Sep 24,  · On September 26, , West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway. For the groundbreaking musical, Bernstein provided a propulsive and rhapsodic.

West Side Story is an American musical with a libretto by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's playRomeo and Juliet. The original: Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, marked.

The much-anticipated Broadway revival of West Side Story was notable for the decision of Arthur Laurents (the author of the show's book and the director of this production) to make it bilingual; the sections where the Puerto Ricans would have naturally spoken Spanish, such as when they are interacting independently from English-speaking characters and when the gangs are facing off, are.

All 38 songs from the West Side Story () movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers.

West Side Story is the soundtrack to the film West Side rocolnepenmanfmukwarsfireveluca.xyzinfoed in , the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard ' s album charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's Thriller, on the grounds that West Side Story was listed on a chart for stereo albums only at a time when many albums were Genre: stage & screen.

Top Ten Songs from West Side Story West Side Story is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in an Upper West Side neighborhood of the s. The musical is centered around the rivalry of two teenage gangs: the Jets, a group of white .

Original album release: Oscar Peterson Trio-West Side Story Label:Verve Records ‎– V Format:Vinyl, LP, Album Country:US Released Genre:Jazz Running time The sound transfers on this Hallmark CD are much better than some of the earlier releases so I hope they have turned the corner to better sound on all new releases/5(25).

There have been many recordings of "West Side Story," but the original cast recording is still the one against which all are measured. These are the definitive versions of "Something’s Coming," "Maria," "America," "Tonight," "Somewhere," "I Feel Pretty" and the rest of these immortal Bernstein/Sondheim songs! Sony Masterworks.