Almost 60 years ago, Broadway audiences were shocked by West Side Story, an audacious piece of musical theater that dared to take on the subject of race relations. With Jerome Robbins' fierce, balletic choreography, Leonard Bernstein's kinetic score, and Stephen Sondheim's trademark overlapping lyrics, it certainly was a sensation, winning two Tony Awards. With that
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:27PM on August 20, 2015