South London's Southwark Playhouse will be home to Broadway musical In The Heights when UK audiences get their first chance to see the show that collected thirteen Tony Award nominations, winning four: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations. It was also nominated for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Southwark Playhouse Artistic Director Chris Smyrnios said: "In the Heights is a celebration of community and identity, but it is also a chronicle of the challenges facing a neighbourhood on the cusp of change.
"With Southwark Playhouse sitting at the heart of a passionate community faced with significant redevelopment, it's an inspiring place to be debuting a new production of this bold piece."
In The Heights is conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. Luke Sheppard, associate director of Matilda in the West End, will direct. It will be choreographed by Drew McOnie.
In The Heights plays the Southwark Playhouse from 9 May to 7 June.