Walt Grossman News

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Buell Theatre in Denver from April 28 to May 9. Single tickets go on sale Sunday, March 14 at www.denvercenter.org or by phone and walk-up Monday, March 15 at 10am.

One of the decade's most important and inspired Broadway musicals, IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, will soon be available to South Florida theater goers when it opens in an exclusive two week run, Tuesday, March 16 through Sunday, March 28 presented by the Florida Theatrical Association at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

Corbin Bleu, currently starring as Usnavi in the Tony and Grammy Award winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS, will be a guest on the nationally syndicated 'The Wendy Williams Show,' scheduled to air on Friday, February 26.

IN THE HEIGHTS will play its final show at the PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland on Feb. 21.

In The Heights star Corbin Bleu stopped by The Today Show and discussed the differences between acting for theater and film, 'super fans', and more.

Corbin Bleu recently visited Live With Regis and Kelly to talk about joining the cast of IN THE HEIGHTS on Broadway.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland from February 9 - 21, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare.

Today's 2:00pm Saturday matinee performance of IN THE HEIGHTS at the Benedum Center has been canceled. At this time, this evening's 8pm performance and Sunday performances are scheduled to take place. Patrons are encouraged to check pgharts.org or call 412-456-6666 for updates.

A touring production of the smash hit Broadway revival of WEST SIDE STORY is set to tour North America beginning this fall. The tour will open at The Fisher Theatre in Detroit, MI in October 2010. Other cities will be announced soon.

In the Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album comes to Pittsburgh's Benedum Center on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 for six nights of spectacular performances.

The new Broadway cast album of 'West Side Story' has picked up the 2010 Grammy for Best Musical Show Album. The announcement was made during the Grammy Awards' pre-telecast ceremony held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday, January 31. The creative team behind the 'West Side Story' new Broadway cast album is Leonard Bernstein, composer; Stephen Sondheim, lyricist. David Caddick & David Lai produced the album which was released by Masterworks Broadway.

The 2008 Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights, welcomes back original cast member Janet Dacal as 'Nina' on Friday, February 19, 2010, and welcomes David Del Rio as 'Sonny' on Monday, February 15, 2010.

In the Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album comes to Pittsburgh's Benedum Center on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 for six nights of spectacular performances.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland from February 9 - 21, as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series at PlayhouseSquare.

The producers of WEST SIDE STORY are proud to announce that 2009 Tony Award winner Karen Olivo and 2009 Tony Award nominee Josefina Scaglione have both renewed their contracts with the show to continue with WEST SIDE STORY into 2010.

The smash hit Broadway production of WEST SIDE STORY broke the box office record at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway) two weeks in a row.

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Kenny Ortega will direct a big screen adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical In the Heights, according to Variety. The film will be the director's follow-up to Michael Jackson's This is It. The film will be made by Universal pictures starring the show's creator and leading performer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The screenplay will be penned by the show's scribe, Quiara Alegria Hudes.

Variety is reporting that Corbin Bleu will be the first star of the popular High School Musical film franchise to hit Broadway when he steps into the role of bodega owner Usnavi in IN THE HEIGHTS. Bleu will star in the show from January 25 - April 25, 2010.

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.