From left, Matte Martinez as Usnavi and Ashley De La Rosa as Vanessa in the musical “In the Heights” at New York City Center in New York, Oct. 27, 2026. This concert staging of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s 2005 musical is like driving through the streets of New York with the windows down. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times) By HELEN SHAW At New York City Center’s gala presentation of “In the Heights,” my ear kept tickling me. Was I experiencing the aural equivalent of déjà vu?…
