The first photos of Vanessa Hudgens in full costume and dancing up a storm for her role as Vanessa in In the Heights have been revealed!
The 29-year-old actress is starring in the show for just one week at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and you have until March 25 to see the production.
Also appearing in the show are Hamilton‘s Anthony Ramos as Usnavi and On Your Feet‘s Ana Villafane as Nina, among others.
“It’s all happening y’all. #intheheights #kennedycenter,” Vanessa captioned a photo of the cast with Lin-Manuel on Instagram this week.
Jordan Fisher is hoping to make an appearance on Lip Sync Battle in the near future – with Vanessa Hudgens!
The Dancing with the Stars champion took to Twitter on Friday (March 16) to ask his Grease: Live co-star if she’d be up for the challenge.
“Can’t wait to do @lsb one day…already thinking about a song,” he wrote, adding, “@VanessaHudgens would you do lip sync battle with me one day? Asking for a friend.”
Vanessa has yet to respond to the request, but we are all for it!
ICYMI, watch Fifth Harmony face off on the show here, and watch Hailee Steinfeld channel Michael Jackson here.
Auli’i Cravalho isn’t the first to have a celeb look-a-like, in fact, there are quite a few.
We know that Lucy Hale has five, Jace Norman looks like these two actors smushed together, and how we all rejoiced when Nina Dobrev and Victoria Justice took a pic together.
However, we never really thought about Auli’i‘s at all — until she pointed them out in her new interview with Buzzfeed.
“I’ve been told that I look like Vanessa Hudgens,” she shared. “And Miranda Cosgrove from iCarly.”
We definitely now see Miranda, and with Vanessa, maybe an old-school pic with her long hair? We could see that.
Check out the side by side by side below!
As most of us probably won’t get to see Vanessa Hudgens in the Kennedy Center production of In the Heights, we’re so excited to see this rehearsal footage!
The 29-year-old actress danced up a storm in the studio while rehearsing the song “The Club” on Tuesday (March 13) in New York City.
Vanessa is playing the role of Vanessa in the production, which will run from March 21-25 in Washington, D.C.
Hamilton star Anthony Ramos is set to play the role of Usnavi, originated on Broadway by the show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Vanessa Hudgens is going back to the theatre!
It was just announced that the 29-year-old actress will take on the role of Vanessa in a special production of Broadway hit In The Heights. Vanessa is the love interest of the main character Usnavi.
In The Heights is the first musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and follows a community of friends and family in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights.
Jordin Sparks has also previously played the role of Vanessa when the show was on Broadway. Corbin Bleu starred as Usnavi at one point as well.
In The Heights, which debuted on Broadway in March 2008, will run from March 21-25 in the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center.
