Metroactive » In the Heights https://activate.metroactive.com Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:08:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 In the Heights at Hammer Theatre https://activate.metroactive.com/2018/04/in-the-heights-at-hammer-theatre/ https://activate.metroactive.com/2018/04/in-the-heights-at-hammer-theatre/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:29:15 +0000 http://wp.blvdscms.com/activate-metroactive-com/?p=121153
The American dream is elusive, especially for those living in Washington Heights at the turn of the millennium. Hamilton writer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda sets his first musical in this Hispanic neighborhood of Manhattan at a time when the area—once identified as the “crack capital of America”—was rapidly gentrifying. Main character Usnavi…]]>

The American dream is elusive, especially for those living in Washington Heights at the turn of the millennium. Hamilton writer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda sets his first musical in this Hispanic neighborhood of Manhattan at a time when the area—once identified as the “crack capital of America”—was rapidly gentrifying. Main character Usnavi de la Vega is the owner of a small bodega, which he is struggling to keep up in the face of forces beyond his control. The Tony Award-winning musical explores the Latino experience and marks the beginning of Miranda’s career as a Broadway star. Students get in for $10; the production runs through May 6. (SM)

In the Heights
Fri, 7pm, $20+
Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose

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