Navigating high school is already hard enough: Add trying to become some of the best rappers in the Midwest on top of that, and it seems nearly impossible. But the characters of the play “How We Got On” are doing just that. Set in the 1980s, “How We Got On,” written by playwright Idris Goodwin,.
The original “In the Heights” musical on Broadway hardly lacked pizzazz, if four Tonys and 13 nominations count for anything. But Northwestern’s upcoming production of the show seeks to add even more flair. NU Arts Alliance’s production of the musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes will run Dec. 1 to 3 in.