![]() Meanwhile, Nina Rosario (Julia Salatti), the golden girl who made it to Stanford but secretly dropped out when she couldn’t juggle two jobs and her studies, is afraid to tell her parents, Camila (Nikki Arbiter-Murphy) and Kevin (Steve Castrodad), son of a cane cutter, who run a stalled limo business. Vanessa, burdened with her mother’s debts, dreams of nicer digs uptown while working at the salon next door with Daniela (Mayumi Griffe) and Carla (Alli Musser). ![]() Young cousin Sonny (Anthony Johnson) is a wannabe anarchist who sometimes helps around the shop but is most instrumental in facilitating his romance with his longtime crush, the beautiful Vanessa (Christin Wright). He lives with Abuela Claudia (Cynthia Bolin), an aunt in name only who raised him and keeps a watchful eye on the neighborhood. Usnavi de la Vega (Tim German) runs a shabby bodega where the locals buy their cafe con leche and lottery tickets, but he dreams of returning to a homeland he hasn’t seen since infancy. Here at the confluence of rap, salsa and Latin pop, the American dream meets exotic choreography in New York City’s Dominican barrio to produce a story that transcends race, age and economic status.Įveryone has a dream. Under the direction of Darnell Patrick Morris, the same guy who brought us Avenue Q and Hair Spray, this production is so outstanding it’s easy see why the Hamilton composer’s show won the 2008 Tony for Best Musical. The hottest thing in Annapolis these days isn’t the weather but Lin Manuel-Miranda’s In the Heights, playing through Memorial Day weekend at The Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre.
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