The lack of mid-sized venues in Australia is presenting challenges for local productions – but the show must go on
It’s two days after Christmas, and Damien Bermingham is anxious. His company, Blue Saint, is set to reprise its production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 musical In The Heights by taking it to one of Australia’s most prestigious stages, the Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House.
In its initial 2018 run the musical was a critical and box office success, which sold out before it opened. The Australian take on Miranda’s ebullient precursor to Hamilton – a slice of life set in an immigrant community, in New York’s Washington Heights – is consciously diverse and authentically cast, with ambitious choreography by Amy Campbell, and thoughtful direction by Luke Joslin.
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