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West Side Story - Beauty and Tragedy
By Broadway Magazine
The musical is iconic. The songs are established gems. The story is as old as Shakespeare. The slang is hardly contemporary. Yet, this Broadway revival of West Side Story couldn't feel fresher. When is a classic most a classic? When it feels as new as this revival. Credit most certainly should go to director and book-writer Arthur Laurents, who like Henrik Ibsen before him, continues to bring both a fresh eye and a lion's passion to his later work. Mr. Laurents helmed the rock solid revival of Gypsy last season as well. In service of this new revival are a top-rate cast of athletic dancers and gifted vocalists who never miss a beat. What is getting the [...] read more »
West Side Story
Show Synopsis
After a critically acclaimed revival on Broadway, the Tony Award winning musical takes to the road. Set in 1950s New York City, the love story is modeled after Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and tells the tale of two competing street gangs and a rivalry that destroys a potentially great love. The gangs sing and dance in lieu of fighting to a brilliant score and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Directed by book-writer and Broadway legend Arthur Laurents, this West Side Story breaks new ground, incorporating Spanish into the lyrics to add authenticity.
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