On the night in December when the first national tour of "West Side Story" opened in Los Angeles, the director David Saint had a drink thrown in his face.
Those snapping fingers. That jazzily balletic race down an alley. The clambering over a chain-link fence to escape the cops. The fire escape romance. The seductive but charged mambo at a dan…
The Hollywood Bowl became, as it occasionally does, a big cinema Friday night.The Hollywood Bowl became, as it occasionally does, a big cinema Friday night.
Five decades after its historic debut, a timeless classic returns to dazzle audiences young and old. Based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name, the iconic film WEST SIDE STORY retur…
Click below for Matthew Morrison's performance of Still Got Tonight and selections from West Side Story with former Light in the Piazza and South Pacific co-star Kelli O'Hara at the A CAPITO…
The film's 50th anniversary will be marked at the Hollywood Bowl with the orchestra playing Leonard Bernstein's score as it unspools. Easier said than done.In town conducting at the Hollywoo…
We page through three new books centering on Broadway: "Jerry Orbach: Prince of the City"; "Something's Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imaginatio…
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film "West Side Story," why not put it onscreen at the Hollywood Bowl, then have the Los Angeles Philharmonic right there playing the movie's score l…
The New York Philharmonic has planned an unusual event combining music and film: On September 7 and 8, the orchestra will screen the 1961 movie version of West Side Story and perform Leonard…
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will celebrate the 50th anniversary film release of West Side Story with a special screening and live performance of the score Sept. 7 and 8 at Avery Fish…
The New York Philharmonic will accompany two screenings of the multi-Academy Award-winning film West Side Story on September 7 & 8 at 7:30pm at Avery Fisher Hall. David Newman will cond…
The New York Philharmonic will screen the multi-Academy Award-winning film West Side Story, with Leonard Bernsteins complete score performed live by the Orchestra, led by Academy Award-nomin…
Broadway stars Chad Kimball and Sandy Bainum sing songs from West Side Story and Misha Berson, author of Something's Coming, Something Good, discusses this extraordinary musical.
West Side Story may be the best musical that I've never actually seen work on stage. I mean no disrespect to the piece itself, which I consider to be almost a masterpiece. (Read my review of…
So how did the touring company of "West Side Story," the final show of the 2010-11 season at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford?Very well indeed.According to box office …
Matthew Morrison opened his world tour at HMV Hammersmith Apollo last night in front of a packed out energetic crowd, according to entertainment-focus.com. Morrison is best known for his …
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Last month, a couple of weeks after Arthur Laurents died at 93, director David Saint was at the playwright’s Manhattan home, going through his papers.
Broadway stars Chad Kimball and Sandy Bainum sing songs from West Side Story and Misha Berson, author of Something's Coming, Something Good, discusses this extraordinary musical.
Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball, who stars in Broadway's Memphis, and Sandy Bainum will sing songs from the musical West Side Story as part of a book signing event for Misha Berson&apos…
As a super-special Spring extension of BroadwayWorlds SOUND OFF column, every day until the Tony Awards on June 12 we will be presenting a spectacular new entry in the SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 …
Credits are a funny thing.In a wonderful production when everything comes seamlessly together, it's often difficult to parse who is responsible for what. The actor in rehearsal may come up w…
