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In the Heights Gets Ready to Run this Tour
Videos By Broadway.com Staff
October 8, 2009 - 5:45PM
Karen Olivo & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo reunite to promote the 'In the Heights' tour.
Who needs Jay-Z and Rihanna when you can have Karen Olivo and Lin-Manuel Miranda? The former In the Heights stars teamed up with the cast of the upcoming national tour of the show, including new Usnavi Kyle Beltran, to let us know just how they’re going to “Run This Tour”. It’s a little darker and more intense than the show we know and love, but man, it’s good to see Karen (currently starring in West Side Story, for which she won a Tony Award) and Lin back together, belting and free-styling like only they can. And that new Usnavi, can he rap or what? Check it out!
GOTCHA MEDIA BLOG.COM
http://www.gotchamediablog.com/2009/10/in-heights-run-this-tour.html
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Broadway's In the Heights is about to go on tour, and to kick it off the cast took to the streets like Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye.
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BWW TV: Stage Tube - 'Run This Tour' IN THE HEIGHTS Video
Thursday, October 8, 2009; Posted: 05:10 PM - by BroadwayWorld TV
As previously reported, Kyle Beltran, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Natalie Toro and Shaun Taylor-Corbett are set to star in the upcoming National Tour of IN THE HEIGHTS, which will launch October 27 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.
Recent Carnegie Mellon graduate Beltran will play Usnavi, the narrator who whisks the audience on a tour of life in Washington Heights, the Latino community in northern Manhattan. According to press notes, IN THE HEIGHTS is a "quintessential New York musical about a vibrant and tight-knit community at the top of the island of Manhattan. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition."
Beltran will be joined by Daniel Bolero (Kevin), Rogelio Douglas Jr. (Benny), Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer (Vanessa), Arielle Jacobs (Nina), Jose-Luis Lopez (Graffiti Pete), Genny Lis Padilla (Carla), Isabel Santiago (Daniela), Elise Santora (Abuela Claudia), Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Sonny) and Natalie Toro (Camila). Rounding out the cast are Sandy Alvarez, David Baida, Christina Black, Natalie Caruncho, Oscar Cheda, Dewitt Cooper III, Daniel Cruz, Wilkie Ferguson, Kristina Fernandez, Rayanne Gonzales, Dominique Kelley, Rebecca Kritzer, Morgan Matayoshi, Joseph Morales, April Ortiz, and Carlos Salazar.
IN THE HEIGHTS is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The show was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, and took home four awards including Best Musical and Best Score. The show's score, featuring a mix of hip-hop, salsa, merengue and soul music won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. On November 7, 2008, Universal Pictures announced that they plan to adapt the musical as a feature film for release in 2010.
IN THE HEIGHTS is produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs,Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Peter Fine and Sonny Everett/Mike Skipper with associate producers Ruth Hendel and Harold Newman.
For more information on tickets and tour schedule, visit
www.InTheHeightsTheMusical.com.
