"High School Musical" Star Corbin Bleu to Join the Cast of Broadway's In the Heights

By Andrew Gans
09 Dec 2009

Corbin Bleu
Corbin Bleu
Photo by Aubrey Reuben

Corbin Bleu of "High School Musical" fame will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights in 2010.

Bleu, who starred as Chad Danforth in Disney's "High School Musical" TV trilogy, will step into the role of Usnavi, the young bodega owner originally played by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Bleu will play a 13-week run in the musical at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Performance dates are January 25, 2010-April 25, 2010.

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In the Heights, a romantic musical comedy snapshot of the Latino community of Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan, is the winner of four 2008 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It plays the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Lin-Manuel Miranda won the 2008 Tony for Best Score, Andy Blankenbuehler won the 2008 Tony for Best Choreography, and Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations.

In the Heights began previews on Broadway Feb. 14, 2008, after a six-month award-winning 2007 Off-Broadway run. The musical opened on Broadway March 9, 2008, recouped its $10 million investment in ten months and won a 2008 Grammy Award for the original cast album. In November 2008, Universal Pictures acquired the rights to produce a feature film based on In the Heights.

With a book by Quiara Alegrķa Hudes and conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights is directed by Thomas Kail. Alex Lacamoire is music director, and music arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman.

For more information visit www.intheheightsthemusical.com.