The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread....- Page 21

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 9:05pm

Yes 500 post of love. I am a proud... Heightshead. sorry but I just love this show soooooooooo much.

Updated On: 5/7/08 at 09:05 PM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 9:07pm

500 posts !!! Woo hoo !!! :))

(with a lil' help)

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 9:08pm

ha ha! I can't wait for the cast album! I have memorized the 2 songs already!Lol!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 9:24pm

Anyone going (or trying lottery) tomorrow nite?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 10:18pm

Whoa, spammage.

I'm so excited for the cast recording.

[Scarlett33]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 11:18pm

I plan on going to the show on the dat the Tony's are announced - I am that convinced it will get a nom for musical. At the least it should get choreography.

Since we are on the love thread, how can I find out when Janet or Krysta will understudy in the future? I think this month will be full cast but would like to see Janet in a major role soon.

Updated On: 5/8/08 at 11:18 PM

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 11:24pm

testing, i was thinking of it but i think im going to see rent because i havent seen rent since decemeber and i want to see will chase again.

i may go later this week to ITH though, I passed by the theatre today and saw robin and said hi. Love that guy.

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/7/08 at 11:46pm

Testing- your wife was there again tonight? I was there again tonight, back in the lotto seats, chatting with my new friend merch guy during intermission (lol yes I know his name now, now that he *completely* called me out as to my BWW posts, hee).

Also had a great intermission conversation with a fellow theatre goer who was seeing Heights for the first time tonight, and said it was the best out of all the new shows he'd seen this season (couldn't get a handle on if he was a Tony voter or not, though :)). I did have to break the news to him that Glory Days already closed, though- that was a little sad.

I was wondering if anyone here was going to be going to the show next Tuesday the 13th! I can't lotto, but might swing by and see if they're offering up any $31.50 seats that night. So excited for the nominations.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 8:44am

Yep, she was (think this was 10 for her!!) --- she brought a
co-worker, and she LOVED it !!

She was in Mezz F 101

I will be there tonight ! :))

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 12:00pm

Yay, have fun tonight!

I totally forgot to mention in my post from last night- I also love this thread, and the people in it :), for helping me learn the Spanish in Heights. I'm working on Carnaval right now, which has always been a 'fun' song, but last night for the first time I felt like I actually *got* it, now that I know that the line is "Arriba esa bandera," and what that means, etc. for all of that part.

...and I am also a fan of the 100 different ways Andrea Burns says "coño." And I realized for the first time last night that Nina and Camila are both back where Andrea and Janet are during "Paciencia y Fe," doing the choreography back there, which is one of my favorite bits in that number.

And I love watching the show with first-timers- the woman sitting next to me last night was seeing Heights for the first time, and she was *so* into it, we're talking she went "wow!" the first time Lin-Manuel says 96,000, and "awwww"'d during Robin's "do you think Bert would ever abandon Ernie" speech, it was so fun.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 12:12pm

Thanks !! I REALLY need it tonight !! (work is killing me !!)

The people on the thread have been great !!!

I went with a co-worker last week (she hasnt stopped talking about the show yet!) that happens to speak the language. Learned so much from her !!! She was hysterically laughing during Abuela's "plastic surgery" lines !!

[figgy1978]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 12:43pm

Can't wait to see this. We are coming over from the UK and see it on the 25th

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:32pm

Something I mentioned to Anakela, but I thought I'd point out here, since I think it's a pretty cool attention to detail: Whenever Usnavi speaks in Spanish (especially at the beginning of the show, when he says "oye piraguero, como estas?") he does so in a Dominican accent. To the untrained ear, there's no difference between the Puerto Rican and Dominican accents. Even Latinos who are not from these 2 nations would have a hard time noticing the subtle differences. So it really makes me happy that he makes sure to be authentic to his character, even when 99% of the audience would never be able to tell the difference.

This goes for everyone in the show, btw. But Lin-Manuel is the only one I know for sure is from a different nationality than his character.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when I'm seeing a tv show, and they have a Puerto Rican character, but the actor is obviously not Puerto Rican, and has a Mexican, or some other Hispanic nationality, accent. It happens a lot, and it just bugs the hell out of me. So it thrills me to death whenever they get it right.

Just another reason to love the show :)

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:41pm

I was putting together my schedule for next semester today and I decided to do Spanish as my language requirement! I had no real desire to learn the language until I saw In the Heights, and now I'm really looking forward to it!

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:25pm

I can't wait to see it again in July.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:33pm

I hear ya! I'm gonna try to see it again in June when I take my little brother to the city for the 1st time but if not then sometime this summer for sure!

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:48pm

I just emailed Lin and eagerly awaiting his response... :)

[shh282]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:51pm

I messaged him and he never responded :X

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:53pm

oh. Hopefully I'll have better luck.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:56pm

OMG is this your My Space page?
I googled your name and found this place
OMG there’s your face! Aaah!
Can I just say that you light up that stage, ok
And I know you don’t know me from a hole in the ground
But I love you!
Last night I went to see your play
My God, I laughed and cried!
So I’m dropping a line to say hey!
Anyway TTYL
BTW write back
Please write me back
Break a leg in the show
And don’t forget to write back
XOXOXO

[shh282]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 4:59pm

Chica are you trying to mock what I said to him?

Because actually none of that was in there aside from the fact that I saw the show and thought it was great. I wanted to ask him his thoughts on the American Dream as it related to ITH for a source for my paper on broadway musicals.


Nice try though

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:01pm

OMG is this your My Space page?
I googled your name and found this place
OMG there’s your face! Aaah!

Oh I might be crying from laughing at the fact that you just posted these- how approps.

LOL, J/K, BTW, call me!!


eta: shh282- fyi, those would be the lyrics to "BTW Write Back," a song on Andrea Burns' cd that Lin-Manuel wrote.
Updated On: 5/8/08 at 05:01 PM

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:05pm

Those are the lyrics to BTW, Write Back.

It's not mocking so much as a lighthearted jab in general. Much in the spirit of the song itself. Lighten up :)

[shh282]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:15pm

EEEEEEE

Sorry about jumping down your throat a little bit. I'll have to check that out :)

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:16pm

Don't know if this has been posted on here but I run the In The Heights Forum and we would love new members


theheights.brightforums.com


Updated On: 5/8/08 at 05:16 PM