Jordin Sparks Lands Role on Broadway for ‘In the Heights’
Jordin Sparks has followed in the footsteps of other American Idol contestants and and is headed to Broadway. Sparks will make her Broadway debut on August 19th as the leading role of Nina Rosario in, “In the Heights”
Jordin Sparks will be featured in a 12-week limited engagement that will run through the middle of November. “It’s always been one of my dreams to perform on Broadway,” the singer said in a statement. “This is a brand new experience for me. I look so forward to spending time in New York City and joining this talented cast and my favorite new musical.”
According to the official In The Heights site the story is about:
…universal story of a vibrant community in Manhattan’s Washington Heights – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It’s a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.
Jordin Sparks is only 20 years old and already has 2 studio albums: Jordin Sparks and Battlefield. She is in the middle of her first headlining tour that stops in 44 different venues across the country. The tour wraps up at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 8.