Video: Watch Highlights From Opening of Muny In the Heights, Starring Benji Santiago, Alex Joseph Grayson, Karmine Alers
William Carlos Angulo directs Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Tony-winning musical.
The Muny premiere of the Tony-winning In the Heights opened August 9 and will continue through August 15 on the James S. McDonnell Stage in Forest Park, Missouri.
Directed and choreographed by William Carlos
Angulo, the cast is led by Benji Santiago as Usnavi, Ariana Burks
as Nina, Alex Joseph Grayson as Benny, Alysia Velez as Vanessa, Nancy
Ticotin as Abuela Claudia, Miguel Gil as Sonny, Martín Solá as Kevin,
Karmine Alers as Camila, Darilyn Castillo as Daniela, Marlene
Fernandez as Carla, U.J. Mangune as
Graffiti Pete, and Ángel Lozada as the Standby for Usnavi.
Watch highlights from the opening performance in the video above.
Video: Get a Sneak Peek at Benji Santiago Singing Title Song for Muny In the Heights
Ensemble
members and swings include Marissa Barragán, Angelica Maria Beliard, Ixchel
Cuellar, Ralphie Rivera De Jesús, Adriel Flete, Reyna Guerra, Emily
Madigan, Sebastian Martinez, Eddie Martin Morales, José J. Muñoz,
Matthew Rivera, Kiana Coryn Rodriguez, Francisco Javier Thurston, and
Alora Tonielle. The company is joined by the Muny Kid and Teen
Youth Ensemble.
With a score by Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes, the Washington Heights-set In the Heights originally played
29 previews and 1,184 regular performances at the Richard Rodgers
Theatre March 9, 2008–January 9, 2011. The production was nominated for
13 2008 Tony Awards, winning four, including Best Musical.
The Muny production also has music direction by conductor
Roberto Sinha, scenic design by Arnel Sancianco, costume design by Leon
Dobkowski, lighting design by Rob Denton, co-sound design by John
Shivers and David Patridge, video design by Caite Hevner, wig design by
Kelley Jordan, and production stage management by Jhanaë Bonnick.
Video: See Ariana Burks Belt Out ‘Breathe’ for Muny’s In the Heights
The Telsey Office is the casting partner of The Muny.
The Muny artistic staff includes Artistic Director and Executive
Producer Mike Isaacson and Associate Artistic Director Michael Baxter.
The production manager is Tracy Utzmyers, and the music supervisor is
Michael Horsley.
The 2024 summer season will conclude with Cole Porter’s Anything Goes August 19–25.
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