An ensemble cast takes to the streets of New York's Washington Heights in the first trailer for intheheights
's 2008 Broadway musical, the film follows a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after he inherits his grandmother's fortune.
The trailer opens with a young girl asking Usnavi de la Vega what the Spanish word for "little dream" means. "It's a story of a block that was disappearing," he tells a group of children in the Dominican Republic. Flashbacks show Usnavi rapping as he walks through the New York City neighborhood and begins his job at a bodega. Other characters also get in on the musical action, including Benny , who sings about his big plans for the future.
"A dream isn't some sparkly diamond. There's no shortcuts. Sometimes it's rough," he says in a voiceover as clips show members of the neighborhood dancing in the streets.
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