Riff wants to convince his best friend and former member of the Jets, Tony, to meet the Jets at the dance. [6][7], In 1955, theatrical producer Martin Gabel was working on a stage adaptation of the James M. Cain novel Serenade, about an opera singer who comes to the realization he is homosexual, and he invited Laurents to write the book. The story is set in the mid 1950s in the Upper West Side of New York City, a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. He is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame, P.E.N., the Screenwriter’s Guild, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and is an emeritus member of the Council of the Dramatist Guild. [59] The original balletic, finger snapping choreography is replaced by swaggering, hip-hop and latin-influenced dancing. West Side Story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid 1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s, much of the neighborhood was cleared in an urban renewal project for the Lincoln Center, which changed the neighborhood's character). [55], A Broadway revival of West Side Story began previews on December 10, 2019 and officially opened on February 20, 2020 at the Broadway Theatre. He arrived in Hollywood to choreograph the dance sequences for the 1956 film The King and I, and he and Laurents began developing the musical while working on their respective projects, keeping in touch with Bernstein, who had returned to New York. [39] The original scenic, lighting, and costume designs were used. Robbins demanded and received a "Conceived by" credit, and used it to justify his making major decisions regarding changes in the show without consulting the others. Tony attempts to intervene, inadvertently leading to Riff being fatally stabbed by Bernardo. "[84], Bernstein's score for West Side Story blends "jazz, Latin rhythms, symphonic sweep and musical-comedy conventions in groundbreaking ways for Broadway. The gangs meet under the highway and, as the fight between Bernardo and Diesel begins, Tony arrives and tries to stop it. The cast includes Shereen Pimentel as Maria, Isaac Cole Powell as Tony, Amar Ramasar as Bernardo, Thomas Jay Ryan as Lt. Schrank and Yesenia Ayala as Anita, who is also set to appear in the upcoming film remake. Anita is furious, and in anger spitefully delivers the wrong message, telling the Jets that Chino has shot Maria dead. As the mid-century fantasy of queer Jewish artists, however, it’s surprisingly compelling. [37], A UK national tour started in 1997 and starred David Habbin as Tony, Katie Knight Adams as Maria and Anna-Jane Casey as Anita. Maxine Gordon was Anybodys. Walter Kerr wrote in the New York Herald Tribune on September 27, 1957:[82]. His last memoir titled The Rest of the Story was published posthumously in September 2012. Maria works in a bridal shop with Anita, the girlfriend of her brother, Bernardo. When a gang leader advises his cohorts to play it "Cool", the intolerable tension between an effort at control and the instinctive drives of these potential killers is stingingly graphic. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1957 Vinyl release of "West Side Story" on Discogs. It is fascinatingly tricky and melodically beguiling, and it marks the progression of an admirable composer ... Time magazine found the dance and gang warfare more compelling than the love story and noted that the show's "putting choreography foremost, may prove a milestone in musical-drama history". The production continued for over a year. The Minskoff production subsequently opened the Nervi Festival in Genoa, Italy, in July 1981 with Josie de Guzman as Maria and Brent Barrett as Tony. (1967 Tony Award for Best Musical) and Nick & Nora; and the screenplays The Snake Pit, Rope, Caught, Anastasia, Bonjour Tristesse, The Way We Were, and The Turning Point (Golden Globe Award, Screenwriters Guild Award, Writers Guild of America Award, … The radioactive fallout from West Side Story must still be descending on Broadway this morning. Bernstein composed West Side Story and Candide concurrently, which led to some switches of material between the two works. 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[32] The other notable cast members in the original production were: Riff: Michael Callan, A-Rab: Tony Mordente, Big Deal: Martin Charnin, Gee-Tar: Tommy Abbott, Chino: Jamie Sanchez, Rosalia: Marilyn Cooper, Consuela [sic]: Reri Grist, Doc: Art Smith and Francisca: Elizabeth Taylor. Later, in the mid-1950s, Laurents and Bernstein met at a hotel in LA. Tony initially refuses, but Riff wins him over. Bernstein was despondent, but Sondheim convinced his friend Hal Prince, who was in Boston overseeing the out-of-town tryout of the new George Abbott musical New Girl in Town, to read the script. The suite is included as bonus tracks on the 1957 original Broadway cast recording. Direction and choreography were reproduced by Lee Theodore, and scenery was by Oliver Smith. On Sept. 26, 1957, Broadway changed forever when the curtain went up on “West Side Story.” The artistic innovations popped immediately: Instead … The original orchestra consisted of 31 players: a large Broadway pit orchestra enhanced to include 5 percussionists, a guitarist and a piano/celesta player.[87]. The refurbished Shaftesbury Theatre reopened with a run of West Side Story from December 19, 1974 to mid-1975. she yells. [32] Carol Lawrence received the 1958 Theatre World Award. [2] The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. Maria confesses to Anita that she is not in love with Chino. Sondheim found Larry Kert and Chita Rivera, who created the roles of Tony and Anita, respectively. The sharks and the jets are rival gangs fighting for the same territory. However, she is unable to bring herself to fire the gun and drops it, crying in grief. The music of "Gee, Officer Krupke" was pulled from the Venice scene in Candide. The two met at The Beverly Hills Hotel, and the conversation turned to juvenile delinquent gangs, a fairly recent social phenomenon that had received major coverage on the front pages of the morning newspapers due to a Chicano turf war. His painted backdrops were stunning, but the sets were, for the most part, either shabby looking or too stylized. The original 1957 Broadway production, conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, marked Sondheim's Broadway debut. In revising West Side Story to guarantee it feels as persuasive as possible, Laurents does make a few missteps. [66] A national tour of the 2009 Broadway revival began in October 2010 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, and toured for two seasons. Tony kills Bernardo in a fit of rage, which in turn provokes an all-out fight like the fight in the Prologue. Looking through the news headlines of the day, one jumped out at them: the rise of teen gangs. Contrary to rumor, Sondheim did not write music for the show; his only contribution came on "Something's Coming", where he developed the main strain of the chorus from music Bernstein wrote for the verse.[28]. [48] Olivo won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress, while Scaglione was nominated for the award for Leading Actress. Bernardo believes that he will fight Tony, but must settle for fighting Diesel, Riff's second-in-command, instead. Two rival teenage gangs, the Jets (White Americans) and the Sharks (Puerto Ricans), struggle for control of their neighborhood on the Upper West Side of New York City (Prologue). It received the most Academy Awards (10 wins) of any musical film, including Best Picture. Shakespeare may have killed off both title … It returned to the Winter Garden Theater in New York in April 1960 for another 249 performance engagement, closing in December.[34]. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in musical theatre. They are warned by police officers Krupke and Lt. Schrank to stop fighting on their beat. When Tony arrives, Maria insists that he must stop the fight altogether, which he agrees to do. Chino brings the news that Tony has killed Bernardo, then leaves. This is followed by a monologue by the ineffective Lt. Schrank trying to find out the location of the rumble. But the 91-year-old isn’t offering just another staging of the critically acclaimed script that won two Tony Awards and spawned the Oscar-winning 1961 film. It is set against an urban background of interracial warfare with many of its themes still fully resonating today. Tony arrives to see Maria and she initially pounds on his chest with rage, but she still loves him. In [the score], there is the drive, the bounce, the restlessness and the sweetness of our town. Arthur Laurents (1917-2011'), 'a playwright, screenwriter, and director, wrote two of Broadway's landmark shows, Gypsy and West Side Story, and created one of Hollywood's most well-known romances, The Way We Were. Robbins then announced he did not want to choreograph the show, but changed his mind when Prince agreed to an eight-week dance rehearsal period (instead of the customary four), since there was to be more dancing in West Side Story than in any previous Broadway show,[16] and allowed Robbins to hire Peter Gennaro as his assistant. When the producer of The Painted Veil replaced Gardner with Eleanor Parker and asked Laurents to revise his script with her in mind, he backed out of the film, freeing him to devote all his time to the stage musical. When Bernardo pushes Tony, Riff punches him in Tony's defense. The playwright and screenwriter Arthur Laurents wrote the books for two true classics of musical theatre, West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959), and … It takes up the American musical idiom where it was left when George Gershwin died. Bernstein had decided he needed to concentrate solely on the music, and he and Robbins had invited Betty Comden and Adolph Green to write the lyrics, but the team opted to work on Peter Pan instead. Meanwhile, Anita, Rosalia, and the other Shark girls discuss the differences between the territory of Puerto Rico and the mainland United States of America, with Anita defending America, and Rosalia yearning for Puerto Rico ("America"). [65], A national tour, directed by Alan Johnson, was produced in 2002. Only Tony and Maria try to live in a different world". It was produced by the Moon Troupe in 1998 and again in 1999 by the Star Troupe. After Riff is killed, Ice takes control of the Jets, rather than Action. Riff helps them let out their aggression ("Cool"). [22], Throughout the rehearsal period, the New York newspapers were filled with articles about gang warfare, keeping the show's plot timely. [25] The pre-Broadway run in Washington, D.C. was a critical and commercial success, although none of the reviews mentioned Sondheim, listed as co-lyricist, who was overshadowed by the better-known Bernstein. As a result, by opening night on Broadway, none of his collaborators were talking to him. [23] Robbins wanted a gritty realism from his sneaker- and jeans-clad cast. [16] Laurents explained the style that the creative team finally decided on: Just as Tony and Maria, our Romeo and Juliet, set themselves apart from the other kids by their love, so we have tried to set them even further apart by their language, their songs, their movement. The score by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim are … The idea of introducing Spanish into 1957's "West Side Story" in a significant way originated with Laurents' longtime partner Tom Hatcher (who died … It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It closed September 28, 1985. [96], A 2021 film adaptation, written by Tony Kushner, directed by Steven Spielberg and choreographed by Justin Peck, was filmed in 2019. Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," as well as the movie classics "Rope" and … He has been honored by awards from many organizations among them the National Institute of Arts and Letters, Writers Guild of America, Antoinette Perry (Tonys), Golden Globe, Drama Desk, National Board of Review and the Sydney Drama Critics. Arthur Laurents’s most popular book is Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. The theme of two lovers thwarted by circumstances beyond their control, however, had long before been established in West… [44][45][46] In August 2009, some of the lyrics for "A Boy Like That" ("Un Hombre Asi") and "I Feel Pretty" ("Me Siento Hermosa"), which were previously sung in Spanish in the revival, were changed back to the original English. When they first conceived the show in 1949, Robbins, Bernstein and Laurents set their story on the east side of Manhattan, and gave it the working title East Side Story. The cast featured Matt Cavenaugh as Tony, Josefina Scaglione as Maria, and Karen Olivo as Anita. Doc is worried for them while Tony is convinced that nothing can go wrong; he is in love. The Jets and Sharks form a procession, and together carry Tony away, with Maria the last one in the procession. Robbins directed and choreographed, and it was co-choreographed by Peter Gennaro, with scenery by Oliver Smith. Before he goes, they dream of their wedding ("One Hand, One Heart"). [citation needed], Staatstheater Nürnberg staged a production in Germany from 1972 in a German translation by Marcel Prawy, starring Barry Hanner as Tony and Glenda Glayzer as Maria. It's the Jets vs. the Sharks once again but in a new Latino-enhanced fight that will determine whether West Side Story retains its status as a landmark musical. The two contacted Robbins, who was enthusiastic about a musical with a Latin beat. [107] In the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett, two feuding noble families are named Selachii and Venturi, the scientific names for "sharks" and "jets". [56], This production cuts the song "I Feel Pretty" and trims the already short book to end the show at one hour and forty-five minutes (with no intermission). Laurents liked the lyrics but was not impressed with the music. The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs--the white Jets led by Riff and the Latino Sharks, led by Bernardo. West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. They meet the rest of the gang. Some were wonderful singers but couldn't dance very well, or vice versa ... and if they could do both, they couldn't act. Rita Moreno (Anita) was the first Latina actress ever to win an Oscar. Scenic and lighting design are by Jan Versweyveld, with costumes by An d'Huys. Gualberto Castro played the part of Tony; Maria Medina was Maria; among other cast members was Macaria. He has also written radio episodes for “Hollywood Playhouse,” “Assignment Home” (Variety Radio Award, 1945), “The Thin Man,” “Army Service Force Presents,” “The Man Behind the Gun,” and “This is Your FBI.”. Anita makes Maria a dress to wear to the neighborhood dance. Arthur Laurents is the author of musical plays such as West Side Story, Gypsy, Anyone Can Whistle, Do I Hear A Waltz?, Hallelujah Baby! A 1961 musical film adaptation, co-directed by Robert Wise and Robbins, starred Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn. They described the project as "lyric theater", and Laurents wrote a first draft he called East Side Story. [27] However, Suskin writes in Show Tunes that "As the writing progressed and the extent of Bernstein's lyric contributions became less, the composer agreed to rescind his credit. [32] Robbins won the Tony Award for Best Choreographer, and Oliver Smith won the Tony for Best Scenic Designer. [36] A London production originated at Leicester Haymarket Theatre in early 1984 and transferred on May 16, 1984 to Her Majesty's Theatre. Only after he completed it did the group realize it was little more than a musicalization of themes that had already been covered in plays like Abie's Irish Rose. In 1947, Jerome Robbins approached Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents about collaborating on a contemporary musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. He is the author of Original Story By, his first autobiography, and The Rest of the Story. Typical was John Chapman's review in the New York Daily News on September 27, 1957, headed: "West Side Story a Splendid and Super-Modern Musical Drama". They planned to stage the conflict between rival … [24] As the rehearsals wore on, Bernstein fought to keep his score together, as other members of the team called on him to cut out more and more of the sweeping or complex "operatic" passages. He plans to make the challenge to Bernardo, the Sharks' leader, that night at the neighborhood dance. [71][72] In 1961, a tour of Israel, Africa and the Near East was mounted. Maria holds Tony in her arms (and sings a quiet, brief reprise of "Somewhere") as he dies. In 1961, Bernstein prepared a suite of orchestral music from the show, titled Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won ten, including George Chakiris for Supporting Actor, Rita Moreno for Supporting Actress, and Best Picture. The cast featured Don McKay (Tony), Julia Migenes (Maria) and Luba Lisa (Anita). ... Robbins' energetic choreography and Bernstein's grand score accentuated the satiric, hard-edged lyrics of Sondheim, and Laurents' capture of the angry voice of urban youth. The set consists mostly of large screens featuring video, several cast members carry iPhones, and the Jets are not all white. They dance together, forgetting the tension in the room, and fall in love, but Bernardo pulls his sister from Tony and sends her home. The American theatre took a venturesome forward step when the firm of Griffith & Prince presented West Side Story at the Winter Garden last evening. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. As Tony leaves, he tells Maria to meet him at Doc's so they can run away to the country. Diesel is renamed Ice. [100][101], The television show Curb Your Enthusiasm extensively referenced West Side Story in the 2009 season seven episode "Officer Krupke". A live, semi-staged 2013 recording by the San Francisco Symphony under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, featuring Cheyenne Jackson, This page was last edited on 21 March 2021, at 04:11. It was directed and choreographed by Robbins, with the book scenes co-directed by Gerald Freedman; produced by Gladys Nederlander and Tom Abbott and Lee Becker Theodore assisted the choreography reproduction. The unfiltered treatment of the social problems of that time with such pointed, sophisticated music, make this… . [103][104], In film, Pixar animator Aaron Hartline used the first meeting between Tony and Maria as inspiration for the moment when Ken meets Barbie in Toy Story 3. [11] Meanwhile, Laurents had written a new draft of the book changing the characters' backgrounds: Anton, once an Irish American, was now of Polish and Irish descent, and the formerly Jewish Maria had become a Puerto Rican. The production was directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins, orchestrated by Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal, and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, with lighting designed by Jean Rosenthal. The sound of approaching police sirens is heard, and everyone scatters, except Tony, who stands in shock at what he has done. The writer concluded: "On the cusp of the 1960s, American society, still recovering from the enormous upheaval of World War II, was seeking stability and control. Jets ' leader, Riff, and the devastating effects of poverty and racism officers and. 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