“Thank God…I sucked in my gut!” Says Lin-Manuel Miranda
OK, the show is growing on me. And not only me, obviously other people like it as well – the cast recording of In the Heights debuted at #1, and, well, there is the whole Best Musical thing.
Visit the Heights
Broadway.com has a charming little video where Lin-Manuel Miranda takes you backstage of In the Heights for a very personal tour backstage. He doesn’t do the normal “We’re so happy to be here, blah blahblah.” Instead he shares the video games he likes, the personal notes from people, his own personal image issues (“I think this mirror makes me look fat!”).
Some of it’s heart rending, such as the tragedy he found out about opening night (no, I’m not going to tell you, go watch it yourself!), the difficulties of doing 8 shows a week and basically living in the theatre.
He talks with some of the cast like Olga Merediz, who seem a little less natural than he does…but let me tell you, it’s making me really want to see the show. I think that he goes a little overboard in talking about bits and pieces of the set – at times it seems that he’s really stretching for material – but it’s all authentic, and that’s what counts.
Check it out. Tell me it doesn’t make you want to be there too.
image courtesy of newscom
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