L.A. Premiere of IN THE HEIGHTS Extended Two Weeks Thru 7/28

Broadway/L.A. is proud to announce that, due to popular demand, they are extending the Pantages Theatre engagement of IN THE HEIGHTS by two weeks. The show, which won four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical as well as the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, will now play through Sunday, July 25th.

Today's extension announcement follows on the heels of Broadway/L.A.'s recently news that Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Award®-winning creator, composer-lyricist and original star of Broadway's IN THE HEIGHTS, will reprise the lead role of ‘Usnavi' when the show has its Southern California premiere engagement at the historic Pantages Theatre.

Martin Wiviott, General Manager of Broadway/L.A. and the Pantages Theatre, stated, "Already a popular title on our 2010 Pantages Season, IN THE HEIGHTS sales surged when we announced that Lin-Manuel committed to recreate his performance exclusively for Pantages audiences. We are very pleased that extending this engagement will provide even more opportunities to experience what I feel is one of the most extraordinary and joyous Broadway musicals in recent memory."

Tickets for the final two weeks of dates will go on sale to the general public on Sunday, June 6th at 10AM. Tickets for all other performances of IN THE HEIGHTS are available now online at www.BroadwayLA.org and by phone at 1-800-982-ARTS (2787). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Pantages Box Office and all Ticketmaster ticket outlets. The Pantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, just east of Vine Street, and the box office is open every day beginning at 10AM.

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. 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.

Lin-Manuel said, "To be honest, I've been itching to play with the tour cast since we began their rehearsals last fall. It has been a joy to watch Kyle Beltran and the rest of this company make this show their own, and to win over audiences all over the country. I'm excited to play at the gorgeous Pantages Theatre, which I had the privilege of visiting two weeks ago. I can't think of a better way to prepare myself for the demands of playing Usnavi in the movie version of HEIGHTS. Most of all, I can't wait to get back on that stage, in Usnavi's shoes."

IN THE HEIGHTS continues to play at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it has now played over 900 performances. With a book by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes and conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, IN THE HEIGHTS is directed by Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail. Choreography is by Andy Blankenbuehler. Music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman. Scenic design is by Anna Louizos with, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley and sound design by ACME Sound Partners.

IN THE HEIGHTS is produced by Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller, Jill Furman Willis, Sander Jacobs, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Peter Fine and Sonny Everett/Mike Skipper with associate producers Ruth Hendel and Harold Newman.

The performance schedule for IN THE HEIGHTS is Tuesday through Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm. Please note that there will be no evening performance on Sunday, July 4th, and there will be one added weekday matinee on Thursday, July 1st at 2:00pm. (Please note that Lin-Manuel Miranda is NOT scheduled to appear in five performances: Sunday Matinee 6/27, Thursday Matinee 7/1, Sunday Matinee 7/11, Sunday Matinee 7/18 and Sunday Matinee 7/25.)

Following the Los Angeles engagement, the National Tour of IN THE HEIGHTS will travel to Costa Mesa for a two-week engagement at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, August 3-15.

IN THE HEIGHTS is presented locally by Broadway/L.A. as the seventh show of its 2010 Pantages Season.

For more information, please visit the Pantages Theatre's official website: www.BroadwayLA.org.

For more information on IN THE HEIGHTS, please visit www.InTheHeightsTheMusical.com.

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