Macall Polay
Anthony Ramos was ready to quit acting until he saw a life-changing production of In the Heights, which was “the first show I ever saw on Broadway.”
Ramos tells ABC Audio, “I… wanted to quit because I just felt like there were no roles for me. No one was rushing to write the next Latino barely five-nine, freckled lead role. Like no one was trying to write a role for that guy… At least it didn’t feel that way.”
Recalling how “bummed” he felt after he didn’t book a “nonunion national tour of In the Heights,” Ramos explains why the musical — which centers on the gentrification of New York
