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Dear Fellow Theatre Lovers:
When I first had the honor of seeing selections from IN THE HEIGHTS just prior to its opening off-Broadway – I was taken with the upbeat rapping and hip-hop music, and absolutely charmed by the multi-cultural cast. It was not until a year later, as I was watching the show ON Broadway [...]
Full given name: Joseph Morales
Hometown: Wahiawa, Hawaii
Zodiac sign: Aries
Audition song: I’ll never tell….
Special skills: The claw games in arcades where you win the stuffed animals. I’m a beast.
First Broadway show ever saw: RENT
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? Pippin
Current show you have been recommending to [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who conceived the Tony Award-winning In the Heights and wrote the music and lyrics, is a new voice with an old soul. The show, which celebrates life in a Washington Heights barrio, is propelled by the rhythms of hip hop and Latin music – uncommon sounds, to be sure, in musical theater – [...]
When I first heard about IN THE HEIGHTS, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, “hmmm…a Latino West side Story.” I got curious about the show and I did what almost 100% of people do: I googled it! From that very first glimpse, I really was taken and needed to know more.
The [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda is the Tony-winning composer-lyricist of Broadway’s In The Heights. In The Heights received four 2008 Tony Awards (including Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography and Best Musical), with Lin-Manuel receiving a Tony Award for Best Score, as well as a nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. Off-Broadway, In The Heights received 9 Drama Desk Nominations (including Best Music, [...]
At the end of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, a sign with a Latino name is removed from a storefront, revealing the Irish name of a previous owner. That one moment defines the constantly changing neighborhood of Washington Heights, and offers a window into the history of immigration in the United [...]
Lin-Manuel Miranda swaps coasts to be part of the cast of his ‘In the Heights’ at the Pantages. He’s also working on a film version of the musical, among other projects.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to know if anyone in L.A. rides the subway: “Driving is kind of lost time, you know?”
Hands-free travel works for the [...]
Yes that’s the cast of In The Heights, White Christmas and West Side Story on the same stage there. The BB King Club is a popular venue for the Spring Road Conference and this year we were serenaded by a couple of spoofs of some of the shows on Broadway. There’s a lot of comedy [...]
Searching for your grail?
Or eat jam and spam a lot?
Come laugh til cows fly!
The King has returned!
Take a journey to Pride Rock
Hyenas and all!
Hear the sleigh bells ring?
Make your holidays brighter
With ten Aussie hunks!
The ground is shaking
Sweet music fills the air
Riverdance is here!
Elle Woods have arrived!
Come see why blondes have more fun!
Ohmigod you guys!
Come soar [...]
Each autumn we work with booking agents and with producers to bring the “Best of Broadway” to San Diego - and the best of other theatrical entertainment events. This is a rundown of some of the considerations made putting together our 2009-2010 Broadway Season.