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IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Rob 2012-12-10 14:11:00

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by kidbroadway2 2012-12-10 21:04:57

No one excited?

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by DEClarke 2012-12-10 21:30:52

If I lived in NYC, I'd be at this in a heartbeat! I love this show!

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by gstrus2 2012-12-10 21:34:54

Will tickets for this be expensive? Or the price of a regular broadway show?

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-12-10 21:39:36

The link says there are $30 tickets, but it doesn't give any other prices.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-11 00:52:40

A friend of mine who stays in contact with several of the old cast members texted me when the story came out and said tickets to the general public are $45-150 ($30 tix are for people from the area). Probably will make the trip from Cali for this...never saw the original cast, by the time I saw it the first time both Mandy Gonzalez and Karen Olivo had left

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by jdtp12 2012-12-11 01:03:26

Would really like to see this if I lived closer. It'd be nice if it was professionally filmed in some capacity, but I really don't see much of a possibility for that happening.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by broadwayfever 2012-12-11 06:28:59

I will definitely be attending.

One of my all-time favorites...can hardly wait to see the show.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by DEClarke 2012-12-11 09:35:45

I was in NYC while the show was in previews. I'm still kicking myself for not taking a risk on a show I knew nothing about and seeing it for $30 a ticket. They were selling the WHOLE house for $30 a seat from what I understood. :-/

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-12 01:08:09

According to the playbill.com story:
As part of the Viva Broadway initiative, upper Manhattan residents will have access to $30 tickets to In the Heights: In Concert by visiting the Manhattan Times Office, located at 5030 Broadway. Tickets will go on sale to the general public Dec. 14 via Telecharge.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by pushdabutton 2012-12-12 01:15:22

I would love to see this having seen the original cast twice when In The Heights opened on Broadway. I feel the same way as DEClarke, if I lived in New York, I would be there in a heartbeat!

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by broadwayfever 2012-12-12 19:37:44

I you never got a chance to see this musical make sure you see it this time around. Especially, since the original cast is going to be performing.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by zepka102 2012-12-12 19:44:39

I'm crying because I live so far now.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by theminutepast 2012-12-12 21:22:17

The only problem is that it's on a Monday night.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by center 2012-12-12 21:27:12

Does anyone know if Telecharge's 'on sale Friday' generally means typical box office/business hours or if it means Thursday at midnight?

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Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-12 23:45:01

The same friend who gave me the ticket price range told me Lin-Manuel's dad tweeted today it would be 10a EST. Yes, she apparently follows his father. She needs help.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-12 23:48:25

And for the people who are saying "I wish I lived closer," I'm in San Diego. Unless you're in Hawaii or Alaska, I'm probably farther. And bringing a friend from LA. We're talking quasi-history here. Suck it up for love! (note: this is said mostly tongue-in-cheek, but I really am coming from San Diego for this event)

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-12 23:54:00

One last note: for the folk who are interested in the $30 neighborhood tix,this from the community newspaper (Manhattan Times):

A special block of tickets is available for northern Manhattan residents that can be purchased in person for $30 each at The Manhattan Times office located at 5030 Broadway, Room 801, New York, New York 10034 starting Tues., Dec. 18th.

To purchase tickets, please call 212.569.5800.

Please note:

Only one ticket will be sold per person.

Buyer must show proof of residence in northern Manhattan, defined as between West 155th and 228th Streets).

Tickets must be paid with cash or with a credit card, no checks.

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Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-13 00:48:00

Doh, was hoping it'd maybe at least be 2 tix per person, as I do live in the Heights and plan to get myself a $30 ticket...ah well. Guess ill be going solo, then. :)

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-13 01:12:35

Yeah, I thought that was kinda weird. You might as well ask for two and let them tell you it's one per person :)

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-13 01:14:30

Or go back a 2nd time another day and maybe get another person to sell me a 2nd? Lol. Unless they make some kind of record of your name and address, I suppose...

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-13 01:21:34

unless it's reserved seating...

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-13 01:23:31

Oh yeah, I'm sure it probably is...although, even if we couldn't sit together it'd be nice to get one of my equally poor friends in for $30! :) But I'll take what I can get...

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by TheGingerBreadMan 2012-12-13 07:17:25

Hee... In the heights is in the heights......

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by center 2012-12-13 12:59:09

Thanks for the info, grumpyoptimist!

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by madbrian 2012-12-13 13:16:45

I wonder if this show will lose some of its energy in a concert setting. For me, its energy was a big part of what made it so compelling.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Pammylicious 2012-12-13 17:20:50

Actually the ticket office the In the Heights $30 tickets are being sold is NOT in the Heights but in Inwood. I grew up there and used to pass that building on the way to school everyday.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-14 01:59:30

And the Telecharge page is now up with full pricing (see link).

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by DRSisLove 2012-12-14 10:03:25

Tickets are on sale! Got great seats. See you there!

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by djb 2012-12-14 10:08:12

Just got mine! Can't express how excited I am to be seeing this again...

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 10:20:19

The point of the 30$ tickets being available to Northern Manhattan residents is to bring a community into the theatre that typically doesn't experience it and to do it at a price point that's affordable.

Not so you can get your friend going to a four-year school and paying 30k+ a year in tuition a cheap ticket to fangirl Mandy Gonzalez. Gross.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-14 11:15:15

Kelly, I hope you weren't referring to my comments, cuz I am actually damn poor, live in the neighborhood, and don't have any friends paying expensive tuition, so I'm not sure what that's all about?

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 11:24:19

Then why exactly do you need extra tickets? They're for locals to the area to experience the show. There are plenty of regularly priced tickets available for those who don't qualify.

I highly doubt Lin is putting this on so people who have already seen the show multiple times/crazy theatre nerds can eat up all the 30$ tickets. I do hope actual native New Yorkers and Washington Heights natives get a chance to pick up some of the seats after you lot have picked through them.

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Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-14 11:27:55

Geez, I have no desire to "pick through them," it would just be nice to bring at least one friend to share the show with! And you're making a LOT of assumptions about me and who my friends might be, you have no idea.

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Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 11:32:34

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong and you and your friends are in, in fact, a low-income native New Yorkers who have never experienced this show onstage before.

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Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-14 11:49:56

I'm low-income, and just because I wasn't born in NYC doesn't make me any less of a New Yorker...and I was lucky enough to see the show twice (thanks to their cheap lotto tix, and comps), but many of my friends never had a chance to see it, and are also poor. (Btw, none of us are "Mandy Gonzalez fangirls".) Done judging me now? Sheesh! I never suggested I was entitled to loads of tickets.

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Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 11:57:36

Not being born in NYC does in fact make you less of a New Yorker. I'm over this now. I hope some actual Heights natives get to see this show, I'm sure it will be a wonderful evening.

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Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-14 14:38:49

By your "logic" half of my neighbors in the Heights apparently wouldn't deserve affordable tickets, because they were born in the Dominican Republic; I guess they're not real New Yorkers to you either.

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Posted by SonofRobbieJ 2012-12-14 14:42:08

Aren't a lot of people from the Heights Dominican transplants?

I mean...

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Posted by orangeskittles 2012-12-14 14:48:04

I think suggesting that the uptown tickets are meant to be available only to native New Yorkers who like, present birth certificates and legal documentation proving they never lived below 155th St. upon purchasing tickets is a bit much. By that logic, Lin shouldn't be eligible for $30 tickets because he's not a native of Washington Heights, or his grandmother because she was born in Puerto Rico and not uptown. Immigrants and people who move uptown and become a part of the community should be just as eligible if they're interested.

The point is to raise money for arts programs. Let's keep some perspective here. If a Mandy Gonzalez fan is so desperate that they sublet uptown for the month to be eligible for tickets, then whatever, it still goes towards a good cause.

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Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-14 17:08:21

H*ll, Lin has made no secret of the fact his 'hood is in fact Inwood, but that lyrically that just didn't work out as well as Washington Heights. I am glad this family of a cast cares enough about the community and each other that they are coming together for a night to benefit the community they portrayed on stage. And I'm bringing extra cash, because I have no doubt they'll be collecting at the event for the community as well...

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Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 19:14:20

I never suggested that only native NY-ers should be allowed for tickets. I suggested that crazy theatre fans are not the intended target of the lower priced tickets. I am sure the point of allowing Heights residents those tickets is so that lower-income families who may not have been able to see the show on Broadway can see a show about their community and experience the show and the music and the art at a price that won't break the bank.

The higher-priced tickets are for raising money and IMO, if you're a true fan of the show, you would save your pennies and pony up and REALLY show support.

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Posted by grumpyoptimist 2012-12-14 20:40:29

Yes, but if that is the target for the $30 ticket (and I agree that it is), those are exactly the people who might bring a spouse/significant other/friend but would simply choose to not go if it means sitting by themselves. Yes, you could go down to the ticket office with spouse in tow to make sure you get two together, but let's be realistic here...

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Posted by Kelly2 2012-12-14 20:43:52

Grumpyoptimist, I'm not commenting on the one ticket per ID policy, I'm just speaking generally. For the most part, I think allowing a pair of tickets is generally a better policy than singles only, but at the same time, I do see the logic in assuming that by allowing pairs, people who are not local to the area could abuse the system.

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Posted by abbagirl 2012-12-14 23:18:55

"The higher-priced tickets are for raising money and IMO, if you're a true fan of the show, you would save your pennies and pony up and REALLY show support."

Again, you're assuming that I actually have/make enough money that I can afford to just "save up my pennies" to pay more. I don't. I would if I could, but since I can't I am grateful for these $30 tix allowing me to attend this event in my neighborhood!

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by broadwayfever 2012-12-15 06:34:12

I can hardly wait to see it.

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by tmbyru 2012-12-16 09:38:56

I got my tickets Friday and am very excited for this. I also made sure I paid the most expensive price I could get just so Kelly wouldn't come after me next for not being born in New York and thus probably should be ashamed to even step foot in this concert or even dare to glance down at the $30 seats.

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Posted by broadwayfever 2013-01-12 18:13:31

I actually thought this was going to be the actual show like I saw on Broadway and not just a concert.

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Posted by ReggieonBway 2013-01-13 00:39:49

"Not being born in NYC does in fact make you less of a New Yorker."

The irony of this statement in a thread about this particular show....

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Posted by DEClarke 2013-01-13 17:45:54

What about those of us who would travel from out of state to attend this event if we could afford to? Should we not be allowed to enjoy the concert or support the community since we're not from there? Geez... Shouldn't a show about the power of community teach us to love one another and not tear each other apart?

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Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2013-01-13 20:05:39

I hope they serve piraguas! I want tamarindo. I'm very excited for this concert.

But yo, not for nothing, I'm from da Bronx, across the bridge from 207th Street; they should have sold the $30 tix at Pathmark and made them available to ALL the people who live in a hood.

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Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2013-01-13 20:05:40

Wapa! Double post. I run this town!

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Posted by CarlosAlberto 2013-01-13 20:15:11

IN THE HEIGHTS Will Return for One-Night Only Benefit in Washington Heights, February 11!
Posted by Mr Roxy 2013-01-13 20:16:39

The theater alone is worth the visit

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Posted by FANtomFollies 2013-01-13 20:50:42

is the show sold out? I have a ticket to sell and i'm wondering how hard that will be?

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Posted by Rainbowhigh23 2013-01-14 11:52:16

"My favorite post of the day!! Tamarindo piraguas are da bomb!

I'm a Bronx boy myself so I totally get that!"

I knew you'd appreciate that, CarlosAlberto.