| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'West Side Story, based on a conception of Jerome Robbins; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; includes programme with cast list and typescript date 1958; press and magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the musical; printed flyer for provincial theatre [1961]
Performed at Her Majestys Theatre, Haymarket, London, 12 Dec 1958, closing performance, 10 Jun 1961; presented by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins; co-choreographer Peter Gennaro; scenery by Oliver Smith; costumes by Irene Sharaff; orchestrations by Leonard Bernstein, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal; lighting by Joe Davis; music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Opened at: The Opera House, Manchester, 14 Nov 1958
On tour: [1961]: The Streatham Hill Theatre
America: The Winter Garden Theatre, New York, 26 Sep 1957; directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins
Casts: Marlys Watters, Don MaKay, Chita Rivera, Ken le Roy, George Chakiris, Eddie Roll, Tony Mordente, Sylvia Tysick, Ed Verso, David Bauer, Ted Gunther, Hal Galili, Riggs O'Hara, David Bean, Gary Cockerell, Michel Kleinman, Joe Donovan, Leslie Franzos, Susan Watson, Inge Roll, Maureen Gillick, Ben Gerard, Marc Scott, Bud Fleming, Don Percassi, Leo Kharibian, Keith Stewart, Billy Wilson, Francesca Bell, Yvonne Othon, Gloria Higdon, Roberta Keith, Lina Soriano, David Holliday, Mary Preston, Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Muriel Bentley, Roberta D'Esti, Carole Gray, Sarah Hardenberg, Geoff L'Cise, Tony Manning, Christine Houghton, Jill Martin, Burnell Tucker |