West Side Story August 21, 2009

The landmark 1957 musical 'West Side Story' returns to Broadway in an all-new production directed by Arthur Laurents, the original librettist. The show, which features music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, transports Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' to the turbulent streets of the Upper West Side in 1950's New York City. Two star-crossed lovers, Tony and Maria, find themselves caught between the rival street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds, the "Jets" and the "Sharks." In this staging, Laurents has interwoven Spanish throughout certain segments of the book and score. The original Jerome Robbins choreography will be restaged by Tony Award nominee Joey McKneely.