West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden & violent musical... a powerful translation of the Broadway musical.
Variety
West Side Story is a beautifully-mounted, impressive, emotion-ridden & violent musical... a powerful translation of the Broadway musical.
Variety
Why see West Side Story?
The landmark musical
This summer the sizzling streets of 1950s New York come to The Mariott in summer 2020, and with them the mounting tensions of artfully danced street warfare and arresting Rome-and-Juliet-esque romance of one of the greatest musicals ever to grace Broadway. With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story's angular melodies, thrilling plot and explosive sneaker ballet numbers live on!
What is the story?
Like the Montagues and the Capulets, rival Big Apple gangs the Sharks and the Jets are divided by prejudice and hate. When two young affiliates of each gang, Maria and Tony, meet and fall in love, it inflames the opposing group's warfare. Determined not to let anything get in the way of their destiny together, the lovers meet in secret and plan to run away together, but after a rumble-under-the-highway goes awry tragedy strikes and fate takes a vastly different turn.
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Dates
Finished Aug 4, 2019
Reviews
Customer reviews
Sonia davis
Must see
Saw the play in Riverside March 2014 . You know it's good when youre still talking about it the next day. Too bad Bernardo played by Micheal Spencer Smith is killed so early in the play. I would have loved
to see more of him. ... Read more
Jeanah
Is this play appropriate for a second grader?
My daughter has just turned 8. She is excited to see the play, but a friend tells me there is a suggestive rape scene in it? Also gratuitous sex scenes?
Has anyone taken their kids to this and what do they think. Thanks! ... Read more
Fred and Brenda Turner
One of the Best
We have been going to the Mariott theater for over ten years and we considered this production of West Side Story one of the best. The dancing and singing were outstanding! ... Read more
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