Hey everyone! After 2 weeks, I'm finally posting my review from when I saw In The Heights! The show was in San Jose and my tickets were $30 and in the orchestra! The theatre was about an hour and a half away from my house and I went with my dad! Oh, I put a bunch of proshots from the show in here as well :) in addition to my signed stuff. Enjoy!
The show was amazing! We got to the theatre about an hour early and we were the first people to enter the theatre. There was no one there! :P The show was AMAZING! The set was extremely similar to the broadway one! The cast was amazing! Some performers who really stood out were Perry Young as Usnavi (who seemed like he was trying to hard to sound like Lin but he was amazing!), Presilah Nunez as Vanessa (her singing was phenomenal, her acting was amazing, and her dancing was extremely good). Virginia as Nina was absolutely perfect! Better than Mandy Gonzalez in my opinion! She didn't do a lot of physical and expressional acting but she did an extreme amount of her acting vocally. She added a lot more innocence to the character which I loved! She had really great chemistry with the people who played her parents.
Tauren Hagans as Daniella was really funny and excellent in the role! Christina Aranda as Abuela Claudia was amazing! She brought so much character to the role! She made me believe that she was actually an elder lady even though she is like 20! LOL She got a lot of laughs! As did Robert Ramirez who played Sonny! The whole cast was perfect! They are a lot better than the bway cast! Which I have never seen but I have seen multiple bootlegs of the cast!
Some of my favorite parts were "In the Heights"; I love when the company harmonizes when they sing "In the Heights/ I buy my coffee and i payyyyyyyyyyyy" lol Another one of my favorite parts was "Breathe" sung by Nina, the Blackout scene/song.
There is a part in the show that is so sad and when it happened, my heart dropped to my stomach and I was so sad :( But I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen it! But for those who have, you know what I'm talking about ;) and when the graffiti art that Graffiti Pete did was shown, I got so happy :D The Finale was particularly spectacular! The show was perfect! I rate this show a 96,000 out of 10 stars :)
I will not be posting my stagedoor pics because I'm having technical difficulties :/ But I will tell the stories! I went on the last night of the stop in SJ so the staff was loading all the set pieces into the truck that was like two feet away from the stagedoor. The first person to come out was Robert Rameriz (Sonny). He was super nice and signed my playbill and programme. One of the guys at the stagedoor asked him "Hey. Is it true that you have to be gay to be a successful actor?" He said "No" and the guy asked "so you're not gay?" and Robert said "no." How rude! But anyways, he was super nice!
The next person to come out was Tauren Hagans(Daniella). I told her she was great and she was super nice to me! She signed my playbill and programme and took a pic with me! Next out was Perry Young (Usnavi) He had family there that night and was trying to get out quickly but he signed my playbill/programme and took a pic with me! Next out was Presilah Nunez (Vanessa) and I talked to her on twitter the day before! She came out and I said "Hi Presilah I'm Henry" and she said "Flores?! I got your tweet at intermission but I couldn't answer it because I got called out on stage." She was really nice and signed my playbill/programme! :) We then got sent away by management because the staff was bringing the forklifts out to bring the big sets into the truck. It was a very successful stage door :)
SORRY THIS BLOG WAS SOOOOOO LONG! I WILL TRY TO CONDENSE THEM DOWN IN THE FUTURE! :D
The show was amazing! We got to the theatre about an hour early and we were the first people to enter the theatre. There was no one there! :P The show was AMAZING! The set was extremely similar to the broadway one! The cast was amazing! Some performers who really stood out were Perry Young as Usnavi (who seemed like he was trying to hard to sound like Lin but he was amazing!), Presilah Nunez as Vanessa (her singing was phenomenal, her acting was amazing, and her dancing was extremely good). Virginia as Nina was absolutely perfect! Better than Mandy Gonzalez in my opinion! She didn't do a lot of physical and expressional acting but she did an extreme amount of her acting vocally. She added a lot more innocence to the character which I loved! She had really great chemistry with the people who played her parents.
