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    *Lir"

    THE COMPLETE BOOK AND LYRICS


    OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

    Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda

    Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes

    Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda

    APPLAUSE
    THEATRE & CINEMA BOOKS

    An Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation


    Copyright C) 2006 by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes
    Introduction copyright © 2013 by Jill Furman
    CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby advised that this work is fully protected
    under the copyright laws of the United States of America and all countries of the Berne and
    Universal Copyright Conventions and that all rights in this work (professional, amateur, or
    otherwise), including, without limitation, motion picture, television, performance, class -
    room, reading and workshop performances, public reading, recitation, radio broadcast,
    publication, Internet and similar rights, and translation rights, are strictly reserved. No
    portion of the work may be duplicated, published in any publication, or uploaded to the
    Internet. Any presentation or other use of this work for any purpose other than private
    reading thereof, including all uses by educational institutions, requires advance permission,
    payment of royalty, and other terms and conditions to be secured in writing. PERFORMING
    ANY PORTION OF THIS WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN LICENSE FROM THE AUTHORS OR
    THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MAY SUBJECT YOU TO PENALTIES UNDER U.S. AND INTER-
    NATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW.
    All inquiries regarding permissions and licensing (such as for professional and amateur
    performance) should be directed to the authors' representative: R&H Theatricals, an Imagem
    Company. Website: www.rnh.com.
    Published in 2013 by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
    An Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
    7777 West Bluemound Road
    Milwaukee, WI 53213
    Trade Book Division Editorial Offices
    33 Plymouth St., Montclair, NJ 07042

    All photos of the original Broadway cast © Joan Marcus


    Printed in the United States of America

    Book design by Mark Lerner

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.


    ISBN 978-1-4768-7464-7

    www.applausebooks.com
    ACT 1
    SCENE 1
    (Sunrise. A radio switches through different stations.)

    RADIO VOICE
    Yo, pull out them kiddie pools and call me up with your sizzling summer scandal.
    Tomorrow's the Fourth of July but we're kicking off the celebration tonight with
    fireworks at the marina! It's going to be a scorcher!

    (A beat comes in. In the shadows, GRAFFITI PETE is revealed painting


    various walls in the neighborhood. Enter USNAVI from his stoop.)

    USNAVI
    Yo, that's my wall!

    GRAFFITI PETE
    Pshh ...

    (GRAFFITI PETE runs away. USNAVI turns to us.)

    "In The Heights"


    USNAVI
    LIGHTS UP ON WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, UP AT THE BREAK OF DAY.
    I WAKE UP AND I GOT THIS LITTLE PUNK I GOTTA CHASE AWAY.
    POP THE GRATE AT THE CRACK OF DAWN, SING
    WHILE I WIPE DOWN THE AWNING. HEY, Y'ALL, GOOD MORNING.
    (USNAVI opens the bodega.) ABUELA CLAUDIA
    Ooo oo!
    -

    PIRAGUA GUY
    (Scraping from his ice block.) Ice-cold piragua! Parcha. China. Cherry. USNAVI
    Strawberry. Just for today, I got mamey! Abuela, do we have milk at home?

    USNAVI ABUELA CLAUDIA


    Yo, piragliero, como estas? No, que paso?

    PIRAGUA GUY USNAVI


    Como siempre, Senor Usnavi. Ws my fridge. I got café but no "con leche."

    USNAVI ABUELA CLAUDIA


    I AM USNAVI AND YOU PROB'LY NEVER HEARD MY NAME. Try my mother's old recipe: one can of condensed milk.
    REPORTS OF MY FAME ARE GREATLY EXAGGERATED,
    USNAVI
    EXACERBATED BY THE FACT
    THAT MY SYNTAX Nice. Your lottery tickets.
    IS HIGHLY COMPLICATED 'CUZ I IMMIGRATED FROM THE SINGLE
    GREATEST LITTLE PLACE IN THE CARIBBEAN, ABUELA CLAUDIA
    DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. (She kisses the tickets and holds them up to the sky.) Paciencia y fe
    I LOVE IT.
    JESUS, I'M JEALOUS OF IT. (She exits.)
    BUT BEYOND THAT,
    EVER SINCE MY FOLKS PASSED ON, USNAVI
    I HAVEN'T GONE BACK. THAT WAS ABUELA, SHE'S NOT REALLY MY "ABUELA,"
    GODDAMN, I GOTTA GET ON THAT. BUT SHE PRACTICALLY RAISED ME, THIS CORNER IS HER ESCUELA! YOU'RE PROB'LY
    THINKK, "I'M UP SHIT'S CREEK!
    I NEVER BEEN NORTH OF NINETY-SIXTH STREET."
    WELL, YOU MUST TAKE THE A TRAIN
    EVEN FARTHER THAN HARLEM TO NORTHERN MANHATTAN AND MAINTAIN.
    GET OFF AT ONE EIGHTY-FIRST, AND TAKE THE ESCALATOR.
    I HOPE YOU'RE WRITING THIS DOWN, I'M GONNA TEST YA LATER. I'M GETTING TESTED, TIMES ARE TOUGH ON THIS BODEGA.
    TWO MONTHS AGO SOMEBODY BOUGHT ORTEGA'S
    (Points to the salon.) OUR NEIGHBORS STARTED PACKIN' UP AND PICKIN' UP AND EVER SINCE THE RENTS WENT UP

    IN THE HEIGHTS ACT 1 3


    2
    IT'S GOTTEN MAD EXPENSIVE KEVIN
    BUT WE LIVE WITH JUST ENOUGH— GOOD MORNING, USNAVI!

    ALL (except NINA) USNAVI


    IN THE HEIGHTS PAN CALIENTE, CAFÉ CON LECHE!

    PIRAGUA GUY/CARLA/DANIELA/OTHERS KEVIN


    I FLIP THE LIGHTS AND START MY DAY PUT TWENTY DOLLARS ON TODAY'S LOTTERY.

    ALL CAMILA
    THERE ARE FIGHTS ONE TICKET, THAT'S IT!

    CARLA/DANIELA/WOMEN KEVIN
    AND ENDLESS DEBTS HEY! A MAN'S GOTTA DREAM.

    KEVIN/BENNY/PIRAGUA GUY/MEN CAMILA


    AND BILLS TO PAY DON'T MIND HIM. HE'S ALL EXCITED
    'CUZ NINA FLEW IN AT 3 A.M. LAST NIGHT!
    ALL
    IN THE HEIGHTS KEVIN
    DON'T LOOK AT ME. THIS ONE'S BEEN COOKING ALL WEEK!
    BENNY/KEVIN/PIRAGUA GUY/OTHERS
    I CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT CAFÉ CAMILA
    USNAVI, COME OVER FOR DINNER.
    USNAVI
    I SERVE CAFE KEVIN/CAMILA
    THERE'S PLENTY TO EAT!
    ALL
    'CUZ TONIGHT SEEMS LIKE A MILLION YEARS AWAY! EN WASHINGTON- (KEVIN and CAMILA exit. DANIELA and CARLA enter.)

    USNAVI
    DANIELA
    NEXT UP TO BAT, THE ROSARIOS. SO THEN YESENIA WALKS IN THE ROOM-
    THEY RUN THE CAB COMPANY, THEY STRUGGLE IN THE BARRIO. CARLA
    SEE, THEIR DAUGHTER NINA'S OFF AT COLLEGE, TUITION IS MAD STEEP. SO THEY Aha . CAN'T SLEEP EVERYTHING THEY GET IS MAD CHEAP!

    (KEVIN and CAMILA enter.)

    DANIELA
    SHE SMELLS SEX AND CHEAP PERFUME!

    4 IN THE HEIGHTS ACT 1

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