The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread.... — Page 49

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I love In the Heights.

Updated On: 6/11/08 at 08:56 PM

I will honestly cackle with glee if ITH wins Best Book. It's become such an easy, obvious target for naysayers. Just because the book is the weakest part of the show (and I agree it is) does not mean it's a weak book overall. It is, in fact, quite clever, and yes, moving at times. A lot of care and attention went into detail to ensure the authenticity of language and expressions. It's not perfect, but how many musicals are? Voters tend to vote in blocks (correct me if I'm wrong, but in the last 10 years, no show has won Best Musical and Score without also taking Book) and I think that ITH could very well take home that award.

Yes, but Ragtime also won Score that year. My point is that if a show wins Musical AND Score, it also wins Book. Lion King wasn't particularly praised for its Book and Score, but was deemed the best overall production (same thing happened with Jersey Boys). I'm not saying it can't happen that a show would win Musical and Score, but not Book, but it hasn't happened in the last 10 years (that I can recall).

ETA: ha, that was a mouthful. I'm not even sure what my point is, but...yeah :-p

Updated On: 6/11/08 at 09:44 PM

Saw the show for the 5th time on Broadway tonight (took me madre) and it was amazing as EVER. Full cast, full energy, full emotion, full amazingness.

Seriously, I cried a lot in act 2, and I mean you'd think I wouldn't since I already know what's going to happen.

My mom had seen it off broadway and liked it then, but she LOVED it tonight. And she actually really liked the book and kept commenting on how good the story was. And I agree with chica, to be the weakEST part of that show is really not saying much at all because everything else is beyond amazing, so it can still be REALLY GOOD. Also I introduced my mom to luis before the show, so she paid a lot of attention to the dancing and she thought it was brilliant which it is... Yeah she had NOTHING bad to say about the show, and I agree because it is SO [titleofshow] (hope enough of you get that haha)

yay in the heights!!!!!!

EDIT: funny sightings / overheards

so the people behind me before the show
kid: where is this located?
dad: puerto rico city
kid: what, isn't it in washington heights or somethign?
dad: yeah, the puerto rican heights
kid: where is that?
dad: It's up in the bronx
kid: are you sure?
Me (i cant help but interrupt w/ these things): It's at the end of manhattan, right before the bronx, see on the set it says 181st street
them: ooooh!

Also there was this woman (maybe in her 50s or 60s, a little stocky) sitting in the box seats who kept fanning herself with her playbill during the ENTIRE show but she was enjoying it, it seemed, and laughing at everything.

And finally my friend was sitting in lotto seats and she said the woman behind her or next to her like FREAKED out during the blackout scene and was like, "wait! what happened? but the stage lights are on? so it couldn't have been a fuse! what happened?" but then whe she hear "que passo" etc. was like "ooooh its part of the show."

gosh, i love people.

PS chica, i think im the opposite of you, i would be VERY upset if PS wins (and im scared it will) but would be very cool with Xanadu winning (despite my dislike for the whole cubby bernsteine campaign) though i'm praying for ITH... it REALLY deserves the award!

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Updated On: 6/12/08 at 12:49 AM

also i'm assuming you all watched this?

http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=566832

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Puerto Rico city...love it! Especially since W.H is a primarily Dominican neighborhood.

I don't want Xanadu to win. No offense to its fans, because I liked the show, very much, actually, but I thought it was kinda vacuous, and one note. It's funny, it's fun, but not great. Passing Strange at least has integrity.

Updated On: 6/12/08 at 02:27 AM

hell yeah we're all rooting for In The Heights to win. I want them to win it all. All 13 awards. Take 'em all, carajo!

I hate myself now when I saw the show it was the day before fore his Grandpa's Funeral and the stage door man said he had a plane to catch and I was mad/sad he didn't come out. I feel so bad.

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Ahh, my sister just turned to that channel randomly and yelled for me! Aww, I wish I understood Spanish better, I need to figure out how to put subtitles on since I can read it better. They're interviewing Lin now, he is so cute.

Its not only in the New York area, either, I'm in Maryland and its on one of the public television channels.

Updated On: 6/12/08 at 09:37 PM

Better then Cry Baby?...
(If so stop complaining about the CD that will NEVER come out)



But I really hope IN the heights wins for best musical.

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Updated On: 6/12/08 at 10:23 PM

Ahh I got stuck at work late. Do you know if it's going to be on again?

TiVo says that Viva Voz "In the Heights" is going to be on again on 6/13 at 12:02am channel 812 VME. It was really great- even the small sliver that I understood- an interview with Olga, then one with Lin, intercut with b-roll footage from the 37 Arts days.


Oh, and so speaking of tiVo, TiVo says that Heights is performing on the Early Show on 6/16 from 7-9am, I don't think I knew that, so I'm just putting that out there...

What do you guys make of this? From the Tony Prediction thread:

"Yet even those who voted for “Passing Strange” said they believed it didn’t have a chance.

Still, when it’s this close, you are wise to surrender all responsibility and bow to the math. And the poll numbers say: “Passing Strange.”

This comment strikes me as a bit odd--- the people voting for "PS" dont think it has a chance, but the poll numbers say it wins?

I agree, Judas.. I just found the comment a bit odd.

The same people that voted for it, ("PS"), didnt think it had a chance, yet the poll had it winning?

Honestly, if "ITH" doesnt win, I would love to see "Xanadu" take it. I liked "PS", but think that both "Xanadu" and "ITH" are better overall productions.