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West Side Story

First Preview: Dec 10, 2019
Opening Date: Dec 10, 2019
Closing Date: Mar 11, 2020
Running Time: 02:00
West Side Story

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Playing @
Broadway Theatre
1681 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
While Broadway is reopening in late summer 2021, this show has not announced its restart date. 

When four theatrical giants — Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim — created West Side Story, it was immediately hailed as an "indisputable, boundary-busting masterpiece” (The New York Times) that “explodes every imaginable idea of what a musical can be” (New York Magazine).

Now, three of the most daring theater-makers of our time — director Ivo van Hove (A View From the Bridge and The Crucible), choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and designer and frequent Van Hove collaborator Jan Versweyveld — offer a radical, thrilling new interpretation of this iconic work, with extraordinary dancing, breathtaking vision, and 23 young, brilliantly gifted performers all making their Broadway debuts.

"Is there any wonder it’s “the most eagerly-awaited production of the new season”?
- NY Post
BroadwayMusical
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Music
  • Leonard Bernstein

Lyrics
  • Stephen Sondheim

Book
  • Arthur Laurents - based on a conception by Jerome Robbins

Director
  • Ivo van Hove

Choreographer
  • Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

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Reviews

  • Musical theater traditionalists may be aghast. For me, this “West Side Story” is by far the toughest and therefore the best I’ve ever seen, and that includes the 1964 movie, the 1980 and 2009 Broadway revivals, as well as a few other productions seen around the world. For all of this show’s technical wizardy, van Hove also achieves a musical miracle with his actors: He turns the star-crossed lovers Tony (Isaac Powell) and Maria (Shereen Pimentel) into very real rebels, and, in the process, he eradicates their cardboard Romeo and Juliet pedigree, which, in my opinion, is the major flaw of Arthur Laurents’ book.
  • Like much of Ivo van Hove’s bold, often thrilling production, the opening sequence is big and small at once. Throughout the show, live scenes coexist or alternate with filmed ones, including many that occur offstage entirely; detail is blown up into spectacle, and spectacle is subsumed into detail. Van Hove’s West Side Story functions very differently from any we have seen before. If the result is sometimes murky, it is also frequently revelatory—a major accomplishment in a show whose status as a classic threatens to freeze it in time and relevance.
  • Nonetheless, and balancing out the disappointing elements, there are ample pleasures to be had, courtesy of both the powerfully talented young cast and, of course, the glories of the score. Powell’s Tony has an almost cherubic youthfulness that makes both his impulsiveness and the depth of his yearning for Maria acutely truthful. And Shereen Pimentel’s Maria has a matching freshness, exuding a softly radiant sense of discovery, but also, crucially, an inherent emotional maturity that even Tony lacks — with tragic consequences, of course.
  • Musical theater traditionalists may be aghast. For me, this “West Side Story” is by far the toughest and therefore the best I’ve ever seen, and that includes the 1964 movie, the 1980 and 2009 Broadway revivals, as well as a few other productions seen around the world. For all of this show’s technical wizardy, van Hove also achieves a musical miracle with his actors: He turns the star-crossed lovers Tony (Isaac Powell) and Maria (Shereen Pimentel) into very real rebels, and, in the process, he eradicates their cardboard Romeo and Juliet pedigree, which, in my opinion, is the major flaw of Arthur Laurents’ book.

Accessibility

  • Elevator/Escalator

    None
  • Assisted Listening System

    Reservations are not necessary. Drivers license or ID with printed address required as a deposit. Please call: (212) 582-7678 to reserve in advance.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Wheelchair seating available in the orchestra section only.
  • Entrance

    No stairs at the entrance to the lobby
  • Folding Armrests

    Six (6) seats with folding armrests available as mobility seats.
  • Restroom

    Unisex wheelchair accessible restroom located on lobby level.
  • Visual Assistance

    Vision seats in the front of the orchestra for purchase on the phone, in person, or on the website.
  • Water Fountain

    Water available from the bar. Water fountain is down one flight of stairs in lower lobby.

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