The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread....- Page 26

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/12/08 at 11:16pm

I'm going to probably end up not going, but I was planning on getting there around 7:15.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 7:36am

1 hour to the noms...

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:30am

So happy for Robin DeJesus !!!

Expected Olga Merediz, and Lin, of course, but SOOOOOO thrilled that Robin was recognized !!!

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:31am

I'm in school...reading the noms...I'm crying.
SO happy for In The Heights and LIN<333 especially!!!

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:32am

I literally squealed when I read Robin's name!! So happy for him and the rest of the cast! 13 noms, right? that's great!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:45am

congratulations to the cast cast and crew of the show. so pissed they didnt show the whole performance of when your home on gma. thats why i love the today show more...with broadway show performances.

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:48am

omg THIRTEEN nominations- congrats to everyone!!

so- how many of you will I be seeing at the show tonight? :)

ps: yankees- When You're Home was not supposed to be on GMA, it was supposed to be a "web exclusive" performance.
Updated On: 5/13/08 at 08:48 AM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:49am

Thirteen nomnations!!!

I want to go to the show tonight but I have to work until 8.

The cast on GMA right now!

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:54am

thanks anakela i didnt know that, my bad.
loved karen, robin and lin peforming it wont be long now. Updated On: 5/13/08 at 08:54 AM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:58am

I am so totally pumped !! 13 Noms !!!!!

I will be there on Thurs... !! Anyone else? :))

Dancin... you were right... No Mandy last night. (

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:00am

Everyone looked so shocked/happy!
I loved Lin's dancing during "Vanessa...."! I was laughing so hard!

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:07am

Lin had me cracking up. That was great.

Testing - That's sad to hear but I actually didn't say that.

[SarahNYC]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:12am

GAH! AMAZING!!!!!

13!?!?!?

FANTASTIC!

Sorry, I'm just too excited to be coherent this morning.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:16am

I realize that the Tony nominations for “In The Heights” were pretty much a given, but it nevertheless fills me with endless joy to see it recognized. THIRTEEN nominations! (We even beat South Pacific!) I wasn't expecting that, and I admit, I got a little teary eyed as I read the list of nominations. Thrilled that Robin de Jesus and Olga Merediz were recognized, along with Lin-Manuel, Quiara Alegria Hudes (whose book is a lot better than people give it credit for) and so many of the creative team behind this show. And with “Passing Strange” (a show I adore) also receiving a slew of nominations, I’m proud that voices that are labeled a minority are taking Broadway by storm. So, please forgive me for the following burst of sentimentality.

Whether or not you agree with my feelings on this show (and I realize many of the people reading this don't), I think we, as theatre lovers, have felt the palliative nature of art, and the cathartic beauty of the stage. It doesn't matter *what* show has that effect on you, just that you get to experience it.

I have watched the Tony Awards every year since I was a little girl, always rooting for those shows I’d seen when my family and I would come to New York City, either for tourist purposes, or to visit family members and friends who had moved here. I saw the original production of “A Chorus Line”, and cheered as Diana Morales sang about San Juan. Cultural identity is forever tainted by its representation in the arts, and latinos have gotten a bum deal on that end. After becoming accustomed to seeing latinos as people to be distrusted or disdained, watching a positive portrayal of a Puerto Rican woman had an enormous effect on my development of self worth. I love imagining the Puerto Rican, or Dominican, or Cuban, etc children who go see “In The Heights” for the first time, and feel that same burst of pride and self recognition I did when I saw Diana Morales. Only now, it’s not an isolated character, but an entire show of honest, hardworking, flawed and beautiful latinos. Lin-Manuel has bestowed an immeasurably valuable gift on this generation of kids.

I'm so happy that, our talents, voices and our artistic expressions are going to be celebrated on that same Tony Award telecast I always saw as a little girl. Regardless of what happens on the actual awards, I’m already thrilled. I’ll be watching, as I always did, with my friends and family in Puerto Rico, cheering for a show created by someone who, although not born in Puerto Rico, is still in every way one of our own. I love that this little island I adore so dearly, and all these various latino cultures, are being applauded on that Broadway stage I have always cherished.
Updated On: 5/13/08 at 09:16 AM

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:25am

Amazingly put, as always.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:33am

Chica,

That was beautiful !!!

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Sorry, Dancin' - someone gave me the heads-up on Mandy not being there--- glad that I didnt drag my butt up there in the cold. Would have been majorly disappointed !!!

Ok--- back to the 13 noms !!!

[Rentheadut]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:35am

Jesus Chica, get over yourself.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:36am

I think that was Anakela, actually.


Chica - Beautiful, as always.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:52am

Rentheadut - please take your rudeness elsewhere, this is a love thread.

[Rentheadut]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:56am

Yes it is. And I love In the Heights. I'm just tired of hearing monologues here.

Anyone know if they're going to post the GMA performances?

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:58am

Come on, Rent--- there are many more things to get upset about !!

You love "ITH"--- 13 Noms !!! Its a good day !

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:03am

You could have also chosen not to acknowledge it instead of being rude for no reason.

And the GMA performances will probably be posted.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:26am

*is over herself*

[SarahNYC]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:23am

Can we get back to the happy happy joy of

THIRTEEN FREAKING NOMINATIONS?!!?!?!!!

AMAZING!

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:42am

woohoo! thirteen! I am so proud of them. It was cool being at GMA this morning and seeing the cast when they found out! I was so happy for Robin, he looked like he was going to cry and everyone was hugging him, it was adorable!

I will definitley be at the show tonight.