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Broadway Travel: Midtown Goes Uptown as "Heights" Goes up

June 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM | 0 Comments

If you buy today, you might still be able to get in to see newly minted Tony Award winner "In the Heights" this summer. The show picked up four awards last night at the ceremony, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. The sweet, Bernstein-meets-"Rent" show about residents of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood mixes contemporary Latin rhythms with a cute story about community and coming home.

Another winner on last night was the 60s sex farce and Best Revival "Boeing Boeing," now playing at the Longacre Theatre. The plot about a Paris businessman whose three lovers are flight attendants with complementary schedules may sound a little creaky, but we caught it a few weeks ago and were delightfully surprised at how much we laughed.

Tony nominee Mary McCormack in particular is completely off the rails. (She lost to an actress in Best Play "August: Osage County," which will go on national tour from New York in August.)

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[Photo: In the Heights]