VIDEO: On This Day, September 26- WEST SIDE STORY Opens on Broadway

On this day in 1957, West Side Story began its original Broadway run!

By: A.A. Cristi Sep. 26, 2020

It all began tonight! On this day in 1957, West Side Story celebrates its opening night at the Winter Garden Theater!

Inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the beloved American theater classic West Side Story resonates as strongly today as it did when it debuted on Broadway sixty years ago.

The collaboration between composer Leonard Bernstein, choreographer Jerome Robbins, writer Arthur Laurents, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim created a timeless tale of rival street gangs and forbidden love in 1950s New York City that continues to captivate today's theater audiences in productions around the globe; with music that is performed and recorded by major orchestras and artists, also inspiring an Academy Award-winning 1961 motion picture.

DEATH BECOMES HER comes to life on Broadway tonight as it celebrates its opening at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in a production starring Tony Award nominees Megan Hilty, Jennifer Simard, Christopher Sieber, and Grammy Award winner Michelle Williams. Did the critics fall under the spell of Broadway's most glamourous new musical? Find out below!

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The revival of GYPSY beginning previews on Broadway tonight, Thursday, November 21 at the newly renovated Majestic Theatre. The production has released its official first look at Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald as 'Mama' Rose Hovick and Joy Woods in the title role. See the photos!

WICKED Cast Album Streams Increase Ahead of Movie Soundtrack

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Rita Moreno and Rachel Zegler to Visit LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS Tonight

It's a West Side Story reunion! Tonight on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Rita Moreno and Rachel Zegler will appear on the show, with the latter discussing her starring roles in Broadway's Romeo + Juliet and the new animated musical Spellbound.

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