Meet Alice Brooks, the cinematographer who shot In the Heights and the movie, tick, tick … Boom! Lin Manuel Miranda’s feature directing debut. He met Alice via In the Heights and smartly hired her. Her dad was a playwright and her mom was a dancer. Tick, Tick … Boom! has real personal resonance to her. The film is based on the musical play that Jonathan Larson wrote which detailed his journey towards becoming a musical theater success in NY — which he did, ultimately, with Re
