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In the Heights, the groundbreaking musical created by Latino American writers, populated by an eclectic cast including Latino American performers and offering a slice of the Latino American experience, ends its Broadway run with the 7 PM Jan. 9 performance. The show won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical; a separate national tour continues into 2011.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda will jump into the tour of In the Heights for a week in Puerto Rico, the home of his forebears. As his character in the hit musical might say, "I found my island!"

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BROADWAY/SAN DIEGO is introducing a new service for our loyal audience members ~ a special Open-Captioned Performance at the Sunday matinee of IN THE HEIGHTS, August 1 at 1PM! Open captioning is the instant translation of the spoken word of a performance into text with video image.

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Last night, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the touring cast of IN THE HEIGHTS performed "96,000" on "Lopez Tonight" with George Lopez.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda swaps coasts to be part of the cast of his IN THE HEIGHTS at the Pantages. He's also working on a film version of the musical, among other projects.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda will be joining the IN THE HEIGHTS tour early, playing Tempe's Gammage Auditorium in Arizona June 15 - 20. Miranda was originally scheduled to join the tour in Los Angeles following the Arizona run.

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In The Heights, a searing examination of a Dominican neighborhood in New York City, sashays into the Philharmonic on a cloud of skin-tight miniskirts, loose pants, graffiti-tagged storefronts, bodegas, sweet cafe con leche and a soaring, thundering swell of glorious music.

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A vibrant little slice of Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood has migrated south to Fort Lauderdale, bringing with it the heartache, yearning and sizzling romantic connections of some invented — but very recognizable — characters.

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For Lin-Manuel Miranda, the years since he graduated from Connecticut's Wesleyan University in 2002 have been a frenzy of hard work and achievement.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda doesn't have to look far to see the signposts of his youth. The songwriter and actor has spent a majority of his three decades living within a 10 block-radius of the quiet cafe in which he's ensconced on this winter morning.

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SEEKING AMAZING DANCERS: Male and female, all ethnicities. Ages 18 to 60. Must be technically strong dancers who are very proficient in the areas of hip-hop and all forms of Latin dance. Must be able to sing.

WE ARE HOLDING AN OPEN DANCE AUDITION!
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 until 3pm
Parker Playhouse @ 707 Northeast 8th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

Please be prepared to dance. Bring jazz shoes and gym shoes. Females bring heels as well. You may be asked to stay and sing so please bring a brief pop or rock song with sheet music and bring an updated picture and resume stapled together (a snap shot is fine!).

If you can’t make this audition, mail or e-mail a photo and resume to:
Telsey + Company
311 W 43rd St, 10th FL, New York, NY 10036
Attention: IN THE HEIGHTS
heightsmusical@gmail.com

* Open to Equity and Non-Equity performers *

Lin-Manuel Miranda doesn't have to look far to see the signposts of his youth. The songwriter and actor has spent a majority of his three decades living within a 10 block-radius of the quiet cafe in which he's ensconced on this winter morning.

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Este musical basado en la novela de Quiara Alegría Hudes, poco a poco a ganado notoriedad. Lo que comenzó como un proyecto universitario del puertorriqueño Lin Manuel Miranda, ha cosechado cuatro premios Tony — Mejor Musical del A&ntilda;o, Mejor Música, Mejor Coreografía y Mejor Orquestación —, el máximo reconocimiento en el mundo del teatro y próximamente será llevado a la pantalla grande bajo la dirección de Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, This is It).

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Aside from world-renowned hits like West Side Story and Evita, the tradition of Latino-themed musicals on Broadway is pretty scant. But with In the Heights, that tradition took a giant leap forward in the form of a modern, fast-paced musical set in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, where Cubans, Dominicans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans share their everyday joys and frustrations.

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If you happened to watch the June 2008 Tony Awards ceremony, you very likely walked away from the broadcast thinking two things: Yes, it was an altogether amazing year for Steppenwolf Theatre's production of August: Osage County. But by the way, when is that new salsa-infused musical, In the Heights, which won four Tonys (best musical, original score, choreography and orchestrations), coming to Chicago?

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Chicago is blessed with a big bouquet of Broadway offerings this holiday season. You can choose from shows that are Broadway classics, shows with stars, new Broadway shows making Chicago debuts and New York-bound shows making world premieres in the Windy City.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda grew up on the northern tip of Manhattan listening to Broadway show tunes that his Puerto Rican parents loved (think "Man of La Mancha") and hip-hop CDs that he ripped off from his older sister. (De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest were early favorites.)

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The Broadway hit In the Heights has won a slew of awards for chasing down and delivering the American dream to theatergoers. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda's vibrant, Latino-inspired musical speaks of the familiar themes of family, opportunity and hope.

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The Tony Award-winning tuner In The Heights might be about a very specific part of New York, but that doesn’t mean its themes—love, family and where you’re from—don’t have appeal everywhere else in the country. The groundbreaking hip-hop and Latin music infused production officially takes off for its first national tour on October 27, kicking off its traveling run at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Florida.

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We're thrilled to announce the incredible cast of our national tour! In the Heights will star Kyle Beltran (Usnavi), Daniel Bolero (Kevin), Rogelio Douglas Jr. (Benny), Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer (Vanessa), Arielle Jacobs (Nina), Jose-Luis Lopez (Graffiti Pete), Genny Lis Padilla (Carla), Isabel Santiago (Daniela), Elise Santora (Abuela Claudia), Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Sonny) and Natalie Toro (Camila), plus an awesome ensemble of performers. The national tour will begin performances Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

Click here to watch Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo introduce the tour cast in this new video, "Run This Tour".

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Atlanta audiences will be among the first outside New York to see the 2008 Tony Award winner for best new musical. Lin-Manuel Miranda's love letter to his Washington Heights, N.Y., barrio is, in its way, a kinder, gentler West Side Story – a salsa-and-merengue-driven tale of immigrants who discover the meaning of home and family in a complicated and challenging New World.

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