In the Heights
Shows · In the Heights
In the Heights is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is a romance as well as a celebration of community, culture, and aspirations.
- Opened
- 2008
- Performances
- 1,184
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Modern
Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 2008.
Productions2 on Broadway
| 2008 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Original. March 9, 2008 · Thomas Kail | 1,184 performances · 4 Tony wins |
| 2015 | Transfer Theatre unknown. May 6, 2015 |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 7 albums held
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
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4 passages naming In the Heights, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Broadway enjoyed a flood of new blood this season, with most of the big plays and musicals being written by Broadway first-timers, including playwright Tracy Letts, whose family drama August: Osage County won every playwriting award in sight, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, whose Latino neighborhood musical In The Heights, whi… book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p8
In The Heights won the most awards of any new show, including Best Score for its composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda. It was his first try at writing a musical, which he conceived when he was still a teenager. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p456
*Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights. Best Choreography. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p458
Acme Sound Partners, Jn The Heights. Best Sound Design of a Musical. book:the-playbill-broadway-yearbook-june-2007-to-may-2008-viagas-robert-4th-annual-ed#p458
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