Seattle Rep's IN THE HEIGHTS: Beyond the Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre presents IN THE HEIGHTS by Lin-Manuel Miranda from November 23 to December 30, 2018. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, films and music to enhance your experience of the show.
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In the Heights
The original Broadway cast recording of IN THE HEIGHTS for your listening pleasure.
Format: Music CD
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In the Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s music and lyrics, and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ book.
Format: Book
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In the Heights
Learn to play and sing the songs from IN THE HEIGHTS with this piano/vocal score for the musical.
Format: Printed Music
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The Poet X
Set in Harlem, this YA novel in free verse follows Dominican-American teen Xiomara Batista as she navigates tension with her family and doubts about her church while striving to follow her dream of being a poet.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
Alvarez’s classic novel tells the story of a family of Dominican immigrants adjusting and adapting to life in New York City.
Format: Book
Availability: All copies in use
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Filly Brown
It’s not a musical, but Filly Brown is full of Latinx hip-hop and features a breakout performance from Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez.
Format: Streaming Video
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From Mambo to Hip-Hop
Learn the history of some of the musical styles featured in IN THE HEIGHTS and explore a neighborhood and the people who nurtured and developed these genres.
Format: Streaming Video
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Painted Cities
IN THE HEIGHTS tells the story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights. Galaviz-Budziszewski’s short story collection brings Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood to life through slice-of-life portraits of the Latinx community of his youth.
Format: Book
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A Dream Called Home
IN THE HEIGHTS’ Nina Rosario feels both admiration and the pressure of expectations from the neighborhood as the first person in her family to go to college. Grande’s gripping memoir details her own experience as a first-generation Latina college student.
Format: Book
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Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue
Part one of Hudes’ acclaimed Elliot Trilogy examines the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family when Elliot, a marine fighting in Iraq, returns home to Philadelphia with a leg injury.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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