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.
Lin-Manuel Miranda isn't a one-man band, but he sure comes close: For this irresistible valentine to Latino life in upper Manhattan, the 28-year-old composed the hip-hop-heavy, salsa-rich music, wrote the lively lyrics name-checking everyone from Frodo to Cole Porter, and stars as Usnavi, a proud Dominicano who keeps the neighborhood in lottery tickets and café con leche. The show's flaws — random use of the word schmutz, Quiara Alegría Hudes' book (hair-gel humor?) — are few and easily forgivable; its virtues — Broadway-meets-MTV dance moves, the percussive, insanely infectious score — are abundant.
This is slice-of-life theater, lovingly captured in an eclectic score by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also serves as the show's narrator. Miranda also stars, portraying Usnavi, a sheepishly charming tour guide through this Latino 'hood. If Quiara Alegria Hudes' tale of generational conflict, new love and efforts to snag a piece of the American dream seems scattered, you don't mind its lack of focus because the hardworking actors are so appealing. The genial performers deftly inhabit set designer Anna Louizos' richly detailed tenement and street-scene setting, which has been expanded for the more technically lavish Broadway production.
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 |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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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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