The Philadelphia Orchestra: West Side Story October 5, 2012

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic film and winner of 10 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialog intact. This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals, features Robbins’s breath-taking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book by Arthur Laurents.

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