Tag: Lin-Manuel Miranda

  • Bounce To The Beat

    Bounce To The Beat

    By Paul Hall Joy. If there is anything every individual on the planet needs, it’s joy. The new animated release featuring all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda will take joy and infuse it in your veins when you tune in to dance and sing with Vivo on Netflix. Andrés Hernandez (voice of Juan de Marcos…

  • Eatontown resident takes acting skills to new ‘Heights’

    Eatontown resident takes acting skills to new ‘Heights’

     Eatontown resident Regene Odon will assume a lead role in Phoenix Productions’ upcoming revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights.” Regene joins the cast as “Honorary Latino” Benny, who works at the dispatch run by Nina’s father, Kevin. He has been in love with Nina for years and dreams of one day starting his own…

  • North Brunswick actress takes skills to new ‘Heights’

    North Brunswick actress takes skills to new ‘Heights’

     North Brunswick resident Milena Makse will assume a lead role in Phoenix Productions’ upcoming revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In The Heights.” Makse joins the cast as the admired “good girl” Nina Rosario, Benny’s love interest and the first in her family to go to college, according to information provided by Phoenix Productions. Everyone in the…

  • Area actors to take part in ‘In the Heights’ at Count Basie Theatre June 22-24

    Area actors to take part in ‘In the Heights’ at Count Basie Theatre June 22-24

    Phoenix Productions will present “In the Heights,” sponsored by D’Agostino and Associates, June 22-24 at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. The Latin-infused musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda tells the story The cast is led by Roggi Chuquimarca as the quick-witted dreamer Usnavi, Milena Makse of North Brunswick as…

  • Edison graduates walk into their future

    Edison graduates walk into their future

    EDISON — A sea of green was followed by a sea of red as the Edison School District held graduation ceremonies for its two high schools. The ceremonies for 368 John P. Stevens High School graduates and 489 Edison High School graduates were held at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway on June 21. In…