So is "West Side Story" an opera, or what? For a semi-staged performance last month at the Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel found an ideal balance between the Broadway roots and operatic pote…
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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will accompany upcoming screenings of the classic film musical.
Next up in our series of stars introducing BWW's morning feature is Joe Iconis portrait by Walter McBride, whose BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER is currently premiering in Boston
Both presentations are part of the Philharmonic's 'The Art of The Score Film Week at The Philharmonic.'
When West Side Story was created in 1957, it was considered a modern retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. How would the story differ in today's context Below check out an awesome mod…
"The Get Down" takes the strivers, spitfires and gang bangers of that film and repurposes them in a tale of the origins of hip-hop.
This German production just completely reimagined West Side Story.
Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals as "West Side Story," ''The King and I" and "…
Marni Nixon, who made a career out of "ghosting," or dubbing over the vocals of numerous stars in classic Hollywood films, has died at 86. Nixon provided a precisely articulated so…
With Bernstein's complex score, Sondheim's witty lyrics and Robbins's exuberant dance sequences, this show is near perfectWhen asked to defend musical theatre " and this happens annoyingly o…
Nixon was 86.
The New York Times reports that Marni Nixon, perhaps most famous for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in films, including THE KING AND I, WEST SIDE STORY and MY FAIR LADY,…
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HERE’S A PLACE FOR US When I first heard West Side Story, it was the original Broadway cast recording on my parents’ mono Magnavox console. Without the Jerome Robbins’ dire…
The Hollywood Bowl has enlisted some top Broadway talent for the Los Angeles Master Chorale's concert presentations of WEST SIDE STORY this summer. Conducted by Gustavo DudamelJuly 14, throu…
It's easy for the musical theater staple "West Side Story" to take on a been-there, done-that quality, but the Los Angeles Philharmonic's concert rendition, now playing at the Hollywood Bowl…
The Hollywood Bowl has enlisted some top Broadway talent for the Los Angeles Master Chorale's concert presentations of WEST SIDE STORY this summer.Conducted by Gustavo Dudamel last night, Ju…
One performance remains for West Side Story — possibly the greatest musical ever created, now being given a dynamic concert treatment at the Hollywood Bowl. A modern version
The concert evenings are presented July 14 and 19.
The concert evenings will be presented July 14 and 19.
The theatre company states that moving forward, it will adhere to a policy of ethnically specific casting when the material calls for it.
Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes will be released this fall.
Solea Pfeiffer's last stage role was in a student production of "Guys and Dolls" at the University of Michigan. Her next is at the Hollywood Bowl. Pfeiffer, 21, has been plucked from relativ…
Cassie Abate's staging and a fine ensemble make this West Side Story at Connecticut Repertory Theatre sizzle.