It Won’t Be Long Now

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"It Won’t Be Long Now" is an upbeat, hopeful song from the musical *In the Heights* that highlights the dreams and determination of characters in Washington Heights, especially Vanessa.

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It Won't Be Long Now 1
It Won’t Be Long Now canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
associatedWork In the Heights (Original Broadway Cast Recording) ⓘ
linked to: In the Heights
composer Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
dramaticFunction character development for Vanessa ⓘ
establishes Vanessa’s desire to move downtown ⓘ
shows Usnavi’s feelings for Vanessa ⓘ
fromMusicalSetting Washington Heights, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to: Washington Heights
genre Latin pop-influenced show tune ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
hasMusical solo and ensemble sections ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme ambition ⓘ
community life in Washington Heights ⓘ
escaping neighborhood limitations ⓘ
perseverance ⓘ
lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda ⓘ
majorCharacterFeatured Sonny ⓘ
Usnavi ⓘ
Vanessa ⓘ
medium stage musical number ⓘ
musicalWorkFrom In the Heights ⓘ
narrativeFocus dreams and determination of characters in Washington Heights ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
partOf In the Heights ⓘ
performedByCharacter Sonny (in stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Sonny

Usnavi (in stage musical) ⓘ
Vanessa (in stage musical) ⓘ
settingWithinStory streets and salon of Washington Heights ⓘ
tone hopeful ⓘ
upbeat ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Usnavi de la Vega → musicalNumber → It Won’t Be Long Now ⓘ
Carla → appearsInSong → It Won't Be Long Now ⓘ
subject linked to: Carla (In the Heights)
linked to: It Won’t Be Long Now