'In the Heights' returns in March
MANILA, Philippines - Atlantis Productions critically-acclaimed and award-winning staging of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights will return for a very limited repeat run from March 16 to 25 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati.
Experience, once more, an exhilarating journey into one of Manhattan’s most vibrant communities, where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind. In the Heights is the winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical. It also recently won the Aliw Award for Best Ensemble Cast.
Directed by critically-acclaimed director Bobby Garcia, the repeat run of In the Heights features the original star-studded Manila cast including Nyoy Volante, Jackie Lou Blanco, Ima Castro, Calvin Millado, Tex Ordonez, K-La Rivera, Felix Rivera, Bibo Reyes, Jimmy Marquez and Jay Glorioso (who also won an Aliw Award for her performance as Abuela Claudia).
Nyoy Volante received overwhelming critical praise and an Aliw Award nomination for his biggest role to date as Usnavi, the Washington Heights bodega owner who dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic and opening a bar, in the hit musical with a hip-hop, salsa, merengue and soul music infused score by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Star Power finalist, MYX VJ, and Aliw Award nominee for Best Actress in a Musical, K-La Rivera was a revelation to many as 19-year-old Nina Rosario, the Stanford student who returns to her neighborhood with surprising news. Her professional musical theater debut has been called the finest debut performance by a leading actress in many years.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s Tony Award Winning lyricist and composer, will be traveling to Manila to be present at the show’s opening in March. Bobby Garcia says, “We are thrilled to be able to bring back In the Heights for a limited repeat run with the original Manila cast. I can speak for everyone in saying that this is one of the most creatively fulfilling shows we have done and we have all become a family. I am also thrilled that Lin-Manuel Miranda will be coming to Manila for the opening of the repeat run. It will be an honor for all of us to have him see exceptional Pinoy talent take on In the Heights. ” Lin-Manuel Miranda is coming to Manila through a special partnership with Delta Airlines.
A limited number of shows are also now available for show-buying and fund-raising opportunities. For show-buying inquiries and tickets call Atlantis Productions at 892-7078 or 840-1187.
