In The Heights... — Page 2

For the most part, I agree with the first poster about this musical. I like the score, but the book is poorly written and the plot is just boring. I didn't care at all for these characters. It was hard to understand the rap aspect. I had high expectations with it winning the Tony, and they were let down. Passing Strange was much better, but I like Xanadu more than either of those, and not having seen Cry-Baby, I would have liked Xanadu to have won that year.

muscle: i think what yankee (not trying to speak for you yankee, please correct me if i'm wrong) meant was that 'passing strange' lost because of the race card, which i personally don't argee with.

imho, 'passing strange' lost because it's just not commerical enough. 'ith' is still a pretty traditional musical in structure and design. you have to remember that a lot of tony voters are executives from venues throughout the country. many times they vote for shows that they know will sell in their venue. i loved both these shows, and i think that 'ith' deserves the recoginition it got, even though i think 'passing strange' is a better show, that does more to progress the form into new, exciting territory.

i'm sad you didn't like 'ith', but i'd love to hear you thoughts about 'passing strange' which will be on great performance tonight on pbs!! i recommend watching or dvr-ing it!!

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