilton, which became an even bigger phenomenon (in case you come from another planet and somehow weren’t aware of this).
Production on theIn the Heightsmovie is set to begin this summer in Washington Heights. The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters onJune 26, 2020.
