In The Heights

In The Heights - Richard Rogers Theatre (Viewed: Summer 2010)

I saw this over a year ago, but I remember thinking two things:

1. Corbin Bleu was actually quite incredible and played a role that was a nice departure from his High-School-Musical-days; 
2. This was an energy-charged musical full of hot salsa moves and a great story-line!

I really enjoyed it... and to this day, the theme song, "In The Heights", is still vividly playing in my head... I should add this soundtrack to my Spotify list...

Story Overview
In a three-day period, In The Heights runs through the Dominican-American characters' lives New York City. The story gives heart and insight [in a playful way] of every day life for those living in Washington Heights - a predominantly Dominican-American neighborhood. It is unique with the freestyle rap, mention of bodegas (in which most of the U.S. doesn't even know what that is) and lots of sexy salsa numbers.

The musical won four 2008 Tony Awards®: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations. In my opinion, very well deserved!