'Could It Be? Yes, It Could!' Win A WEST SIDE STORY CD Collection On BWW!by BWW News Desk - July 23, 2009Sony Masterworks proudly presented the recent release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of West Side Story. The recording became available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of West Side Story, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957. (more...)
The Actors Fund Hosts Special Performance Of WEST SIDE STORY 7/19by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2009See the July 19 Special Performance of West Side Story, and support the vital programs and services of The Actors Fund. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Steven Spielberg and Billy Crystal Visit Backstage At Broadway's WEST SIDE STORYby Peter James Zielinski - July 15, 2009Hollywood royalty Steven Spielberg and Billy Crystal visited backstage with stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, and the entire cast of Broadway's West Side Story after catching the show last night, Tuesday July 14th. (more...)
The Actors Fund Hosts Special Performance Of WEST SIDE STORY 7/19by BWW News Desk - July 14, 2009See the July 19 Special Performance of West Side Story, and support the vital programs and services of The Actors Fund. (more...)
Photo Coverage: WEST SIDE STORY In Performance at Barnes and Noble Lincoln Triangleby Walter McBride - June 12, 2009West Side Story stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, visited Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway at 66th Street) on Thursday, June 11th to celebrate the new Broadway cast recording available now from Sony Masterworks. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were on hand to catch the soaring performance by the talented young stars! (more...)
Photo Coverage: The Cast Of WEST SIDE STORY Celebrates CD Release At Barnes And Noble Lincoln Triangleby Walter McBride - June 12, 2009West Side Story stars Matt Cavenaugh, Josefina Scaglione, Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, Cody Green, George Akram, Curtis Holbrook, visited Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway at 66th Street) on Thursday, June 11th to celebrate the new Broadway cast recording available now from Sony Masterworks. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to join in the classic melody filled celebration! (more...)
BWW TV: Creating WEST STORY STORY's Audemars Piguet TONY Clockby BroadwayWorld TV - June 8, 2009Audemars Piguet was the presenting sponsor of the 63rd Annual Tony Awards Telecast Red Carpet on June 7th at Radio City Music Hall. Audemars Piguet, considered one of the world's finest watch manufacturers, displayed eight solid aluminum clocks along this year's red carpet. (more...)
TONYS 2009 Q and A: Best Performance By A Leading Actress In A Musical Nominee - Josefina Scaglioneby BWW News Desk - June 2, 2009Josefina Scaglione is starring as 'Maria' in the 2009 revival of West Side Story. The 21 year old Scaglione is a trained opera singer and has been in a production of Hairspray. She was set to portray Christine Daae in a production of The Phantom of the Opera in Argentina but had to give that lead up for her coveted casting in West Side Story. The story of how her YouTube video won her an audition and then the lead in Arthur Laurents's revival of West Side Story is already on its way to becoming Broadway legend. (more...)
WEST SIDE STORY Cast Recording Released 6/2by BWW News Desk - June 2, 2009Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of West Side Story. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of West Side Story, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957. (more...)
WEST SIDE STORY Cast Recording Released 6/2; Track list Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 19, 2009Sony Masterworks proudly announces the upcoming release of the New Broadway Cast Recording of West Side Story. The recording will be available nationwide on June 2, 2009. The official opening of West Side Story, which took place at the Palace Theatre in New York City on Thursday, March 19, 2009, has been greeted with great critical acclaim and sold-out performances. The opening followed a pre-Broadway engagement at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., where the musical made its original world premiere in 1957. (more...)
Laurents Talks WEST SIDE STORY to the Advocateby BWW News Desk - May 11, 2009West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents. Laurents dicusses the musical with the Advocate, in the feature he reveals the evolution of the classic musical as it makes its return to Broadway. (more...)
TONYS 2009 Q and A: Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical Nominee - Karen Olivoby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2009West Side Story has returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents, Karen Olivo, who plays the iconic and passionate 'Anita' in 'West Side Story', earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance By A Featured Actress In A Musical for her dynamic performance. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: LIVE with Regis and Kelly Visits WEST SIDE STORYby BroadwayWorld TV - May 2, 2009During the week of April 27- May 1, 2009, top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' gave the show's nationwide TV audience a vicarious thrill when America's favorite co-hosts jumped into the roles of some of the best Broadway characters during 'On Broadway Week.' (more...)
BWW TV: In the Studio and On the Record with the Cast of Broadway's WEST SIDE STORYby James Sims - May 1, 2009The newest members of West Side Story went into the studio and recorded the new Broadway cast recording of the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim classic musical. Sony Masterworks will release the new album nationwide on June 2... (more...)
GYPSY OF THE MONTH: Eric Hatch, a Jet All the Wayby Adrienne Onofri - May 1, 2009'West Side Story' is Eric's 4th Broadway show and, he says, 'the pinnacle of dancing' in all musical theater. (more...)
Bdwy's Powers and Cavenaugh Featured in NY Timesby BWW News Desk - April 25, 2009Matt Cavenaugh, Tony in Broadway's West Side Story, and Jenny Powers, the co-star of LCT's Happiness, are getting married in Boston this August. They invited The New York Times into their East Village apartment and spoke about love, life and NYC real estate. (more...)
USTA Serves Theater Benefit Offers WEST SIDE STORY Tix 4/23by BWW News Desk - April 23, 2009USTA Serves - Foundation for Academics. Character. Excellence., the philanthropic and charitable entity of the United States Tennis Association, announced today that it will offer tennis fans and Broadway lovers a memorable theater experience at its 3nd annual USTA Serves Theater Benefit.
For this year's highly anticipated event, the Foundation will host a special evening on Thursday, April 23 that will include seats to the classic Broadway musical West Side Story (more...)
WEST SIDE STORY Performs on ABC's Dancing With The Stars 4/14by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2009Karen Olivo and the talented ladies of the Broadway revival of 'West Side Story' will perform the classic number 'America' on the Tuesday night results show of 'Dancing With the Stars' on April 14th. ABC's top-rated Dancing with the Stars airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (EST), check local listings. (more...)
WEST SIDE STORY Performs on ABC's Dancing With The Stars 4/14by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2009Karen Olivo and the talented ladies of the Broadway revival of 'West Side Story' will perform the classic number 'America' on the Tuesday night results show of 'Dancing With the Stars' on April 14th. ABC's top-rated Dancing with the Stars airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. (EST), check local listings. (more...)
WEST SIDE STORY Sets New Box Office Record at Palace Theatre; Tour to Start Fall 2010by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2009The producers of the smash hit Broadway
production of West Side Story announced today that the show has shattered
the Palace Theatre box office record for highest weekly gross for two
consecutive weeks. The record was held previously by LEGALLY BLONDE for the
week ending 12/30/07 (Christmas week) with $1,219,488. For the week ending
4/5/09, West Side Story broke that record with $1,234,652 and then last
week, for the week ending 4/12/09, shattered its own record with an
impressive weekly gross of $1,308,787. (more...)
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