Just before Spring Break, several other LGS scholars and I went to see the Broadway play In the Heights. I'm a big Broadway fan (I'm always on line early to buy tickets when Adelphi sends a bus to different Broadway shows throughout the semester), so I jumped at the chance to see In the Heights—especially since I knew very little about it.
The play centers around a several characters in the heavily Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights, and presents a classic American theme—immigrants and the children of those immigrants struggling to find their way in a new culture and society. Some of the characters include Usanavi, the bodega owner who dreams of going to the birthplace of his parents in the Dominican Republic. There's Nina, the first to go to college and a source of inspiration and pride for everyone else in the neighborhood.
The music was wonderful (I purchased the soundtrack the next day!), and I had a wonderful time seeing the play. I am incredibly grateful for LGS for allowing us this wonderful opportunity, and I'm glad to see that as the program grows—we're going to have freshman through seniors in the fall—the opportunities for its students grow as well.
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