Luis Salgado will be associate director for In The Heights in Brazil

2008 Tony Awards winning musical In The Heights will be translated into Portuguese for its first Brazilian production, directed by Wolf Maya and with recently announced associate director Luis Salgado, adding to his position as choreographer and consultant on the production.

Ricardo Marques and his Production Company 4ACT PRODUÇÕES ARTÍSTICAS will present the Brazilian premier in Rio De Janiero on July 6th followed by a second opening in Sao Paulo in September directed by Wolf Maya and musical direction by Paulo Nogueira.

Also joining the production in Brazil, as part of the Salgado Production's creative and consulting team is lighting designer Joel Silver (Peter and The Starcatcher), stage management consultant Heather Hogan (In The Heights -Broadway) and original In The Heights cast member Afra Hines (Ghost) assistant choreographer. This is the second international production that Luis and the Salgado Productions team will work on together, Silver and Hogan were part of the creative team of Candela "Fuerza y Pasion" that premeired in Lima, Peru in 2011.

In The Heights opened on Broadway on March 9th, 2008 and won 4 Tony awards including Best Original Musical and Best Choreography. It 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. 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. With music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights originally directed by Thomas Kail and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler.

Auditions begin today March 7th in Sao Paulo Brazil, rehearsals begin May13th. More details coming soon and will be available at http://intheheights.com.br/ and/or www.salgadoproductions.com

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