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GRAMMY® AWARD WINNER AND FOUR-TIME TONY AWARD® WINNER
IN THE HEIGHTS COMES TO COLUMBUS
AS PART OF ITS FIRST NATIONAL TOUR
“Pure Broadway. An evening of old-style, innocent pleasure.â€Â
- The Washington Post
“An exuberant, animated shrine to the importance of family ties and being faithful to where you come from.†– The New York Times
Broadway musical In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place 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. Presented by CAPA and Broadway Across America, Columbus will be only the fourth stop on the production’s first national tour.
Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, In the Heights comes to the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) November 24-29. Show times are Tuesday, November 24, 8 pm; Wednesday, November 25, 8 pm; Thursday, November 26, 8 pm; Friday, November 27, 8 pm; Saturday, November 28, 2 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday, November 29, 1 pm and 6:30 pm. Tickets are $67, $62, $42, $47, $25, and $20 at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and http://www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. The Ohio Theatre Ticket Office will open two hours prior to the performance.
In the Heights opened on Broadway to wide critical acclaim on March 9, 2008, and continues to play the Richard Rodgers Theatre. In addition to winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s creator, won the Tony Award for Best Music and Lyrics; Andy Blankenbuehler won for Best Choreography; and Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman won for Best Orchestrations. The original cast recording won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, and Universal Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a feature film based on the smash hit musical.
In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams, a “Great Performances†special chronicling the personal stories of composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Broadway cast of In The Heights in the months leading up to opening night, premiered on PBS stations across the country in May 2009.
With a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Quiara AlegrÃÂa Hudes and conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights is directed by Joseph A. Callaway Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail. The music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. In the Heights also features Tony-nominated scenic design (Anna Louizos), costumes (Paul Tazewell), lighting (Howell Binkley), and sound (Acme Sound Partners).
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.
CAPA presents OS MUTANTES
Saturday, October 8, 8 pm
Capitol Theatre (77 S. High St.)
Formed in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1966, Os Mutantes blended English rock with American psychedelic and traditional Brazilian music to create an entirely new sound reflective of the turbulent times. After disbanding in the early ‘70s, Os Mutantes reunited in 2006 and are now touring to promote the release of Haih, their first album in 35 years. Special guest for the evening will be Deleon. Tickets are $25 at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and http://www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000. The Capitol Theatre Ticket Office will open two hours prior to the performance. Students between the ages of 13-19 can purchase $5 High Five tickets while available. http://www.capa.com
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