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Article: 'West Side' revival set.(LEGIT)(West Side Story)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- July 17, 2008
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The upcoming revival of "West Side Story" has nailed down its sked, with an out-of-town run at D.C.'s National Theater this winter preceding a Broadway run that begins in February.
Helmed by book writer Arthur Laurents--also the director of the current Rialto staging of "Gypsy," for which he also wrote the book--the revival will, for the first time, incorporate Spanish into the tuner's book and songs. Sizable production will have a cast of 37 and an orchestra of 30.
The choreography of Jerome Robbins, who helmed and choreographed the original 1957 production, will be re-created by Joey McKneely.
"West Side Story" had its world preem at the ...