“In the Heights” was always an upbeat and joyful show, as well as an inspiration in the representation department: It featured Latinos playing Latinos, singing in intricate, rapid-fire rhymes peppered with Spanish expressions and references to Caribbean culture - the food, the fashion and above all, the music. Chu, the rest of the country can join in the festivities, a come-one-come-all block party in honor of the Latino immigrant experience. Now, thanks to this eye-popping big-screen adaptation from “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. over several scorching summer days in the way-uptown barrio. Though just 20 minutes from the Great White Way by train, the predominantly Dominican neighborhood might as well have been the North Pole for most New Yorkers (“I’ve never been above 96th Street,” squeals a lost hipster in the first number) until their eyes were opened by Miranda’s electrifying show, which follows a cluster of first-generation immigrants from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the D.R. Before “Hamilton,” there was “ In the Heights,” the revolutionary Tony-winning hip-hop musical that put Lin-Manuel Miranda - and the northern tip of Manhattan - on Broadway’s map.