2013 · In the Heights
The Walnut opened its 2013-14 season with the groundbreaking 21
st century
musical
In the Heights. The musical was conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, with
the book by the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner, and Philadelphia local, Quiara Alegría
Hudes. This was not the first time Hudes' work had been produced by the Walnut. In 2010
Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and the first in a trilogy
of plays, was produced in the Walnut's Independence Studio on 3.
In the Heights
starred Perry Young as Usnavi.
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