West Side Story is not an Olympic sport, but if were, its degree of difficulty rating would be off the charts. The symphonic score by Leonard Bernstein requires singers of exceptional skill, the original choreography by Jerome Robbins calls for classically trained, inexhaustible dancers and the acting needs to be of, well, Shakespearean level. But Wick Theatre executive … [Read more...]
‘West Side Story’: 60-year-old classic comes to The Wick
Sixty years ago, a remarkable collaboration of composer Leonard Bernstein, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, book writer Arthur Laurents and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins, took William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet onto the gang-dominated streets of New York City. The result was an enduring work of the musical theater, West Side Story, which kicked off the new year at Boca … [Read more...]