Celebrate 6. 0 Years of West Side Story With Rare Photos from Rehearsals to Backstage on Broadway. West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden Theatre September 2. The Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents musical is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but has New York teenage gangs pitted against each other instead of Verona's dueling families. It included such classic songs as "I Feel Pretty" and "Somewhere." The show was choreographed and staged by Jerome Robbins and Peter Gennaro, the former of whom came up with the show's original 1. Mulan Full Movie Online Free on this page.

East Side Story." The piece evolved, with new music, a new location, and a new ethnicit, to become what it was on opening night. Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, and Chita Rivera starred. A film version starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, and George Chakiris (who was a member of the original London cast) was released in 1. Follow the production through rehearsals to backstage to the final production below: Celebrate 6. Years of West Side Story With a Look Back at the Original Production From Rehearsals to Backstage to Showtime. Celebrate 6. 0 Years of West Side Story With a Look Back at the Original Production From Rehearsals to Backstage to Showtime The Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents musical opened September 2. PHOTOSWest Side Story Collage.

NYPL for the Performing Arts. West Side Story original story plan. NYPL for the Performing Arts. Cast in rehearsal. Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts. Watch Jade Online Forbes here. Ken Le. Roy and Chita Rivera in rehearsal. Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts.

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Jerome Robbins in rehearsal. Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts. Cast rehearsing the fight scene. Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts. Carol Lawrence, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein in rehearsal. Martha Swope/©NYPL for the Performing Arts. Chita Rivera and cast in rehearsal.

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Get the latest Rolling Stone new music news, song and album reviews, free music downloads, artist videos & pictures, playlists and more. Articles and galleries about the latest news on TV shows, stars, and awards. Read more on PEOPLE. Directed by Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn. Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love. Watch Field Freak Online Freeform.