West Side Story Broadway Turf War With Legally Blonde
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It would only be natural that the upcoming Broadway revival of West Side Story would be involved in a Broadway turf war. So, when theatre ghosts passed along the tip that the upcoming West Side Story directed by Arthur Laurents wants to play the Palace Theater on Broadway, we paid attention. Seems the Sharks (and the Jets, for that matter) are circling Bailey Hanks and the Legally Blonde cast, their show is currently playing the Palace, with great houses. This one could get messy. A real Broadway turf war. No theatre has been announced for West Side Story at this moment. We’ll see what happens.
-Broadway Magazine, Broadway.tv
Tags: Arthur Laurents, Bailey Hanks, Legally Blonde, Palace Theater, West Side Story
September 24th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
[…] you can enjoy our profile with her right here on Broadway.tv. Yesterday we reported West Side Story was eyeing the Palace Theater where Legally Blondewas playing, our guess is any day you’ll hear that the big buzz revival of West Side Story […]
September 28th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
[…] We knew this was going to happen. Thanks to our theater ghosts, we knew last week what the New York Times is confirming today…West Side Story will play the Palace Theater on Broadway. The production will begin previews on February 23, 2009. For the background to our scoop, check this out. […]
November 1st, 2008 at 7:14 pm
All jokes aside, I seriusly thought i would be the first to cme up with the idea of bringing this play back to broadway. As a young man with few resources and contacts, I obviously was beat to the punch. I saw on NY1 that the leads have been casted already. I would like to know how I could go about attending an audition for a supporting role. Even if I end up as an extra or a grip, I definitely would do anything to be any part of this project.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 am
Check out Backstage.com for open Equity Auditions, Xavier. This is going to be quite an exciting revival, and we sure understand your deisre to be a part of it. Let us know how things go.