This certainly is a controversial production that will cause conversation and possibly disagreement on the way home from the theatre. The question is the verdict. This one humble opinion fee…
Full disclosure: I still vividly remember the night the original company of this masterful musical opened on Broadway. It was September 26, 1957; and I was there because I, as a young agent,…
The Broadway star and current Juilliard student shares her unconventional take on the familiar role.
Critics and protests haven't dented the box office at 'West Side Story' - but the rest of the industry is in a rut, waiting for awards season to start.
Broadway box office was down 11% last week, but don't jump to any coronavirus conclusions: Attendance was down a small 3%, and the slide in receipts can be chalked up at least in part to the…
Four other productions saw 100 percent capacity audiences for the week ending March 1.
A staggering new production with two memorable lead actors.
Can the musical be redeemed? "Grafting sociological precision onto a musical that, from its start, traded facts for rhyme is tough. … The problem with treating the musical's stylized repre…
Oh, why not?! Let's face it: WEST SIDE STORY, in their faithful 1980 and 2009 revivals, set few pulses racing...Continue Reading The post WEST SIDE STORY: Live on Stage " and on Screen appea…
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about West Side Story, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Hello Dolly National Tour in Philadelphia, Broadway By The Year: Volume 1: Broad…
Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live brought us an all new musical parody sketch, featuring host John Mulaney and musical guest David Byrne!
Shereen Pimentel stars as Maria opposite Isaac Powell as Tony in the revamped production from director Ivo van Hove.
The torch has been passed. WEST SIDE STORY will never be the same. The JETS and the SHARKS have evolved in this daring, audacious, re-imagined, multiracial, up-to-date, timeless, vio…
When was the last time a show left you breathless? The original production was way ahead of its time. WEST SIDE STORY has now caught up to itself.
What's most remarkable about Ivo van Hove's shake-up of West Side Story is, for all the Belgian director's ruinous choices " chief among them, an overabundance of distracting video projectio…
What's most remarkable about Ivo van Hove's shake-up of West Side Story is, for all the Belgian director's ruinous choices " chief among them, an overabundance of distracting video projectio…
"That's because what Robbins created wasn't just a series of dances, however peerless, but an overarching view of how, beyond anything else, movement could tell a story," writes Gia Kourlas.…
One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, WEST SIDE STORY will play a limited season at Queensland Performing
Carina del Valle Schorske: "If this musical is still our narrative ghetto, then the least we can do is make noise about what it feels like to live in it. In 2020, it feels exhausting." " The…
The latest Broadway revival can't fix the painful way it depicts Puerto Ricans.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's dances for the Broadway revival swarm and sweep, but Robbins's choreography was something more central: the libretto.
Ivo van Hove's new production of the classic musical is currently running at the Broadway Theatre.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Shereen Pimentel and Isaac Powell, who play the lead roles in West Side Story, about this latest revival that's set in modern day New York.
By: David Sheward February 23, 2020: When it was announced controversial director Ivo van Hove would be staging a revival of the beloved West Side Story, you could practically hear t…
Below are some of the latest posts from the few still active New York City theater bloggers: About Last Night and Broadway Journal tell two different West Side Stories; Broadway and Me analy…