In The Heights commercial pics

Cute! Stage Notes has some fun photos of a shoot for the In The Heights commericals. Looks like we won't be seeing any re-casting of the leads, in case anyone was wondering. It's obvious that Lin-Manuel Miranda isn't going anywhere, but I kinda wondered if they would replace Mandy Gonzalez, who seems a little too long in the tooth to play a youthful college student. Don't get me wrong, I like Mandy and think she has the voice of an angel, but the show would be a lot more compelling with an actor in that role who was closer to that confusing age where all of a sudden your ideals aren't what they once were, and there are all these big problems that are no longer black and white. Mandy just seems to have her head too squarely on her shoulders to make us really root for her in that role. I always thought someone more like Krysta Rodriguez would be interesting.



UPDATE: According to a press release, "Full casting for the musical, which will be reworked a bit for the Broadway opening, will be announced shortly." So I guess they are re-casting SOMEONE, but who? Most of the leads can be seen shooting the commercial, so it's unlikely that they'll get the boot, and the ensemble was great off-broadway. Any guesses as to what's happening?
Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com