In the Heights

In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights. The show was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, and was also a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show was later adapted to film, released in 2021.
In the 2021 book In the Heights: Finding Home, when discussing producing the music for the film adaptation, orchestrator Bill Sherman's time on Sesame Street is acknowledged as a way he has grown as a musician since work first began on the stage show.
==Mentions==
* When Sonny is telling Usnavi, the owner of the neighborhood bodega, about famous pairs never giving up on each other, he asks, "You think Bert would ever abandon Ernie?"
==Connections==
*Rubén Blades performed vocals in "Breathe" for the film
*Chad Carstarphen played ensemble roles and was an understudy for Benny in the first national tour
*Tony Chiroldes played ensemble roles, was a replacement as Piragua Guy, and understudied Kevin in the original Broadway cast and was part of the vocal ensemble for the film
*Dominic Fallacaro was an orchestrator for the film
*Joe Fiedler played trombone in the Broadway orchestra and was an orchestrator for the film
*Leslie Grace played Nina in the film
*Chris Jackson played Benny in the original Broadway cast and the Mr. Softee truck driver in the film
*Alex Lacamoire served as music director/arranger on Broadway and executive music producer for the film
*Olga Merediz played Abuela Claudia in the original Broadway cast and the film
*Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the songs and played Usnavi in the original Broadway cast and Piragua Guy in the film
*Anthony Ramos played Sonny in the 2012 Pioneer Theatre Company staging and Usnavi in the 2018 Kennedy Center staging and the 2021 film
*Daphne Rubin-Vega played Daniela in the film
*Gabrielle Ruiz was a replacement and understudy for Nina and other roles
*Olivia Perez played Iris in the film
*Bill Sherman orchestrated the Broadway show and served as executive music producer for the film adaptation
*Jimmy Smits played Kevin Rosario in the film
==External links==
* Official site
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Category:Stage Mentions