In The Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
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Free Music Review: Spectacular show; great recording.
Hit: 4 Stars
Had the pleasure of seeing this show before all the Tony nominations. A lot of fun. The recording captures all the latin music, clever lyrics and energy. I highly recommend this recording.Free Music Review: Latino Music Hits Broadway in a Huge way!
Hit: 4 Stars
very exciting score. Blends Latino and Rap in a very stylized and unigue way. It is exciting to listen to and makes you desire to see it on the satge!Free Music Review: music you can move to
Hit: 4 Stars
if you've seen the musical then you already know how amazing this soundtrack is. the songs are light and fun and upbeatFree Music Review: heading for the show
Hit: 4 Stars
Liked the cd. reminds me a lot of west side story. Going to see the show soon so wanted to be familiar with the musicFree Music Review: Best New Musical?
Hit: 3 Stars
Admittedly, each new generation "shocks" the preceding one with their taste in music, and I must admit to being shocked and being part of the older set. Yet, that being said, I cannot see how rap music can be elevated to the art form which is the Broadway stage; well, perhaps it can, but why would anyone want to pay $100 a seat when they can just go to any corner in Harlem, Spanish Harlem, or Washington Heights - the Heights in the title - and get a free exhibition performed by the real originators of the musical idiom? I was raised in the South Bronx, and I am Hispanic, so I have no prejudice against Latin music, but when I go to the theatre, I expect to be transported to another dimension, and if it's a musical, I want the music to soar above the mundane. Perhaps, if we considered this musical in the light of "West Side Story", what I am trying to say would be clearer: Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim were able to take New York's social problems of the 50's and 60's, e.g, gang warfare and prejudice against Puertorricans, set them against an ugly background (New York City's west-side slums), and still create a musical theatre experience that can be justly described as a work of beauty. Lin-Manuel Miranda has also focused on an lower-class neighborhood in New York and it's problems, but can we honestly say that his music transports the audience to another realm? Can any of us come out of "In the Heights" with it's music in our minds? At least, let's give credit to the Tony Award voters who are willing to recognize new forms of talent and music, something they did not do when West Side Story had it's original run on Broadway. (Ironically, it took Hollywood to recognize West Side Story for the classic that it was and is: the film won ten oscars including Best Movie of the year.)