While we’re waiting for a report on Monday’s industry reading of “Ace,” here’s a little catch-up with Andy Blankenbuehler, who zipped into town last week for an early holiday visit and checked in at alma mater St. Xavier.

Blankenbuehler, who won every Off-Broadway award (and then some) for his choreo of “In the Heights” will be back at work immediately after Christmas, helping ready the much-anticipated show for Broadway. “In the Heights,” all about bodega life in NYC’s Washington Heights’ neighborhood starts previews in February and opens March 9. NYC critics like to call the show an “upper West Side Story,” Blankenbuehler likens the show’s heart and its sense of family to “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Prep will include re-thinking a lot of his multiple award-winning choreography, says Blankenbuehler, because the show is getting many touch-ups for its Broadway debut. And he wants to make a quick dash into L.A., hip-hop capital of the planet, to brush-up his moves.

Not to get ahead of ourselves, Blankenbuehler’s “In the Heights” choreography won last year’s Obie, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk, among others. Can a Tony nomination be far behind. “Knock on something,” he says.