CMU School of Drama


Monday, July 30, 2007

West Side Story at 50

Times Online: "Not many musicals make musical history. Once the template is set – the hoofing, the ballads, the knees-up at the end – you know the score, and instant familiarity beats innovation.

But the 1957 production that unleashed Bernstein’s fizzing West Side Story on an unprepared Broadway audience threw out the old formulas."

1 comment:

Hae Min Yun said...

It was very nice to read details about west side story. This performance is a big hit, and they are performing in Korea, which tells they are all around the world. I have not seen this performance, but I am really interested in watching this performance when i get back to korea. The procedure and the background history helped to have better understanding to this performance.