In the Heights

Name: In the Heights
Author: Quiara Alegría Hudes

by Quiara Alegría Hudes

Musical about ambition and community in a New York neighborhood

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Quiara Alegría Hudes

Puerto Rican-American playwright and librettist whose Water by the Spoonful won the Pulitzer Prize. She wrote the book for the musical In the Heights with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Her work centers on Latinx experience in America, particularly in Philadelphia, with warmth and political engagement.

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