IN THE HEIGHTS Plays The SD Civic Theatre 7/27-8/1, Tickets On Sale 6/17

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Civic Theatre in San Diego from July 27 - August 1, 2010; as a Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation.

IN THE HEIGHTS tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York's Washington Heights neighborhood - a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It's a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.

IN THE HEIGHTS opened on Broadway to wide critical acclaim March 9, 2008. The Washington Post said IN THE HEIGHTS is "Pure Broadway. an evening of old-style, innocent pleasure" and Ben Brantley of The New York Times enthused IN THE HEIGHTS is "An exuberant, animated shrine to the importance of family ties and being faithful to where you come from." IN THE HEIGHTS continues to play on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

In addition to winning the 2008 Tony Award® for Best Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show's creator, won the Tony Award® for Best Music and Lyrics, Andy Blankenbuehler won for Best Choreography, and Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman won for Best Orchestrations. The original cast recording won the 2008 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, and Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a feature film based on the smash hit musical. "In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams," a Great Performances special chronicling the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Broadway cast of IN THE HEIGHTS in the months leading up to opening night, premiered on PBS stations across the country in May.

With a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award® nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes and conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, IN THE HEIGHTS is directed by Joseph A. Callaway Award-winner and Tony Award® nominee Thomas Kail. The music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. IN THE HEIGHTS also features Tony® nominated scenic design (Anna Louizos), costumes (Paul Tazewell), lighting (Howell Binkley), and sound (ACME Sound Partners).

IN THE HEIGHTS is produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Peter Fine and Sonny Everett/Mike Skipper with associate producers Ruth Hendel and Harold Newman.

Individual tickets will go on sale on Thursday, June 17 at 10AM online at BroadwaySD.com; in person at the Civic Theatre Ticket Office (3rd & B Street, 1100 Third Ave., downtown San Diego); or by calling the Ticket Office at (619) 570-1100 or Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. www.intheheightsthemusical.com

WHEN:
July 27 - August 1, 2010
WHERE:
San Diego Civic Theatre, 3rd and B Street, downtown San Diego

PERFORMANCE TIMES:
Tuesday and Wednesday at 7PM
Thursday at 7:30PM
Friday at 8PM
Saturday at 2PM & 8PM
Sunday at 1PM & 6PM

TICKETS:
$18--$79; Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, June 17 at 10AM

TICKET PURCHASE:
Civic Theatre Ticket Office, (619) 570-1100; Monday - Friday, 10AM - 6PM
Ticketmaster (800) 982-2787
Group Discounts (619) 564-3001

THEATRE ADDRESS:
3rd and B Street, 1100 Third Ave.
PARKING:
Paid parking available in the San Diego Concourse Parking structure.

WEBSITE:
BroadwaySD.com

You can also learn more about In The Heights on its show page at BroadwaySD.com; with links to great candid Broadway cast videos; scenes from Broadway, comments from creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda; rave reviews, or follow In The Heights cast member Nina Rosario on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ninarosario. Check out YouTube for Miranda's incredibly funny video series - including In The Heights cast video RUN THIS TOUR (inspired by Jay Z's Run This Town)!

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