In the Heights

In Everything I Know Nina says something like "there's a picture of the ladies at Daniela's, you can tell it's from the 90s by the volume of their hair" so wouldn't Daniela have to be at least 30-odd?

Off stage I would agree (i.e. In pictures I've seen). However, on stage the way she plays the character and the things she says, I would have assumed she was 30-35.

Victoria & Phillipa are both around the same age in real life in their 30's but Phillipa does seem to come across much younger on stage. I really like both takes and Phillipa has got much better even if the accent drops now and again! I like the gravitas & comedy Victoria brought to Daniella, especially at Southwark. In that version Daniella & Piragua interacted a lot more and even danced together at the club putting them in the older group. I think she's meant to be older too as she's the one who co-signs on Vanessa's apartment and acts as her second mother as her mother is a drunk rather than the same age right?.

Oh Victoria was without a doubt the best thing about an already incredible show in my opinion when I saw it both at Southwark and King's Cross (Southwark especially). I also once saw her on the tube and she is possibly one of the nicest people I've ever met.

I'm sad you never get to see her danieljohnson14, I just know you would've loved her!!

Oh no. I thought she was terrific when I saw her a few months ago.

I just found out that Josie Benson (Camila) ran the London Marathon last week and still went on for that evening's show!! I'm sure some fitness types won't be that impressed but for us mere mortals that is utterly amazing. That woman is unstoppable!!

I was amazed by Lily in Cats as Demeter, she was a brilliant dancer! Her voice was good... I can understand the idea of a run taking its toll but it is not one of the difficult roles in musical theatre really is it? Compared to some of the roles out there at least. She doesn't dance really, all of her songs, based on what I saw this week anyway, she doesn't really go very big on the vocal front either.

Monday's cast board according to twitter, I think that leaves 4 roles (Usnavi, Vanessa, Abuela, Graffiti Pete) played by their principle actors! Is there some sort of plague going round the cast?

Teenage daughter and I went to see this this evening (6pm show). Just to say that on a very hot day the venue was very hot indeed (I saw earlier posts where people were bemoaning how cold the venue is on a cold day). Very appropriate given the subject matter but definitely a good idea to take a cold drink with you. Given some reports I was worried about low audience numbers but it was pretty busy.

Daughter would now like to see it again - immediately - but I did point out that if we saw everything she wanted to see on multiple occasions we really would need a lottery win!

Thought it would make a great school trip show for kids in Yr 10 and above - particularly if, like my kids' schools, the pupils are of different ethnicities and facing issues around how to be in the world - leaving behind their neighbourhood for university, for example.

I'd see this again for Sam Mackay (who must be up for Hamilton when it transfers) and David Bedella. Hearing David is on leave (?) at the moment.

He is indeed back! (and fantastic)

I'm going this week, will of course report back about who's playing whom.