DANR Congratulates Broadway Musical “In The Heights” For Winning Four Tony Awards, Including Best Musical

The Dominican American National Roundtable (DANR) congratulates the Broadway musical “In The Heights” for winning four Tony Awards during last night’s national broadcast of the 62nd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. “In The Heights” won Tony Awards for Best Orchestrations, Best Choreography, Best Original Score, and the prestigious Tony Award for Best Musical on Broadway.

“We are deeply proud of the success of the Broadway musical ‘In The Heights’, which showcases life for Dominicans and Latinos in Northern Manhattan,”

“We are deeply proud of the success of the Broadway musical ‘In The Heights’, which showcases life for Dominicans and Latinos in Northern Manhattan,” said Victor Capellan, National President of the DANR. “We salute and congratulate the cast, crew, and producers of ‘In The Heights’ for winning its Tony Awards and we praise the musical for introducing to an international audience a neighborhood that hundreds of thousands of Dominican Americans proudly consider as home.”

“In the Heights” is a new Broadway musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights, which is a neighborhood considered the heart of the Dominican American community for its population dominance in the neighborhood. The music pulses with the hopes and dreams of three generations of Latinos as they struggle to forge an identity in a neighborhood on the brink of transition. “In The Heights” was conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also stars in the musical. The musical played its first Broadway performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on February 14, 2008 and celebrated its Opening Night on March 9, 2008.

The Tony Awards are presented by a joint venture of two organizations: The Broadway League, a national trade association for the commercial theatre industry; and the American Theatre Wing, a not-for-profit service organization for the theatre community.

About the DANR

Established in 1997, The Dominican American National Roundtable is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advocate for the empowerment of Dominicans in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Territories. Based in Washington, DC, the DANR is the first and only national organization advocating on behalf of the over one million Dominican Americans in areas concerning education, health, economic development, immigration, and civic empowerment at the national level. The DANR National Conference is the only conference in the United States that brings together Dominicans from around the country under one roof for the purpose of community empowerment.

The DANR 11th Annual National Conference will take place October 10-12, 2008 in Providence, RI.