2021 film of the Broadway musical. Directed by Steven Spielberg; screenplay by Tony Kushner. Score by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Josh Andrés Rivera, Rita Moreno, and others. Choreography by Justin Peck. Music director Gustavo Dudamel. Arrangements by David Newman (incorporating alterations originally made to Bernstein's Broadway score by Johnny Green for the 1961 film). Jeanine Tesori vocal coach. Matt Sullivan music supervisor. Bonus features: 13-part The Stories of West Side Story. Film to be released 3/2/22 on Disney+ service.
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Studio: Disney
Filmed: 2021 - Released: 2022
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West Side Story is the second mega production that Ruud de Graaf and Hans Cornelissen will bring to 13 major theaters in the Netherlands. Learn more about the cast here!
OFC Creations Theatre Center is presenting WEST SIDE STORY in Rochester through October 27, 2024, featuring Joy Del Valle as Maria and Max Ruscio as Tony.
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to the vibrant battleground of New York City’s West Side in the 1950s as two young, idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the 'American' Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks.
Get a first look at the CM Performing Arts Center's current production of West Side Story. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
OFC Creations Theatre Center has announced casting for West Side Story, performing October 10-27, 2024 as part of the Broadway in Brighton Series, performing ten years since the last time West Side Story was last seen in Rochester.
Theaterproducent De Graaf & Cornelissen Entertainment heeft bekend gemaakt dat in seizoen 2025-2026 de musical West Side Story langs de grote theaters van Nederland gaat toeren. Zoals ook bij het imposante Les Misérables zal West Side Story een groot live-orkest hebben met maar liefst twintig muzikanten.
The New York City premiere of Illinoise will extend its run. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Illinoise, the theatrical adaption of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album Illinois, is coming to Park Avenue Armory March 3-23, 2024, following a run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater from January 28-February 18, 2024. Let's see what the critics have to say!
Get a first look at footage of Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury's Illinoise!
Winners have been announced for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Salt Lake City Awards! See who was selected audience favorite in Salt Lake City! Winners include Pioneer Theatre Company, Hale Centre Theatre and more.
Park Avenue Armory has revealed details for the highly anticipated New York City premiere of Illinoise, the theatrical adaption of Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Sufjan Stevens’ concept album Illinois, which will be staged in the Armory’s massive Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
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Tune in to our Instagram story today as Yurel Echezarreta takes you behind the scenes of The Muny's West Side Story.
Ruggiero, his casting partner’s at Telsey & Co., and the Muny assembled an appropriately youthful, talented and beautiful cast. Every member of this young cast understands how to use lyrics plus subtext to tell story through song. Kanisha Feliciano’s (Maria) gorgeous soprano pierces the stratosphere.
A version of West Side Story featuring animated cats was almost created. Animated film writer and director Christopher Sanders revealed, “Jeffrey Katzenberg once flew me out to New York City because he wanted us to do West Side Story with cats.”
Opera San José will close its 2021–2022 season with West Side Story, Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Jerome Robbins’s classic American tale of two star-crossed lovers and the prejudices that keep them apart.
The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Dr. in Lincolnshire, is kicking off the New Year with WEST SIDE STORY, the revolutionary Tony Award-winning musical that forever changed American theater running now through March 27, 2022.
Long Wharf Theatre has released a statement negating reports of a 'West Side Story' and a new work in development as having real-life ties to co-author Mildred Ruiz-Sapp's family history and ties to Puerto Rico.
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Today's top stories include the opening of Flying Over Sunset, which officially opened on Broadway last night. Read all of the reviews here! Plus, check out the full list of Golden Globe nominees, Critics Choice Award nominees, and more!
West Side Story leads the nominations with 11 nods. Other nominees include Denzel Washington, Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Peter Dinklage, Aaron Sorkin, Lady Gaga, Jessica Chastain, Nicole Kidman, and more.
Hollywood Records has released WEST SIDE STORY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). The new soundtrack soars, fully highlighting the brilliance of Leonard Bernstein’s unforgettable jazz and latin infused musical score.
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ABC News sat down with Sondheim in his Connecticut home on November 11 to talk about Stephen Spielberg's upcoming reimagined 'West Side Story' film, which is being released on December 10. It was the lyricist's last domestic television interview before he died two weeks later. Watch a preview of the upcoming special!
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