Broadway Faves: In The Heights

In the Heights is one of my all time fave musicals.  I have seen this show live twice.  Once in NYC while it was still running on Broadway, and once when it came to Rochester.  What i like most about the show is it stays true to the traditional broadway type show but puts an spin on things with more music styles such as rap, hip hop, and latin.  The show appeals to all ages.  When i saw the show in NYC the audience was so diverse.  I remember there was a couple sitting next to me speaking spanhish, an Asian mother and her son in front of me, a older couple who mostly likely go to shows all the time as a hobby, and a African American women behind me.  All ages and races can relate to this show in one was or another.

The story of the musical is the community of Washington Hights, which is mainly an Hispanic area of NYC, are just stuggling in there everyday lifes.  Usnavi the main chacter earns his living as running his corner store with his cousin Sonny.  There is the girls at the salon making a living as hair dressers.  Then there is the Rosarios, a family who owns a taxi cab company.  They all go though life stuggles together.  Here are some of my fave sceans from the show.

This is the first scene in the show.  Usnavi is talking about his daily life of all the people that come in and out of his corner show.  

In this scene someone in the heights has won the daily lotto for 96,000.  Everyone on the corner is sharing what they would do if they won that 96,000.

In this scene Albula, Unsavi's grandma is singing about her life when she immagrated from Cuba as a child.  Later on in the show we find out the she was the one to win the lotto in the heights.

I highley recommend this show.  It one of my faves.  Hope you all enjoyed.