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West Side Story, the modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, hit the stage in New Yorkin 1957 with the book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The show, heralded as a pinnacle American production that intertwined the classic love story with the idea of the American melting pot, became a Broadway classic thanks to choreography by Jerome Robbins and songs like Tonight, America, and Somewhere. West Side Story tickets have been available for shows throughout the world as the tale- a culmination of classic Shakespeare and American society- has inspired productions in every major city.
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About West Side Story
The production began in 1949 as collaboration between Robbins, Bernstein, and Laurents. The three wanted to retell the classic Romeo and Juliet, with the Montagues and the Capulets recast as the Italian-American Roman Catholic family and a Jewish family on the Lower East Side of Manhattan set during the Easter-Passover season. Eventually, the parts fell in place and East Side Story became West Side Story (after Laurents saw a new play by Ugo Betti).
Finally, eight years later, the story was set and a preview run in Washington, D.C. was both a critical and commercial success. The move to Broadway was destined for success, though creative differences and fights over who deserved credit had pitted the three collaborators against each other. Nonetheless, the story of the Puerto Rican Sharks and the American Jets and star crossed lovers earned great acclaim, sold plenty of West Side Story tickets and made its way into many more cities in the form of revivals and a 1961 film.
Now, West Side Story has returned to Broadway at the Palace Theatre on February 23, 2009 for a preview session before the official opening of the musical on March 19. The version will reintroduce Spanish into the songs, making the language more than simply useful for insults being hurled across the stage. West Side Story tickets for the new revival are sure to sell well, as the story of ill-fated love and highly combustible cultures is a constant in the United States.
