After the screening, Chappelle dramatically took the stage to a thumping beat from DJ Clark Kent and a raucous standing ovation.
“But, man, let’s get up,” said Chappelle.
It opened last week with the New York premiere of “In the Heights,” the acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical and an ode to the north Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights.
On Saturday, before an elbow-to-elbow audience, Tribeca co-founder Jane Rosenthal celebrated the occasion.