The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread....- Page 12

[musicandtemiror]

Posted: 4/14/08 at 9:30pm

still waiting to reply in this thread
dont want to read any of the posts untill I see it

-- wow thats a long time away!

[Anakela]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:05am

Cause God knows a musical is never complete without a good old fashioned rape!

Ok so the review that you were responding to was just dumb, but *this* response kinda made me laugh, not even gonna lie... and, it also made me go to the nyc.gov website, just because I am that strange, and there were actually more rapes reported in the UES last week than in Washington Heights... but I still would have expected more from a review in The Advocate, but maybe that's just me...

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:30am

hehe. It was such a ridiculous sentence that deserved to be mocked. I am just continually disappointed with the reviewers who are surprised that someone who is Latino would write a musical that shows the positive side of our culture. Like we needed yet *another* example of gang violence among Latinos. It's refreshing to have a different voice, that's nonetheless true to who we are.

And, really, the whole rape thing is so insanely offensive and ridiculous. As is the phrasing, which, again just makes it seem like he *wanted* to see rapes on a Broadway stage. And thanks for researching those statistics. Ideas of violence in El Barrio are grossly exaggerated by the media. Not that it doesn't happen, but, please. I have family who lives there, and I grew up in PR, which has one of the highest crime rates in the US (in the polls that count us as a US territory). Yet I never experienced these things in my daily life.

I too would've expected better from The Advocate. But at this point, I'm not surprised anymore.

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:25am

Sounds good!

[Kasie]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 9:20am

I can't wait for this cast recording to come out...June 3rd is it? I'm getting very impatient.

[Anakela]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 10:19am

^^ yep, June 3rd is the release date, but if you order it at the theatre you'll get it in May sometime- I am choosing to pay $35 for it (vs $16.99 plus shipping on amazon.com) so that I can get it a month earlier- *that* is how much I want it, lol.

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 10:31am

is it May yet? :)

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:28pm

I wish!
I can't stop wearing my "No pare, sigue, sigue!" shirt! heehee just too perfect...
I'm am most likely going back this summer and seeing it with my best friend She really wants to see it. I think I am going put a little jar on my kitchen counter that says "In the Heights funds" and just putting all my spare change in there!!

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 1:50pm

as long as you wash the shirt frequently...

That's a good idea, you will be surprised how much change can add up.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:00pm

haha it's actually in the wash right now! lol
But yeah I got the idea when I was staying with my cousin and her fiancée in the city and they had a jar labeled "wedding fund". My cousin is getting tickets to the show for her fiancées birthday, actually, based on my review of the show!

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:09pm

don't they have the cheap tickets in mezz still?

[aliciag]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:31pm

I think they're $30 in the rear mezz. And I sat there for Cyrano and the view was just fine. And there's always the lotto!!!

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 4/15/08 at 2:34pm

I just got my "no pare, sigue, sigue" t-shirt in the mail today...needless to say I am a happy camper!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:00am

Yep, rear mezz $30 now--- they raised them from $20 right after the opening.

[Maurice]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:01am

I enjoyed it off-Broadway and even more on Broadway.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:07am

All I can think of when I hear "no pare, sigue sigue" is that cheesy Proyecto Uno song, "El Tiburon". I danced the sh*t out of that tune back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgHfT4_IniU







Updated On: 4/16/08 at 12:07 AM

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:08am

My kinda man Maurice! Wish I had seen it off broadway but I loves it now.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:12am

In hindsight, wish I would have seen it off-broadway as well, but so glad it's ON Broadway now !!!

Anyone going Friday? :))

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:20am

i might lottery it!

[Anakela]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 9:47am

Heights understudies galore scheduled to perform at the "At This Performance! Understudy Spotlight Concerts" on both Sunday and Monday nights this week (sidenote: I actually got to see Krysta!Vanessa a couple of weeks ago, and she was fabulous!)-


Performers scheduled to perform on Sunday, April 20th are Tony Chiroldes (Understudy for the roles of Kevin and Piragua Guy in In the Heights), Mindy Dougherty (Understudy for the role of Dainty June in Gypsy), MaryAnn Hu (Understudy for the role of Bloody Mary in South Pacific), Billy Eugene Jones (Standby for the roles of Franklin, Joop and Mr. Venus in Passing Strange), Garrett Long (Understudy for the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush in South Pacific), Jessica Phillips (Standby for the role of Diana in Next to Normal), Jessica Rush (Understudy for the roles of Louise and Miss Cratchitt in Gypsy), Paul A. Schaefer (Understudy for the role of Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera) and Pearce Wegener (Understudy for the roles of Tulsa and Pastey in Gypsy). Musical Director/Accompanist for the evening will be Philip Kirchman.

Performers scheduled to perform on Monday, April 21st are Haven Burton (Understudy for the role of Elle Woods in Legally Blonde), Jason Dula (Standby for Male roles in Make Me a Song), Jennifer Foote (Understudy for the roles of Val, Sheila and Judy in A Chorus Line), Annie Funke (Standby for the role of Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray), Lisa Howard (Understudy for the role of Bloody Mary in South Pacific), Alan Mingo, Jr. (Understudy for the role of Sebastian in The Little Mermaid), Doreen Montalvo (Understudy for the roles of Abuela Claudia, Camila and Daniela in In the Heights), Krysta Rodriguez (Understudy for the roles of Carla, Nina and Vanessa in In the Heights), Andrew Samonsky (Understudy for the roles of Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C. and Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N. in South Pacific) and Bret Shuford (Understudy or the roles of Prince Eric and Flotsam in The Little Mermaid). Musical Director/Accompanist for the evening will be Brian Cimmet.

Tickets are $20.00 each and are available at SMARTTIX [phone].

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link to Facebook invite Updated On: 4/16/08 at 09:47 AM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 10:43am

aWESOME !!! Thanks, Ana !

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 7:09pm

I LOVED In The Heights!!! 96,000 absolutely owns...I hope they do it at the tonys.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 7:19pm

I agree about 96,000. It screams Tony number to me.

[singingbackup]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 8:11pm

i think a bit of the opening and then the finally might be impactful.

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 4/16/08 at 10:30pm

idk i think the opening might work better as a tony performance, its a great introduction (well, duh)