Last night, I went with the family to see In The Heights on Broadway. The original concept, lyrics and music were done by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also happened to be the main character. He came up with the show when he was a sophomore in college. I hate Wunderkinds - they make me feel so incompetent!
Anyway, I loved it, though no one else in my family shared that feeling. The music was incredible and unique - I'm pretty sure it's the only musical on Broadway with rap music. My dad thought the plot was shallow, which it was (though not at all as shallow as the likes of Mamma Mia, Hairspray, and Wicked), and my mom thought the music was disappointing, because there weren't any numbers that she could see becoming classics (she really likes classics). My brother, who is 10, is too young to have understood the concept or any of the jokes, so he hated it.
The fact that I have a year and a half of high-school Spanish under my belt helped a lot, because pretty much every song had at least a few words in Spanish. And the fact that I'm an adolescent helped, because many of the themes were ideas that pertain to teenagers, or ideas that I will have to face in a few years, once I hit my 20's.
In conclusion, In The Heights was extremely entertaining, the acting and singing were fabulous, and I recommend it for people ages 13 and up.
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