"In The Heights" Up For 13 Tony Awards
“In The Heights,” a musical that tells the story of brown people dancing way, way up on the Upper West Side, is up for thirteen Tony Awards, including “Best Musical, “Best Book of a Musical” and “Best Original Score.”
We’re not sure how accurate a depiction of Washington Heights the musical is, though, considering it’s not about Columbia post-grads commuting into low-paying, soul-crushing cubicle jobs in Midtown only to return home and confess to their LiveJournals that they’d rather be living in Brooklyn while inhaling a plate of arroz con pollo with a side of gentrifries.
The show does include a character named Usnavi, though, so that’s definitely a point in its favor.
After the jump, some jubilant leaping:
Meet The Nominees [Tony Awards]
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- Managing Editor
Daniel Mauser
- Editor
Cindy Casares
- Associate Editor
Alex Alvarez
- Contributing Editors
Gabriel Caro - Camilla Rowan
The night I saw In The Heights it was packed and got a long standing ovation. I hope it sweeps - it was a very endearing story.
But this is one of the reasons I like this site - no one else pays attention to this stuff. And the reason ITH was so great was because it treated its characters like regular people you and I know. No pregnant teens or druggies or any of that bullcrap. Things are still so bad. But I suppose we have to tell our own stories and not be fazed when others get it so so wrong. But Miranda grew up in Inwood, not Washington Heights, so I wonder why he set it there and not Inwood. Too boring a neighborhood?
Posted by Maria_Elena | May 13, 2008