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STAGE TUBE: Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jaime Camil in 200 CARTAS!

By: Aug. 09, 2013
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Stage and screen stars Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jaime Camil lead 200 Cartas- a romantic comedy about the life of a Puerto Rican born in NY. One night, Raul meets Maria, a young Puerto Rican woman visiting New York. The night of their encounter, something dramatic happens and they are suddenly separated. Struck by love at first sight, he travels to Puerto Rico in search of this beautiful girl. This adventure will have him traveling around the island in search of his love.

Check out the trailer below!

Miranda is most famous for writing and starring as Usnavi in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008 and for which he won the Tony Award as composer and lyricist. He also wrote Spanish language dialogue and worked with Stephen Sondheim to translate into Spanish song lyrics for the revival of West Side Story, which opened on Broadway in March 2009.

Camil played Nestor Castillo in a cancelled Broadway-bound production of The Mambo Kings in SanFrancisico. Later in 2005 he performed in Latinologues on Broadway. His work in theater also includes the 2004 role of Bernardo in West Side Story, for which he won the Palmas de oro award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. In 2007 he played the lead, Father Silvestre, in the Mexican favorite, El eiluvio que viene, which won the APT and ACPT awards for Best Actor in a Musical.







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