Corbin Bleu heads for 'Heights' !?!- Page 4

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 12/9/09 at 3:16pm

Just because it's not a Disney show doesn't mean it's a bad thing for kids to be in the audience...my parents took me to see so much theater when I was young, including Disney shows but also including revivals of the great old musicals (I saw The King and I at 5, The Sound of Music at 7, Kiss Me, Kate! at 9, etc.) and musicals that were new at the time that they felt I should be exposed to...they took me to see the original production of Ragtime at about 8 or 9 and it was an amazing experience. It definitely contributed a lot to my lifelong love of theater that I was able to see musicals like that at an early age...I think if a kid can handle it, it is never a bad thing for a child to see theater. I wouldn't say that like...5-year-olds should be seeing In the Heights necessarily, but maybe some "tweens"/young teenagers (aka HSM's main demographic) will become interested in theater after seeing an engaging piece like In the Heights which is certainly never a negative thing.

[rwu2010]

Posted: 12/9/09 at 4:40pm

Thank you LIN that was exactly what I needed to hear
I'll tell the world to support Corbin Bleu without fear.





-Alyssa

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 12/9/09 at 4:43pm

I have faith in him. I won' oppose any casting until I see it. With a goatee he could put on a few years.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/9/09 at 8:11pm

We should just skip straight to the stuntcasting for Alexander Hamilton: The Musical! That'd be the perfect Broadway debut role for Lucas Grabeel.

Maybe as John Laurens...

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/10/09 at 1:45pm

I interviewed him two months ago and he is the sweetest guy on the planet. I am happy for him. To see the interview go here:

http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2009/12/corbin-bleu-goes-into-in-heights.html

[Yero my Hero]

Posted: 12/10/09 at 2:11pm

It makes me cry every time and I bring everyone I can to see it, both to be totally entertained and to learn a little something about what's north of 96th street.

Technically, the neighborhood of Washington Heights, where the musical takes place, is north of 155th Street.

But below that is Hamilton Heights, which I guess could be considered "the heights." That's still only above 135th, though.

Lin mentions 96th Street because A) it's an easier lyric, and B) it's the southern border of Harlem, a traditionally black and Latino neighborhood, and stereotypically the line that white people never cross. That's changed a LOT in the past decade, though.

Updated On: 12/10/09 at 02:11 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 12/24/09 at 2:07pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cara-joy-david/not-since-tamyra-gray_b_402396.html