NewsPHOTO CALL: In the Heights Reaches BroadwayThe recent Off-Broadway musical In the Heights has reached Broadway and is currently playing the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
By
Ernio Hernandez
February 21, 2008
Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who also stars) and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the musical began previews Feb. 14 and will officially open March 9.
Thomas Kail directs and Andy Blankenbuehler choreographs the "quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition," according to show notes.
Miranda is joined in the In the Heights company by Andréa Burns, Janet Dacal, Robin De Jesús, Carlos Gomez, Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, Priscilla Lopez, Olga Merediz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo and Seth Stewart.
Here is a look at the Broadway production:
The cast of In the Heights
Olga Merediz and Mandy Gonzalez
Carlos Gomez, Priscilla Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Mandy Gonzalez and Christopher Jackson
Andréa Burns, Janet Dacal and Eliseo Roman
Lin-Manuel Miranda among cast members.
Robin De Jesús, Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda
Andrea Burns, Robin De Jesús, Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo among cast members.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.