The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread....- Page 31

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 5:09pm

lol

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 7:39pm

so which one of you awesome people is going to translate that for us non spanish speakers?

haha jk that is asking a lot. But if you get bored...

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 9:02pm

eh, it's too long for a translation. It's mostly about his family, where and how he grew up, how certain characters are based on his family, etc, and how proud they all are of him. But, hey, good motivation to learn español

heh, my mom found out through the article that she knows one of Lin's uncles (he's pictured in the newspaper). She's going to call him tomorrow to congratulate him. Small world :)
Updated On: 5/18/08 at 09:02 PM

[shh282]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 9:18pm

60? christ, that's 30 x of what I've done - once in previews and once because it's the one thing on Broadway that my mom wanted to see

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 9:46pm

That was a nice article. I can't believe someone's seen the show 60 times.

Although my personal favorite is from the other article: “Loco. Ocupado. Feliz. ¡Mi Facebook explotó!”.
That just made me laugh.

[yummiest nickel]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 10:36pm

I'll check on Tuesday. Updated On: 5/29/08 at 10:36 PM

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 10:36pm

Did anyone else happen to see NY1 "On Stage" this weekend?

They had their Tony Nominee "roundtable debate"-

All four "critics" picked "In The Heights" to win Best Musical, and 3 of 4 picked Lin to win.

[musicalmaster703]

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

I'll check on Tuesday -- I work @ the RR.


Thanks

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:31pm

chica that's awesome!

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:39pm

I know the girl who has seen it like 60 times, She said it's probably more like 40 but still!

also i'm a huge dork and babelfished the article lol

When Luis Antonio Vantage point read in his adolescence a revolutionary poem that spoke of a Puerto Rican soldier who fought in the war of Vietnam, that called to its Lin-Manuel son to honor to the two mother countries, it decided that the same the day ago had a man. Years later it fulfilled the word when second creature was born his. Nevertheless, it did not have idea that the revolution that would do its Lin-Manuel would be another one. The past Tuesday the young person, who nowadays has 28 years, happened to be part of a select group of Puerto Ricans who are outstanding in Broadway, when the musical comedy that wrote to the 19 years, “In the Heights”, obtained 13 nominations for the prestigious Tony prize, becoming one of the name musical comedies more of history. For the world of the theater and its followers the nominations could be surprise, because originally the work was only five months in the circuit outside Broadway before settling in the Theater Richard Rodgers of street 46. The art in the blood For its family history is different, because from small they saw in the young person of expressive eyes and dark hair the passion that it had by the art. That fact is not other people's to the family, because to her Ernesto actors also belong Conception, father and son. First it spent 30 years from his life to the theater, until it died in 1999 and his son follows the passages to him from very young. Today, more than ever, the neighbors of the South High Fertile valley Street remember when they were put under the orders of the “small director”, interpreting the personages who created, every summer that visited the Island, since it was five years old. Since then he confiscated the videocamera to him to his paternal grandfathers, Luis Antonio, to give loose rein to his creative world. The anger that passed Margot now Rodriguez turns into pride when remembering the day who Lin-Manuel almost the bush of a scare, when it created a doll with pillows raised, it the ceiling and sent thence it and recorded the scene. When seeing that a figure fell of the Margot ceiling it left running his terrified house shouting “the baby, the baby! ”, thinking that one was Lin-Manuel. “When I listened to the shouts of Margot, I left running and I thought `he annoyed Lin-Manuel', but he turned out to be the doll, threw that it to a swimming pool and recorded the scene in slow motion. He himself published what recorded from very small”, said Yamila, his paternal aunt and who also takes the histrionismo to skin flower. He is not to surprise that the family Vantage point has hundreds of videos that she reviews sporadically when she meets. Personages with life With time Lin-Manuel demonstrated that his it was not a fleeting liking. Although always it composed music, in the adolescence began to write works in which reflected their experiences. In “In the Heights” the composer it portrays the life that faces the immigrants in Washington Heights, district of the Manhattan stop, place where it grew. Nevertheless, the young person could not avoid to reinforce history with the spark of personages who have characteristics of some of their relatives. Between the main ones is “Claudia Grandmother”, interpreted by the actress Olga Merediz, who is based on the Mundi Grandmother, who was nana of the aunt Yamila, the uncle Elvin René, Lin-Manuel and its Lucecita sister. “She took care of to Lin-Manuel since she was born. One was going away seasons to New York to help to brother Luis and my sister-in-law Light with the babies. Still she lives with my brother there. The personage is that grandmother who takes care of to everybody in the district. Also he has much of my Eva mother”, indicated Yamila. One of the chispeantes personages is Daniela, interpreted by Andrea Burns, a chismosa barber and malhablada that according to the writer was inspired by its aunts Golden and indeed by Yamila, that does not accept it absolutely then not it considers chismosa. In order to homenajear to his small cousins, children of his uncle Elvin René and Rosita Stream, Lin-Manuel, he named to three of his personages with his names, Camila, Daniela and Kevin, that to their 16 years already have participated in several plays, continuing therefore the familiar legacy. Total joy “In the Heights” it was released in a theater outside the circuit of Broadway, the 8 of February of 2007. Five months later, the night of the 15 of July, the list notified that in February of the 2008 musical comedy it would be changed to Broadway, the news that was received with approval on the part of the public, according to remembers Rosita, that was present in the function with the rest of the family. And although doctor Rodolfo Conception, uncle maternal grandfathers of Lin-Manuel and brother of Ernesto Conception, saw the work more than four times, that the record has is Yamila, with 15 times, 3 of them in Broadway. Both consider that the hope sensation that leaves the musical comedy in the public is the key of the recognition that it obtained. Yamila from the beginning remembers that the hearing that went to see the musical one was varied well. Nevertheless, the impulse was greater when the work began to receive good critics when arriving at Broadway. “The Americans let themselves take much by the critics and when The New York Times and other means began to publish good critics, began to arrive plus the Americans”, said. One of the peculiar data that told the uncles is that originally Lin-Manuel was not going to interpret to Usnavi, the protagonist of the musical comedy, because he does not consider an actor. Nevertheless, as the directors never found an actor who interpreted the subjects of rap like him, asked to him he did that it while they obtained somebody. Nobody imagined that its interpretation would be worth a nomination to him like “Better actor of a musical comedy”. “It was really by accident. Its true passion is the composition and I believe that the prize of Better Musical Score is the one that it would more like to win”, affirmed Conception. In a recent interview, Lin-Manuel assured to him to the New Day that although has many plans, at the moment wants to enjoy the success that it is achieving. After the nominations esteem that the piece stays more time in Broadway, although from the beginning was a date no limit of how much it was going to remain in scene. The same Tuesday, when they occurred to know the nominations, the list received a public who has majors expectations to see the piece. Actor Tony Chiroldes, whom he interprets to Pepo in the work, relates how they have changed the things in only days. “He is incredible, although I am part of the general list and I am not between the main personages, people are recognizing to me in subway and until they have congratulated to me in the street. Three days after the nominations were known said us that already a quarter of million tickets had been sold”, affirmed excited Chiroldes, that recently knew a young person whom the musical comedy has seen 60 times. Celebration of district The 15 of June, Washington Heights will become a great celebration. Many of the restaurants of the area already are planning to put televisions plasmas so that neighboring and public generally they can see live the ceremony of delivery of prizes, which will transmit from the Radius City Music Hall. The restaurant the Hispaniola will be one of the main points, because from their windows buildings of the district and the bridge can be seen George Washington, image that recreates the stage scene of the musical comedy. There it will be, by all means, the Vantage point-Conception-Stream family. “I do not want to be in the City Radius far in a chair. I prefer to be there with the people who every day strive to leave ahead in the district. Hopefully that the musical comedy gains many prizes, but no, already with the Lin-Manuel nominations it obtained much”, concludes Conception.

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:53pm

oy. And THAT is why you never use online translators. ha!

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/18/08 at 11:58pm

hahahah exactly!

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 12:00am

Babelfish. Is. Amazing. I love when it makes less sense to me in English than it did reading it in Spanish- and I don't speak Spanish! And I love how when it doesn't know/have the English word it leaves in the Spanish word-

One of the chispeantes personages is Daniela, interpreted by Andrea Burns, a chismosa barber and malhablada that according to the writer was inspired by its aunts Golden and indeed by Yamila, that does not accept it absolutely then not it considers chismosa.

Say what? Although, I do know that chismosa = a gossip, a female gossip. Hee.

Mealz- Is the 60 closer to 40 counting off-Broadway too?

Although my personal favorite is from the other article: “Loco. Ocupado. Feliz. ¡Mi Facebook explotó!”.
That just made me laugh.

That was my favorite too- ¡Mi Facebook explotó! Love it!!

[Mealz1042]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 12:27am

haha that's amazing! Sort of like the german cast recording of rent:
ho ho ho
benny shiza!
["dudes i'm on my way" in german]
groß F*ck!

and ana... its including off broadway (where she saw it over 25 times), that's a good question though, I just say I've seen the show 4 times if i'm bringing it up, or dont have time to explain but the real breakdown is once off broadway, once in previews, and twice officially on broadway.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 2:54pm

Is The CD in The theater?

[Anakela]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 3:10pm

Um- today is Monday, the theatre's dark today.

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 3:23pm

Didnt someone say they worked in the theatre (Musicalmaster, was that you?) and would check on Tues?

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 3:25pm

<< and ana... its including off broadway (where she saw it over 25 times), that's a good question though, I just say I've seen the show 4 times if i'm bringing it up, or dont have time to explain but the real breakdown is once off broadway, once in previews, and twice officially on broadway. >>

I still cant believe I never saw the show during the Off-Bway run !! Trying to make up for it now !

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 3:40pm

Those who pre ordered off of Marquee Merchandise will get the CD around next Tuesday which make me very mad. They said they got the CDs in today

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:00pm

i can not wait to get mine(obcr) so excited for it and i also loved the souviner program so well done for 15 dollars. does anyone know when sh-k-boom is shipping their pre orders?. it sounded like krysta rodriguez was understudying alot for vanessa this past week. cant not wait to hear the review on her when she u/s nina.
still figuring out what song the cast will perform at the tonys "in the heights" or "96,000". what do you all think?.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:03pm

Me too I check my order tracking everyday from SH-k-boom. I think they will do 96,000 It has both Lin and Robin in it. I think they might add something for Olga.

[Sh-K-Kate]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:16pm

Hey everyone!

We haven't received the Heights CDs from the factory that assembles them yet. But I will be shipping them out as soon as we get them. I'm hoping it will be sometime this week (keep your fingers crossed)! I will let you know when we get them in. : )

[yankees1253]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:32pm

hey thanks for the infomation and the check in thats all we ask. i agree with 96,000 lots of enery and i agree with those three roles and it leaves you with a bang. this show should perform last for best musical.

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 4:45pm

WOW thanks, just to take time to read this is amazing. I am always over satisfied with SH-K-Boom Products!

[Testing1232]

Posted: 5/19/08 at 5:45pm

Thanks, Kate !! And welcome to our love thread !!!