In the Heights Replacements
In the Heights Replacements
#1In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:04pm
I know it's a little early but when the original cast leaves who do you
1. Want
2. think
is going to take over for some of the roles
#2re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:35pmI feel like Krysta could easily replace either Mandy or Karen when either leaves.
#2re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:36pmI think Janet should "Rise" up to Nina once Mandy leaves.
#3re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:40pmNo way! Krysta should get Nina, no contest!
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#4re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:41pmoh yah, type When Youre home in Broadway in Bryant park on the site that shall not be named and see her amazingness!
#5re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:42pm
I think Krista should get Vanessa
and(from what audio I have heard) Sean Corbett should play Usnavi
#6re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:43pm
I hope they hire from within. There are so many talented understudies in the show that I hope a few of them can get bumped up.
#7re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:44pmmusicalmaster703, have you seen Krysta? I just watched that video, and Krysta was sooooo much better.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#8re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:47pm
Usnavi-SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT
Carla-STEPHANIE KLEMONS
Claudia-DOREEN MONTALVO
Nina- Janet Dacal
Vanessa- Krista
Kevin-ELISEO ROMAN
Benny- Josh Henry
Sonny-JAVIER MUÑOZ
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#10re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 10:48pm
musicalmaster703, have you seen Krysta?
No have any footage or audio wink wink nuge nuge Pm me
#11re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 11:03pm
"Usnavi-SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT
Carla-STEPHANIE KLEMONS
Claudia-DOREEN MONTALVO
Nina- Janet Dacal
Vanessa- Krista
Kevin-ELISEO ROMAN
Benny- Josh Henry
Sonny-JAVIER MUÑOZ"
Have you seen all of those understudies? Also it's "Krysta".
#12re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 11:06pm
Janet- Nina and Krysta - Vanessa would make me very happy 
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#13re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 11:14pmReality show....DUH!
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#14re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 11:14pmNatalie Cortez of A CHORUS LINE (who auditioned for IN THE HEIGHTS prior to the Off-Broadway production at 37 Arts) would make an absolutely fantastic Nina.
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#15re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/18/08 at 11:48pmve heard audio of most of them and I've head a ton of reviews from BWW members
#16re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 12:24amI'd love to see Krysta as the full-time Nina (or even Vanessa) but I'd also love to see her move on to something new. Something like WSS.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#17re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 8:24amI'd be happy with Janet as Nina or Vanessa.
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#18re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 11:51amI would love to see what Eden Espinosa did with the role she did in the workshops...Nina I think it was.
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#19re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 12:43pm
""Usnavi-SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT
Carla-STEPHANIE KLEMONS
Claudia-DOREEN MONTALVO
Nina- Janet Dacal
Vanessa- Krista
Kevin-ELISEO ROMAN
Benny- Josh Henry
Sonny-JAVIER MUÑOZ"
Have you seen all of those understudies? Also it's "Krysta"."
I have seen everyone but Javier as Sonny, seeing as he's never gone on for Sonny, Broadway or Off-Broadway. And rightfully, most of them should not be bumped. Whether thats because they are not good in their part, are too valuable to loose as an understudy, etc.
Usnavi- Javier Munoz
Benny- Josh Henry
Nina- Eden Espinosa / Janet Dacal / Natalie Cortez
Sonny- Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Claudia- Blanca Camacho
Carla- Krysta Rodriguez
Daniela- Doreen Montavlo
Kevin- Eliseo Roman
Camila- Nancy Ticotin. She was in the show Off-Broadway, and before Priscilla Lopez and she is AMAZING!
Vanessa- No one in the current cast who understudies Vanessa should be bumped. They are too valuable as other understudies to lose them.
#20re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 1:53pmI hope Javier Munoz gets to play Usnavi full time when Lin-Manuel leaves. He was great when I saw him go on.
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#21re: In the Heights Replacements
Posted: 7/19/08 at 4:20pmI saw In The Heights back in May and was amazed by all the performances. In the past when I have seen understudies in large roles, even when they are good, it's still somewhat obvious that they don't meld perfectly into the cast. When I got back to my hotel after seeing the show, I looked through the souvenir program and CD artwork and couldn't understand why the extremely talented, yet short-haired (or at least not long and curly) Nina I had just seen wasn't pictured. I finally looked at the little Replacement insert they have and sure enough I had just seen Krysta Rodruiguez. I will admit I have not seen Mandy Gonzalez in the role, but all I can say is that Krysta WAS Nina when I saw her perform. Superb acting, beautiful voice, and awesome chemistry with the cast, especially Jackson, Gomez, and Lopez. So yeah, my vote would absolutely be Krysta.
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