User:S.S. Miami/List of characters in In the Heights

In the Heights is a Broadway musical that will be adapted into a film.

Usnavi
Usnavi de la Vega owns De La Vega Bodega in Washington Heights, Manhattan. A the time of the musical, he is 24 years old. His parents passed away soon after he was born.

He dreams of going to the Dominican Republic, his parents' homeland. Usnavi has a crush on Vanessa.

His name came from the first boat his parents saw when arriving in the United States. (The name "Usnavi" is derived from the name on U.S. Navy boats.)

Vanessa
Vanessa works at the Salon Unisex near Usnavi's store. She dreams of moving to the West Village, but doesn't have enough money to do so.

Sonny eventually asks her out for Usnavi, and she accepts.

Nina
Nina Rosario is the first to go to college (at Stanford University) in the neighborhood. However, she returns home from school for the summer and reveals that she dropped out of college, unable to pay for expenses

Benny
Benny Winters works at the Rosario's dispatch. The only non-Spanish-speaking member of the community, he falls in love with Nina. He dreams of opening his own business, "Benny's Car Service."

Abuela Claudia
Dona "Abuela" Claudia is the elder and matriarch of the barrio who knows everybody and is like a grandmother to all ("abuela" means "grandmother" in Spanish). She raised Usnavi after his parents died, although she is not actually related to him

She wins $96,000 in the lottery, but passes away soon after.

Sonny
Sonny is Usnavi's sassy, lazy, yet ambitious younger cousin who works in his store. He makes multiple attempts to flirt with Nina throughout the musical.

The Rosarios
Kevin and Camila Rosario are Nina's parents. They are the owners of the "Rosario Car Service". Throughout the musical, they are shown to be overprotective of Nina, although they let her be with Benny in the end.

Daniela and Carla
Daniela and Carla work at the neighborhood salon. The salon is where the neighborhood girls gossip.

Others
The Piragua Guy, or "Piragüero", is the owner of a small piragua stand that competes with Mister Softee.

Graffitti Pete is a graffiti artist and friend of Sonny. Usnavi believes he is a trouble-making vandal, but Pete is really a good-hearted artist. He paints a mural of Abuela Claudia at the end of the musical.

Portrayals
Notable Broadway cast replacements
 * Vanessa: Marcy Harriell
 * Daniella: Justina Machado, Bianca Marroquin
 * Usnavi: Corbin Bleu
 * Sonny: David Del Rio
 * Nina: Janet Dacal, Jordin Sparks
 * Benny: Clifton Oliver
 * Graffiti Pete: William B. Wingfield, Jon Rua

Note: The cast for the film has yet to be announced.