| Show Title | In The Heights |
| Show Type | Musical |
| Theatre | Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street |
| Story | The uptown world of Washington Heights is Now in its'2nd Year on Broadway!
NOW STARRING CORBIN BLEU from Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!
In early 2008, producers Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller and Jill Furman place In the Heights there.
Enthusiastic crowds and encouraging critics greeted a January-July 2007 Off-Broadway run of the high-energy and romantic musical-comedy about a community of immigrant dreamers who live and love in far-uptown Manhattan, where the George Washington Bridge gleams as a metaphor in the sky. (Bridges, journeys, islands and distant shores are images conjured throughout the show.)
The award-winning musical has a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Quiara Alegria Hudes, and music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who previously played Usnavi, the show's antsy Tevye-like Dominican narrator-star.
Thomas Kail will direct, as he did Off-Broadway. Andy Blankenbuehler returns as choreographer. Alex Lacamoire is again music director; music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman.
In the Heights is a quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition.
The Broadway design team features scenic design by Anna Louizos, costumes by Paul Tazewell, lighting by Howell Binkley and sound by Acme Sound Partners.
During its Off-Broadway run at 37 Arts (it closed July 15, after 33 previews and 182 regular performances), the show garnered the Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Musical; Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Choreography; Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical; Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Choreography; Drama Desk for Outstanding Choreography; Drama Desk for Outstanding Ensemble Performance; Obie Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics; Equity's Clarence Derwent Award for Lin-Manuel Miranda; Theatre World Award for Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Broadway move for the show is part of a tradition for which producers Seller and McCollum are known — they listen for new sounds that will attract fresh audiences to American musicals. Seller and McCollum brought Rent and Avenue Q to Broadway, in turn luring younger audiences to the form; both shows won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
In addition to penning the score — which overflows with pop power ballads, dance numbers, rap riffs and varied odes to the characters' tropic roots — Miranda plays the narrator and hero, Usnavi, who runs a bodega where the coffee is light and sweet. Observers called his work one of the great performances of the New York season; for his acting, he won a 2007 Theatre World Award and Equity's Clarence Derwent Award. As the show's writer, he won the Obie Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics.
In the Heights is directed by commercial newcomer Thomas Kail, who was entrusted with helping to shape the show that was first presented as an undergraduate musical at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Kail and Miranda are Wesleyan alumni (they graduated in different years), but Kail came to the material after its developmental collegiate start. Kail's best-known project is Freestyle Love Supreme, the hip-hop musical comedy improv show (co-created with Miranda). He is a partner in Back House Productions (www.backhouseproductions.org), which developed both Freestyle and In the Heights.
Hudes was a 2007 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Elliot, a Solider's Fugue, and her work has been produced around the country (Yemaya's Belly, The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl!). She is currently completing 26 Miles, about an estranged mother and daughter who drive to Yellowstone together, commissioned by South Coast Repertory and Signature Theatre. Hudes earned a B.A. in Music Composition from Yale, then an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Brown. She is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.
IN THE HEIGHTS will take Broadway by storm this new season!
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| Running Time | 2 hours and 10 minutes |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 7:00pm
Wednesday at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Thursday at 8:00pm
Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2:00pm and 8:00pm
Sunday at 3:00pm
There will be select Sunday Evening Performances. Please call 212-354-2220 for more information. |
| Group Price Range | $46.50-$85.50-$121.50 |
| Group Minimum | 15 or more in group
Suitable for family audiences.
Some mature language. | | Seating Chart | View Seating Chart | | |
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