In the Heights 2008
Run Time:
2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission
Opened: March 9, 20082 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission
Closing: January 09, 2011
In the Heights - 2008 Broadway History , Info & More
Richard Rodgers Theatre (Broadway)
226 W. 46th St. New York, NY 10036
Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical.
Welcome to the kind of musical that comes around once in a generation. A musical that builds on the best traditions of theater while forging into fresh new territory. A musical about the importance of home, family and finding where you belong.
IN THE HEIGHTS tells the universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights - 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.
Discover where you belong, at Broadway's new Tony Award-winning classic, IN THE HEIGHTS.
In the Heights - 2008 - Broadway Cast
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Sizzling Dances, Immigrant Dreams Fuel `Heights'
8 / 10
But reality is not the issue here; rather, it is fantasy, music, singing and dancing, and some salty dialogue, as well as flawless production values and performance. And, not least, the chance for a more typically ignored minority to display Main Stem theatrical talents in the show, whose concept, book and lyrics are by Lin-Manuel Miranda and whose music is by Quiara Alegria Hudes.
In the Heights
8 / 10
But for all its youthful energy, Heights is ultimately a sentimental journey, and a safe one. True, its outcome is less predictable or hokey than the too-neatly constructed first act would suggest, but Quiara Alegria Hudes' book is no more clever or daring than that of your average Disney screen adaptation. More crucially, Miranda's score is short on the melodic punch that's a vital element of any memorable musical. However well Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman's zesty arrangements and orchestrations serve them, his songs are at best showcases for the rhythmic and harmonic savvy of the cast, and at worst banal vehicles for the empty, American Idol-style showboating increasingly embraced on Broadway.
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In the Heights History
Other Productions of In the Heights
| 2005 | Waterford, CT (Regional) |
Reading Waterford, CT (Regional) |
| 2007 | Off-Broadway |
Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2008 | Broadway |
Broadway Transfer Broadway |
| 2009 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
| 2011 | US Tour |
Work Light Productions National Tour US Tour |
| 2015 | West End |
West End Production West End |
| 2018 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Kennedy Center Concert Production Washington, DC (Regional) |
| 2020 | Motion Picture |
2020 Motion Picture Motion Picture |
In the Heights - 2008 Broadway Awards and Nominations
Note: Award winners will appear on a background
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Quiara Alegría Hudes |
| 2009 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2009 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Quiara Alegría Hudes |
| 2009 | The Pulitzer Prize | The Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Quiara Alegria Hudes |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Andy Blankenbuehler |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Paul Tazewell |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Thomas Kail |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Howell Binkley |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jill Furman |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Sander Jacobs |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Robyn Goodman |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Walt Grossman |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Peter Fine |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Everett/Skipper |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Kevin McCollum |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jeffrey Seller |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Bill Sherman |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Alex Lacamoire |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Robin De Jesus |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Lin-Manuel Miranda |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Olga Merediz |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Anna Louizos |
| 2008 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Acme Sound Partners |
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