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Director calls Broadway revival of ‘In the Heights’ at NY City Center a ‘balm for these times’

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NEW YORK (AP) — David Mendizábal vividly remembers sitting in the audience for the final performances of playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights.” Almost two decades later, Mendizábal is directing the musical that was once his “portal to the theater.” “It was the first time I’d ever heard or seen a world that looked and...

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