My thoughts on IN THE HEIGHTS (long and brimming with spoilers) — Page 3

Putting Usnavi in that number doesn't solve the problem with the number.

That number follows the same exact number, but sung by Usnavi. It's the same song back-to-back. Nobody's realized that yet?

Eliseo Roman has a really terrific voice ! Would love to hear him sing a big number !

<< Saw it again last night--don't judge me.

Someone did that whistling cat-calling thing at Chris Jackson when he comes out at the top of the second act and the audience cracked up. Did anyone else's audience laugh when Nina says her first line in that song?

Still love the show. The finale nearly brought me to tears--its amazing, IMO.
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You KNOW I wont judge you !!! (or anyone else for that matter that gets obsessive with certain shows-- just a guilty pleasure !!)

Oh yeah--- heard that whistling thing every time so far !!!

My favorite line is "the 9 train doesnt run anymore" !!!

When ya going back again, Obsessed? Will be there Friday :))

Not that I imagine I'll be going back to this all that often, but I'll be pretty bummed if/when the lotto becomes super busy and impossible to win.

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Oh so speaking of audience applause/laughter/etc., I loved how there were different reactions between the two crowds that I saw it with (both matinee auds): at one show Lin-Man got entrance applause, but at the other he didn't; yesterday Abuela got this applause when she pulled out the lotto ticket in Paciencia y Fe that didn't happen the first time I saw it, etc.

Oh and the first time I heard it I didn't really 'get' Kevin's number Inutil (what I was calling the Useless song)- I mean, I understood it, but I didn't 'get' it. Yesterday I was sitting in the house left lotto seats, *right* in front of him during that number, and when he started with "I'm proud to be your father..." I might have cried. Seriously.

I don't think Alabanza and Everything I Know are the same number, yes they are both re: Abuela, but I have no issues with the one following the other because they're two completely different songs for me, it's like Alabanza is the goodbye, and then Everything I Know is the looking towards the future, and then...yeah, there you go.

In the Heights on Facebook exists:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6448164747

Oh, and, um, how to bring this up nicely...ok, so I've been sitting in the front row lotto seats both times I've seen the show. Yesterday I was sitting in front of this couple who were bitching and complaining anytime anything was said in Spanish. Kid you not. Ie: during Sunrise "I don't know what she's saying," "I don't understand when they talk like that," etc when if you would shut up you would be able to tell that Nina is singing a word in Spanish and Benny is saying it in English. And then when the Abuela gate is pulled down at the end, "What does that mean, in the corner, what does that say?" Ok, if by the time we get to the end of In the Heights you don't know that "Paciencia y Fe" means "Patience and Faith" then you have obviously NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION!! But seriously almost anytime anything was said in Spanish they had something to say about it. And I am just wondering if this has been an issue in anyone else's audience?

Updated On: 2/24/08 at 12:31 PM

I saw the show yesterday afternoon and absolutely loved it!! At the stagedoor, Lin-Manuel mentioned to people that he's still making changes to the show. I'm not one to do the stagedoor thing, but yesterday I just wanted to congratulate the cast in person for some reason.

I really didn't have a problem with anything. I truly enjoyed the score, the story, the choreography and most definitely the performances and joy that radiated from the stage. I was in tears a lot of the time, because I was moved by what I was seeing. I was excited that I got a ticket, but really didn't know what to expect. It totally exceeded my expectations. This is one show that I anxiously await the cast recording.

I wish there had been some connection between Abuela and Sonny because that would have helped justify what happens in the story (not going to give anything away).

Although people think that Priscilla Lopez is underused, she's there in a supporting role. It's just one of those things. The show isn't about her character per se.

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Testing1232, LOVED is more like it!!

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96,000 was pretty great! I can't get it out of my head.

the only empty seats I spotted were directly next to me in the next section. Good for ITH, bad for my ears, lol. It wasn't terrible, but I only have slight difficulty in hearing, so I wouldn't want to know what it is like for people worse than me. But then again, I sometimes have a hard time deciphering what is being said even if I am closer and they are singing fast, really loud or high.

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Dancing, maybe you did. I was in row C on the aisle. I then moved to the front mezzanine. Did you go to the stagedoor afterwards? I ran to TKTS to get my ticket for the evening show and then returned to the stagedoor when Lin-Manuel came out.

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Did you go to the stagedoor afterwards? I ran to TKTS to get my ticket for the evening show and then returned to the stagedoor when Lin-Manuel came out.

I might have seen you. If you saw Lin-Manuel reassuring someone that he was NOT going to run off with her pen, that was me.

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kelly, you weren't sad that Lin wasn't on?