Article: West Side Story to Captivate Detroit Audiences September 3-8, 2002 at the Fox Theatre; Tickets Go On Sale At Noon Sunday, May 19 At All Ticketmaster Outlets.

Article: Return of the rumble: what will fuel West Side Story's jets in 2009?
American Theatre;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......could add up to only one thing: West Side Story, the thrilling Broadway show...in its first major revival of West Side Story since 1980, directed by one of...Laurents has chosen to update West Side Story--primarily by converting some...

Article: Tragic tale stands the test of time ; West Side Story
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK);  June 5, 2009 ;     440 words ...West Side Story With passion, love, feuding, and violence...worldwide have been won over by the plot of West Side Story, writes Tamzin Hindmarch IT WAS described...Koek, whose earliest recollections of West Side Story were not the stage version, or Arthur...

Article: Cutting-edge power of `West Side Story': Themes, music still sharp as knives.(Arts)(Dance)
The Washington Times;  August 24, 1997 ;     700+ words ......as pop art and high art, it is West Side Story. That grandly passionate and...were involved in the creation of West Side Story, including Jerome Robbins, 78...second-half of this century. But with West Side Story, which won virtually every award...

Article: 'West Side Story', Around the World
NPR Weekend All Things Considered;  September 23, 2007 ;     215 words ...(Soundbite of play "West Side Story") JACKI LYDEN, host NPR Weekend All Things Considered 09-23-2007 'West Side Story', Around the World Time 19:00-...Play Audio (Soundbite of play "West Side Story") JACKI LYDEN, host: When the...

Article: Drama unfolding: Director draws from experience in School of the Arts' recreation of ?West Side Story'.
Times-News (Burlington, NC);  May 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......rehearsing for tonight's premiere of West Side Story have brought back a flood of memories. It has been 50 years since West Side Story debuted on Broadway and changed...Freedman's job in the original West Side Story was to turn a cast that was predominantly...

Article: NWAAT'S `WEST SIDE STORY' PUTS ACCENT ON DANCE MOVES.(Entertainment)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 30, 1999 ;     589 words ...``West Side Story'' is one of the few Broadway shows...Leonard Bernstein came along and turned ``West Side Story'' into a 1957 musical remembered mostly...Asian American Theatre revival of ``West Side Story'' shifts the focus back to dance. NWAAT...

Article: Robyn Goodman '69 puts the 'Oeste' in 'West Side Story'
Targeted News Service;  February 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Bernstein's newest composition, "West Side Story," they were unprepared for what...of the Romeo and Juliet tale, "West Side Story" was a story of ill-fated love...psychoanalysis. It was only with "West Side Story," though, that an American musical...

Article: Three classic films celebrate milestones: ; Turner Classic Movies airs 'West Side Story,'; 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 27, 2001 ;     370 words ......anniversaries of two 1961 gems, "West Side Story" (8 p.m., Saturday, TV-PG) and...attend a special screening of "West Side Story" at New York's landmark Radio...Fair Lady" (Audrey Hepburn) and "West Side Story," where she performed all of...

Article: 'West Side Story' a timeless classic
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 22, 2001 ;     697 words ......storyline of the Broadway musical "West Side Story." Although the jargon, cars and...today's music videos. This keeps "West Side Story" fresh and timeless. "We believe...Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso. "West Side Story" opened there Saturday and seven...

Article: CHART-TOPPING 'WEST SIDE STORY' REINTERPRETED BY HOT POP ARTISTS.(L.A. Life)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  January 21, 1996 ;     689 words ......Victor's release of The Songs of 'West Side Story' represents another milestone...musical. Due Jan. 30, The Songs of 'West Side Story' marks the first time a group...the Arts Fund, The Songs of 'West Side Story' features a genre-crossing array...

Article: Something great is coming.... West Side Story returns to Newcastle's Theatre Royal next week. Director and choreographer JOEY McKNEELY answers some questions.(Features)
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  February 4, 2009 ;     556 words ...Byline: JOEY McKNEELY West Side Story is often described as 'groundbreaking...the 50th anniversary revival of West Side Story? How have you changed the production...for the audience to re-discover West Side Story again, as if for the first time...

Article: 'West Side' revival set.(LEGIT)(West Side Story)(Brief article)
Daily Variety;  July 17, 2008 ;     235 words ...The upcoming revival of West Side Story has nailed down its sked, with...re-created by Joey McKneely. West Side Story had its world preem at the National...and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story takes Romeo & Juliet as the inspiration...

Article: When a school decides there's no place for 'West Side Story'.(Features)(Learning)(K-12)(Commentary)
The Christian Science Monitor;  December 14, 1999 ;     619 words ......recently canceled a production of West Side Story because Puerto Ricans found it...one white, one black - chose West Side Story. They thought it would appeal...acrimonious. Critics argued that West Side Story, based on Romeo and Juliet, reinforces...

Article: West Side Story
Pittsburgh City Paper;  August 13, 2008 ;     561 words ...West Side Story WEST SIDE STORY continues through Sun., Aug. 17. Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave...himself helped facilitate. He remembered that at the second night of West Side Story, he stood in the back beaming with pride (he wrote the lyrics...