When Lauren Carroll was just nine years old, she sat watching West Side Story on television and dreamed of one day performing ...

West Side Story is a reimagined Romeo and Juliet, set on the streets of Manhattan in the 1950s. The original work is by playwright Arthur Laurents, composer Leonard Bernstein, lyricist Stephen ...

Safety warning for patrons attending “West Side Story” this weekend at the Lyric Baltimore theater: Leave your cigarette lighters at home. Ditto for your candles, torches and Bunsen burners. And don’t ...

“When I was a kid, hearing the Jets hurl all that negativity toward Latinos, I learned a lot of slurs. It had a big impact on me,” soprano Gabriella Reyes tells Observer about seeing the movie for the ...

The production, created specifically for grand opera houses, has its West Coast premiere Saturday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: “Restoring the original scale and glory to certain pieces … is what ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned ...

"West Side Story" is a tale that is operatic, through and through, thanks in part to its poignant "Romeo & Juliet" origins, the incredible songs and staging, and a love story at its center that is ...

Paper Mill Playhouse will present the final production of their 2025-2026 season. West Side Story will begin performances on Thursday, May 28 with opening night set for Sunday, May 31. The run will ...

Opera is returning to Baltimore in the form of a hit Broadway musical. The Washington National Opera (WNO) is putting on four performances of West Side Story at the Lyric from May 8 to May 10. Tickets ...

There is something inescapably peculiar about a “West Side Story” in which Riff cannot snap very well. The oddness of this detail encapsulates the serviceable version of this American classic now ...