![]() ![]() Kail, Hudes and Blankenbuehler were nominated for Tonys for their work Blankenbuehler won. Thomas Kail ( Lombardi) directs, with choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler. In the Heights has a libretto by Pulitzer Prize finalist Quiara Alegría Hudes ( Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue), whose heritage is Puerto Rican and Jewish. His kinetic Usnavi is a Dominican bodega owner who guides us through a couple of days in the life of friends, family and lovers in the Latino-populated northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. ![]() Miranda, who won the Tony for Best Score for the show, was also nominated as Best Actor in a Musical. As "Tradition" was Fiddler's vivid introduction, so was the title song of In the Heights. Observers have noted that the title opening number establishes the place, people, musical flavor and expectations of the show as efficiently as any major title of musicals of the past 50 years. When it closes, the production will have played 29 previews and 1,185 regular performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.ĭespite its rangy score that includes rap, hip-hop, salsa, merengue and more, the musical sought to honor traditional musicals like Fiddler on the Roof, painting a portrait of a community that is experiencing internal growing pains while the outside world closes in. The revelation comes in a song full of hope, remembrance, sorrow and humor, four elements that spice the romantic musical comedy.)įollowing further refinements to the script and score, the producers moved the show to Broadway, where it opened March 9, 2008. On the side of the vessel, the following was painted: U.S. Usnavi's late parents named him after a passing ship. (Spoiler alert! We can now give away a major joke in the show. Cooked up by actor-writer Lin-Manuel Miranda when he was a student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, the show went through many revisions before it was commercially produced Off-Broadway in 2007 - with Miranda himself in the lead role of a charming bodega owner, Usnavi. ![]()
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