in Connecticut, tells the story of a Puerto Rican boy who moved to the United States and misses his friends and his afternoon treat of a piragua. While on an errand for his mother, Luisito sees a piragüero making piraguas, and is happy to find that he can buy piraguas once more. The 2008 Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights included a song called "Piragua" and its reprise, in which a local piragüero (known in the play as Piragua Guy) sings about his life and trade in New York's Washington Heights. This character became the basis for a web-based reality-show parody, Legally Brown: The Search for the Next Piragua Guy, directed by Miranda, which featured well-known Broadway actors competing to take over the role. In the 2021 film adaptation of In the Heights, Miranda himself was cast in the supporting role of the Piragüero. Gallery See also Other regional versions: Ais kacang – Southeast Asian Grattachecca and Italian ice – Italian Halo halo – Filipino Kakigori – Japanese Patbingsu – Korean Shave ice – Hawaiian Sno-ball – New Orleanian Snow cone – American shaved ice References External links Piragua recipe Ice-based desserts Puerto Rican culture Puerto Rican cuisine