Photo Flash: Opening Night Of WEST SIDE STORY In LA

On Wednesday, December 1st, the Broadway Smash Hit WEST SIDE STORY celebrated its Los Angeles Premiere! Celebrities from the worlds of Broadway, film and television celebrated on on the red carpet at the Pantages Theatre and at the after party at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was to celebrate the arrival of this classic treasure of American theatre.

Attendees included such Hollywood favorites as originAl West Side Story film stars George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Vanessa Williams, Eric Stonestreet, James Denton, Christopher McDonald, Cloris Leachman, Melora Hardin, Lea Thompson, Melinda Clarke, Sofia Milos, John McCook, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Robert Morse, Kenny Ortega, Masiela Lusha, Kate Linder, Barry Williams, Nia Vardalos, Jo Anne Worley, Kym Johnson, Nolan Gould, Ken Davitian, Marcia Wallace, Lainie Kazan, Jenna Leigh Green, Mindy Sterling, Jai Rodriguez, Robin Antin, Romi Dames, Lauren Storm, Charlene Amoia, Jason Robert Brown & Georgia Stitt, John Lloyd Young, Katherine Tokarz, Josh Sussman, Rosanna Pansino, Anne Jeffreys, Kat Kramer and Tim Martin Gleason.

WEST SIDE STORY is now playing in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre this holiday season through Sunday January 2nd, 2011.

For more information on WEST SIDE STORY, please visit www.BroadwayWestSideStory.com.

The Pantages Theatre is located in Hollywood at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard at Vine Street.

The Pantages Theatre engagement of WEST SIDE STORY will feature two performance schedules. Performances now through December 19 will be Tuesday through Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm. The performance schedule for holiday weeks, December 21-January 2, will be Tuesday & Wednesday at 8pm, Thursday at 2pm & 8pm, Friday at 2pm, Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 1pm & 6:30pm.

Regular tickets for WEST SIDE STORY range in price from $25 - $100. Prices are subject to change without notice.

WEST SIDE STORY is produced by Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Seller with Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman / Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann, Robyn Goodman / Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company and Broadway Across America.