I took a day trip to Manhattan with my parents in 2008, when they visited me while I was studying in the US. My mum loves Broadway, so she booked us tickets to watch a matinee. I didn’t have high expectations, since I’d never heard of the show we were watching. I grew even more skeptical when the lights turned down and a dishevelled-looking guy in a baggy red shirt stepped onto the stage, and started rapping. But the next two hours led to one of the best performances I’d ever seen. I was simply blown away. Unlike other Broadway shows which featured classical ballads, this one was heavy on hip-hop and urban dance. The cast rapped about the struggles of a Dominican American community living in America. The show my mother unknowingly bought tickets to was In The Heights, which went on to win 4 Tony Awards. I later found out that the dishevelled-looking guy...