BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights

[Craig]

BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #1

Posted: 2/15/07 at 12:13am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=15854

"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka

[Broadwayfan120791]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #2

Posted: 2/15/07 at 3:41pm

I love this show and the video is awesome too !!
Can't wait to get the Cast Recording of it in April.

Come on babe we're gonna paint the town...and all that jazz...

[StephenSondheimWHOO]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #2

Posted: 2/15/07 at 4:04pm

I must shair: The composer and star went to my school and used to sub every once and a while, but I have yet to see the show

[BSoBW2]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #3

Posted: 2/15/07 at 4:30pm

It really does look fantastic.

[Benzy92]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #4

Posted: 2/15/07 at 4:38pm

everyone is going to think i'm a shill by now, but i LOVE this show! and the music.. oh my. i wish more were featured in the video!

[MrSweetNAwful]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #5

Posted: 2/15/07 at 4:40pm

I was skeptical when first I heard of it...but damn, it's pretty good!

You're reminding me of people you hear at the movies asking questions every ten seconds, "Who is that? Why is that guy walking down the street? Who's that lady coming up to him? Uh-oh, why did that car go by? Why is it so dark in this theater?" - FindingNamo on strummergirl

"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor

"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl

"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott

[folkyboy]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #6

Posted: 2/15/07 at 4:44pm

the sets seem better produced than i thought they would be. hmmm seems very interesting!

[Smartful Dodger]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #7

Posted: 2/15/07 at 11:20pm

Just came from this evening's performance. McCollum and Seller have an "urban musical fetish," in addition to their desire to cultivate new works and groom new voices.

In short, it's a pretty good show. The music is decent, yet tends to sound repetitive by early in the second act. The opening and closing numbers of Act I are spectacular, made all the more enjoyable by original, highly-charged horeography we've not seen the likes of on a main Broadway stage in several seasons.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show's star and composer/lyricist, is undoubtedly the next John Leguizamo (except he's way, WAY cuter). Agents will be falling over themselves to book this guy for television and film. Let's hope he stays with this project for awhile, strengthens the book with writer Quiara Alegria Hudes, and transfers uptown next season. With some work, it's got Broadway potential.

I'd encourage New Yorkers to check this one out soon and start spreading the word. Visitors, put it on your list for shows you can see this year and be "in the know" when it rises next.

Congrats to all involved in the production! Did I mention the choreography is electric?
Updated On: 2/15/07 at 11:20 PM

[PARISinNYC]

re: BWW Video Show Preview: In The Heights #8

Posted: 2/16/07 at 12:46am

It looks like a fun little show. I'd really like to see it!