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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 6/27/2003 at 12:02:32 AM ET
...and it's playing nice with the Robbins estate,apparently. Will we hear Sondheim yet again express his dissatisfaction with "I Feel Pretty" (note to Steve: We.Get.It. We also realize that in normal life,people don't burst into song,so what's a few precious internal rhymes when we're already suspending our disbelief? The show opens with a bunch of singing and finger snapping hoods. ):
Something's Coming: Seller and McCollum Making Plans for Bway Return of West Side Story
By Kenneth Jones
26 Jun 2003
Maria, Tony, Anita, Bernardo, Riff and the rest of the gang of West Side Story — the groundbreaking musical of 1957 — will be brought back to Broadway by the groundbreaking producers of Rent and La Bohème.
Producer Kevin McCollum confirmed to Playbill On-Line that he and producing partner Jeffrey Seller are exploring a Broadway revival of the Arthur Laurents-Stephen Sondheim-Leonard Bernstein musical inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
"It's definitely something we're exploring," McCollum told Playbill On-Line June 26, as the final weekend of La Bohème was beginning at the Broadway Theatre. "Jeffrey and I are very excited about bringing West Side Story back to Broadway."
Seller and McCollum, whose projects also include Broadway's new musical comedy, Avenue Q (starting previews July 11 toward a July 31 opening) and the Off-Broadway sensation De La Guarda, are working to partner with the Nederlanders on West Side Story, McCollum said, adding that "it's probably not going to be before spring of '05."
Their production of La Bohème, directed by Baz Luhrmann, closes up shop June 29, but will be reborn in Los Angeles in January 2004 prior to a London run. McCollum also said that markets throughout North America are being considered for La Bohème. Rent continues at the Nederlander Theatre on Broadway, and De La Guarda continues downtown in Union Square.
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West Side Story showed an audience something new in 1957: A serious-minded, modern-day, tuneful show set in the gritty streets of Manhattan's West Side (not far from where Lincoln Center now sits) with book, song and dance integrated to high art. The show was conceived and directed by Jerome Robbins, with choreography — now famous, partly because of the Academy Award-winning 1961 film version — by Robbins and Peter Gennaro. Robbins won a 1958 Tony Award for his choreography.
The show initially played 734 performances at the Winter Garden Theatre and had a return engagement in 1960 that lasted 249 performances. It was revived in 1968 at the New York State Theater (89 performances) and in 1980 at the Minskoff Theatre (333 performances).
Songs in the score by Sondheim (lyrics) and Bernstein (music) include "America," "I Feel Pretty," "Cool," "Gee, Officer Krupke!," "Somewhere," "Maria," "Somehing's Coming," "Tonight," "One Hand, One Heart," "Jet Song," "A Boy Like That" and "Tonight (Quintet)."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/80370.html
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Jenn,who hopes that this will be a fresh and interesting take on WSS-and that everyone remembers how startling this show was...
| Bwaybaby
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3/10/2001 | posted: 6/27/2003 at 12:13:54 AM ET
This has actually been a few years in the making. About 3 years ago a guy I know auditioned and was set to play the role of Bernardo( I believe) for the revival on Broadway. There was even talks of it possibly going into the Marquis. But then the librettist, Arthur Laurents, would not give his consent for the revival so it was sort of scrapped. Glad to see it is actually going to come back to Broadway after all!
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