In the Heights
Finding Home **The must-have gift for all Lin-Manuel Miranda fans**
$66.21
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
29 June 2021
Summary
In 2008, In the Heights, a new musical from up-and-coming young artists, electrified Broadway. The show’s vibrant mix of Latin music and hip-hop captured life in Washington Heights, the Latino neighborhood in upper Manhattan. It won four Tony Awards and became an international hit, delighting audiences around the world. For the film version, director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) brought the story home, filming its spectacular dance numbers on location in Washington Heights. That’s …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472281630 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472281632 |
| Author: | Lin-manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Jeremy Mccarter |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Book Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.20kg |
| Dimensions: | 3mm x 6mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
[An] exuberant, unique, and invaluable record of dynamic, brilliant, and soulful creativity. * Booklist (starred review) *The all-singing, all-dancing, feelgood film of the summer. * The Telegraph, film review *They don’t make ‘em like this any more. * The FT, film review *Lin-Manuel Miranda has done it again! Again! * New York Post, film review *
About The Author
Lin-manuel Miranda
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and performer, as well as the recipient of a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award. His most recent musical, Hamilton-book, music, and lyrics by Miranda; he also originated the title role-opened on Broadway in 2015. Hamilton was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and earned a record-breaking sixteen Tony Award nominations, winning eleven Tonys, including two for Miranda personally for Best Book and Best Score of a Musical. Miranda’s first Broadway musical, In the Heights, received four 2008 Tony Awards (including Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography, and Best Musical). Miranda contributed music, lyrics, and vocals to several songs in Disney’s feature film Moana, earning him an Oscar nomination and a Grammy Award for the original song ‘How Far I’ll Go’. He lives in New York City with his wife, sons, and dog.
Quiara Alegria Hudes is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Water by the Spoonful and the author of a memoir, My Broken Language. She wrote the book for the Tony-winning Broadway musical In the Heights and later adapted it for the screen. Her notable essays include ‘High Tide of Heartbreak’ in American Theatre magazine and ‘Corey Couldn’t Take It Anymore’ in The Cut. As a prison reform activist, Hudes and her cousin founded Emancipated Stories, a platform where people behind bars can share one page of their life story with the world. She lives with her family in New York but frequently returns to her native Philly.
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