The Official "In The Heights" Love Thread.... — Page 87

I was all um, since when does "Enough" make me feel a little weepy?


bahahaha I said the same thing!


Oh- did Elise do that higher second "hey" at the start?

yes she did .

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Curious also, I haven't been since last September.
Some cast changes since then!

Up until now, I thought the "pictures with Lin and his Tony" were simply framed pictures of Lin winning the Tony. And frankly that did not seem to warrant paying $60. Now I understand. That's a cool idea. I wonder how many people want a picture of themselves just holding the Tony?

Seth's deconstruction today is Andrea Burns, including not just her numbers from Heights, but also "BTW Write Back." Amazing.
Seth Rudetsky deconstructs Andrea Burns from IN THE HEIGHTS

So if any of you saw the ACL national tour and were lucky enough to catch Gabrielle Ruiz as Morales, starting May 26 Ruiz will be taking over Krysta Rodriguez's track in In the Heights (ensemble, u/s Nina, Vanessa, Carla).

This info's already in her bio on her website, so I figured it's ok to mention here...

gabrielleruiz.net- bio

Updated On: 5/24/09 at 12:40 AM

GAH! I'm so excited! I'm seeing the tour in March!!!!! WOOT WOOT! I've been wanting to see this for a long time.

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Did anyone catch Gabrielle Ruiz going on as Vanessa for the first time tonight?

eta, and, from bu.com: Tony Chiroldes will be on as Kevin in IN THE HEIGHTS Sunday, June 14 evening thru Thursday, June 18 and will be on as Piragua Guy Friday, June 19 through Sunday, June 21.

Updated On: 6/14/09 at 10:24 PM

I saw the show for the first time tonight. Wow, that was really Gabrielle Ruiz's first time?? She was great! I really liked her.

Also...do the ushers there just not care about photography? No one was stopping anyone. Before the show started, there was a flash going off about every 30 seconds, and a woman next to me was taking pictures all night long (without the flash though, so it may have gone unnoticed.)

There was also a Nina understudy, but I lost my playbill somewhere in the shuffle. Any idea who I might have seen? She was FANTASTIC. I loved her voice!

Does anyone know if Chris Jackson and Mandy Gonzalez leaving the show anytime soon? I would love to see their last performances.

Hi, I saw the show for the first time at the Saturday matinee (June 13th)and was blown away. I thought it was fantastic. Everyone was in and I was really impressed by the whole cast. I thought Javier Munoz did a great job as Usnavi. His voice inflections are very similar to Miranda's, but he puts a bit of his own spin on the role. Marcy Harriell was Vanessa and I liked her a lot; I thought her voice was beautiful, although she perhaps doesn't have quite the same glamorous appearance as Karen Olivo did (she is shorter, so doesn't have those long legs, and her hair is shorter, too.)
I, too noticed a lot of flash photography before the show started (people taking pictures of the set), and the ushers did nothing, but at least it stopped once the show began. The audience was very responsive and appreciative. I was a bit nervous because the woman next to me had her son with her who couldn't have been more than 3 (WHY do people bring such tiny kids to the theater?!) but he was remarkably well-behaved--a bit restless, but not annoyingly so. All in all it was a great experience and I'd encourage anyone to see the current cast--they are all doing a great job!
Oh--almost forgot--the one thing I noticed on the "negative" side was that Priscilla Lopez's voice seemed a bit weak, and she seemed as if she was straining to reach some of her notes. But then I listened to the cast album again and she sounded pretty much the same, so maybe that is just how her voice is? I wondered if perhaps she was tired or not feeling well. Her acting was still very good, though.

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Updated On: 6/15/09 at 11:56 AM

Just an FYI, Andrea has one more week left and then she'll be taking a two month leave of absence.

Where is Andrea going for? Who is replacing her?

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