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
FEATURED REVIEWS FOR In the Heights
In The Heights
6 / 10
I love the idea of In the Heights, and I think Miranda's voice as performer and writer needs to be heard on the NYC stage. But this show is a jumble of ideas, some of them interesting, many others quite mundane or cliched. In the Heights has got a beat; it's got energy. But it's finally so much less than it ought to have been!
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 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What productions of In the Heights have there been?
In the Heights has had 9 productions including Waterford, CT (Regional) which opened in 2005, Off-Broadway which opened in 2007, Off-Broadway which opened in 2007, Broadway which opened in 2008, US Tour which opened in 2009, US Tour which opened in 2011, West End which opened in 2015, Washington, DC (Regional) which opened in 2018 and Motion Picture which opened in 2020.
What Tony Awards has In the Heights been nominated for?
Best Musical , , Best Book of a Musical for Quiara Alegria Hudes, Best Choreography for Andy Blankenbuehler, Best Costume Design of a Musical for Paul Tazewell, Best Direction of a Musical for Thomas Kail, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Howell Binkley , Best Orchestrations for Alex Lacamoire, Best Orchestrations for Bill Sherman, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Lin-Manuel MirandaBest Scenic Design of a Musical for Anna Louizos and Best Sound Design of a Musical for Acme Sound Partners.
What Tony Awards has In the Heights won?
Best Musical,
Best Book of a Musical for Quiara Alegria Hudes Best Choreography for Andy Blankenbuehler Best Costume Design of a Musical for Paul Tazewell, Best Direction of a Musical for Thomas Kail, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Howell Binkley , Best Orchestrations for Alex Lacamoire, Best Orchestrations for Bill Sherman, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Lin-Manuel Miranda, Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Anna Louizos, Best Sound Design of a Musical for Acme Sound Partners, .
What awards has In the Heights been nominated for?
In the Heights has been nominated for several awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the creators of the show, were both nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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