<Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 2005 Connecticut 2007 Off - Broadway 2008 Broadway 2009 US Tour 2011 Manila 2011 Non-Equity Tour 2013 Panama City 2014 São Paulo 2014 Santo Domingo 2014 Off - West End 2014 Tokyo 2015 Melbourne 2015 West End 2015 Vancouver 2015 Seoul 2015 Buenos Aires 2016 Lima </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music </Td> </Tr> <P> In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin - Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes . The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Hispanic - American neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City . </P> <P> After productions at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut (2005) and Off - Broadway (2007), the show opened in a Broadway production in March 2008 . This production was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, winning four: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler), and Best Orchestrations (Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman). It won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album . It was also nominated for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama . </P>

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