Award-winning Broadway musical 'In the Heights' comes to Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - "In the Heights," winner of four 2008 Tony awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to Purdue on Feb. 26 in Elliott Hall of Music.
The performance, set for 4 p.m., is presented by Purdue Convocations.
"In the Heights" tells the 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.
In addition to winning the 2008 Tony Award for best musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show's creator, won the Tony 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.
Based on a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes and conceived by 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 Work Light Productions.
Tickets are $20-$48 for the general public and $20-$35 for those 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at 765-496-1977.
Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations is among the oldest collegiate professional performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 20 to 30 performances of widely varying genres.
Contact: Abby Eddy, 765-494-5045, aeeddy@purdue.edu
Photos will be available at: https://www.intheheightsontour.com/photos.html